Torch Browser
There’s no love lost between me and Internet Explorer, and I imagine it could very well be the same with you. I loved Mozilla and all it has to offer. I like Google Chrome’s speed. I use Safari, though, simply because it does the job. The truth of the matter is that I have the last three browsers installed, and more often than not, all three of them are open as I work during the day.
Recently, however, Safari has been getting on my nerves, not the least because it keeps crashing. It does so erratically, and it doesn’t seem like any fix works. I am just about ready to give up on it and find an alternative browser.
If you’re in a similar boat, and you’re on the lookout for a browser that works the way you want it to, here’s a timely discovery: Torch Browser.
What is Torch Browser?
Well, it’s basically a new browser that promises to provide a powerful AND fast browsing experience. It is free, so let’s get the cost out of the way.
As for the speed, this browser is based on Chromium. That gives you an idea of how fast and sleek this browser is.
Another thing that makes Torch Browser interesting is that it integrates a lot of features that many Internet users require. This means that you do not have to run additional programs if you’re using this browser. More on this in the next section.
What can Torch Browser offer?
So what are those programs that are integrated in the Torch Browser?
Here’s something you might like: the online torrent downloader from TorchBrowser. The browser has a built-in torrent downloader, making it unnecessary to run another client. You can do everything from the browser itself!
The browser also has a Media Grabber, which gives you the power to save music and videos with a single click! No more right-clicking or installing additional plug-ins to download media. The built-in function saves you a lot of time and headache.
Of course, social networking cannot be ignored. With people sharing everything on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites, it is but expected of a complete browser to have social sharing capabilities, and Torch Browser does just that – without having to install anything else.
It’s all-in-one!
That’s it basically – Torch Browser is your all-in-one browser. With a fast and powerful platform, coupled with all the features mentioned above, it is easy to see how Torch Browser can replace your current favorite as your default browser. That’s not to say I will not continue using other browsers as secondary or tertiary options, but Torch Browser is looking good as the default.
Why don’t you try it, and let us know how you find it?
I have been using torch since 2012 and I have never had an issue with it crashing or grabbing media. Have any of you ever thought about the websites you visit that maybe malicious or pop ups that are potentially viral to your pc? Some times it’s not the software but your hardware.
Terrible crashing experience on Windows 8.1 with no add-ons installed.
Crashed 5 times within the first 10 min.
The torrent client does not even have a torrent seach function only using a public websearch. Doesn’t look usable right now.
I can’t get Torch to quit changing to some preset animal or whatever background. I want just a blank white background when I click on it for a new tab. Ugh!!! When I first set the background for a new tab, after another day or to it automatically went back to some preset background instead of staying a white background. It they’re so smart, they ought to have a visible option that you can specify what background you want. Ugh!!! Otherwise it’s a dandy browser. I use it all the time except for Opera. It’s good for my needs.
Need some insights. My Torch Hola is not responding. It starts then says there is a problem and does not respond even after i restart it. Also myTorch Media Grabber isnt working….Any tips???
Is there anyway to change the background color of the torch browser’s tabs to black?
It can be done in the Maxthon browser with Night Mode
Would be nice if there will be an extension to change the background tab..
I always run torch along with maxthon and a mmorpg game also.
Torch is my favorite browser and it works superbly.
Torch is good, until it crashes and show the “aw snap” thingy, it sucks, really, for the first time yeah, it runs beatifully, but until it crashes, you gotta reinstall it all over again, so….. dont choose torch.
it sucks.
I’m amazed the creators of this browser have failed to repair glitches so insufferable, they’re hurting their own reputation by continuing to promote it as the cat’s meow! (And I’m doubly amazed this thread is still active.)
Thank you for your program, but I don’t want it and it will to uninstall. I follow all of the tutorials, but the uninstall protocol will not appear for more than half a second, it flashes up and before I can click an uninstall key, it disappears.
Your program is really really getting on my nerves! Please assist me deleting your program I never asked for.
Regards
David Broughton
I install the torch browser on win 7 and did not give me any problems … :).
I downloaded the installer from CNET – windows hides Torch’s tabs and says “application has stopped responding. Terminate?” and won’t let me do anything. This only happens when I try to upload or download to websites. It’s -not- Torch’s fault, it’s “windows explorer” being a screw-ball.
As far as I’m concerned, Torch is a better browser than some I’ve seen. It can actually handle the throughput and load that I require for my server.
-xapirteraziz
[Melfina Coen, the Coffee Monster]
I downloaded the Torch browser like 2-3 months ago, and up until about three weeks ago it was working fine. Yeah, up until. You see three weeks ago it would crash every few minutes, but I thought it was just some kind of glitch and disregarded it. But it’s been like this ever since. Matter of fact I’m on the browser right now and this is my second time typing this comment. Know why? Cause it crashed the first time! Still this browser is really good, I just hope the developers figure out a way to keep it from crashing so much.
Hi TheGuyYouCheckYourClosetFor, I wanted to let you know that this is a known issue with Torch browser and our developers are working on this issue. This issue is only affecting some users, however, it will be fixed soon. What you should do in the meantime is download our latest version of Torch browser, since it includes some improvements that will give you a better browsing experience.
Cheers, Andy K.
Ok I downloaded the latest version off torch’s website & installed Torch last night (25-03-2013).
I haven’t been able to open it without it crashing about 2 seconds after.
After about 15 minutes of faffing about I found that changing the properties
and telling it to run under compatibility mode: “windows 7” for some reason works perfectly & it stops crashing.
So im not sure if some or other windows 7 update has stuffed it, but try setting it to run under win7 compat mode and you should be gd to go :)
Hi Zeke Krahlin and anonymous,
I’m an official rep of Torch Browser and came across your posts. No, No, No… Crash is not good and it is not an expected behaviour. It might be a simple version issue, or faulty install. Try to uninstall Torch completely, and only then upgrade to the latest version. Use the offline installer at http://support.torchbrowser.com.
If this doesn’t work, please contact our support team here- http://support.torchbrowser.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/7/0/. These are the exact issues which we need to hear about from our users.
Btw, here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming up in Torch! http://music.torchbrowser.com. Enjoy ;)
Hope I helped, cheers, Andy K.
Yea, so Torch always crashed on me too, and I finally uninstalled and installed the latest version. Unfortunately, it too crashes, and has done so since installing it. I am seriously bummed out.
Patricia, do you have, by any chance, Google voice or Talk installed as an extension? If so, try to disable it and see if Torch still crashes. You can also try to disable all extensions at torch://extensions and then enable them one by one to see if one of the extensions is causing the crash.
Cheers, Andy K.
Sounds exhausting.
That’s programming for you.
My Torch browser doesn’t want to work when I go to facebook. It’s the only website that I can’t interact with. Could it be because of my AdBlock extension?
Hey man, I’m not sure that it has anything to do with it, but why don’t you try disabling the extension and see how it goes?
I know exactly what you mean. I, too, have issues with Torch crashing for no reason. Hell, not even ten minutes ago it asked me if I wanted to make it my default torrent program and every time I’d tell it to make it my default program it would crash on the spot. The programmers have a lot of work to do to make this great idea actually usable, but it’s getting there.
Oh ha ha. Moderator banned my post here, because I said the Torch browser kept crashing after I installed it on my Windows 7 system. Ha ha. What a sucky way to not help users…and conceal serious glitches. Too bad for Torch, they can’t handle responsibility…they’d rather screw over their users. Ha ha. Losers.
It’s not really screwing anyone over, it’s not like we paid for it or anything.
I installed the latest version today, on Windows 7. It just kept crashing, so I removed it. Better go back to the drawing board, Torch programmers!
I definitely understand you I also had to remove it. All it did was crash I never even got to really check it out
Hey there, I’ve been using Torch and am also a fan. I use the media grabber a lot and I wanted to point out that it also works great when you want to download tracks from Grooveshark and Soundcloud. Thanks and I look forward to reading your posts.
You missed the best part – this thing can download music from grooveshark in one click. Very cool
Torch is “crap” the hola extension always crashes ever 5 minuets the only thing its good for is torrents even its own built in torrent dowloader crashes
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You can right click on the hola button to uninstall it if it’s causing a problem. We don’t have many issues with this, but it’s not impossible. If that doesn’t help try uninstalling and reinstalling the browser.