iCab web browser

[naquaada]

If you're searching for an Mac browser alternative take a look at iCab.

The first thing: It's VERY small. It takes only 17,8 MB as Universal Binary and 7,5 MB as slimmed Intel program. All other common browsers are about 60 MB or more. And it's fast. It isn't using the Mozilla/Gecko engine like many other browsers.

There are still versions for MacOS 9 and MacOS 68K available. Since version 4 it's completely new programmed and has a lot of functions which other browsers don't have, like inbuilt HTML syntax checking including (errors can be displayed), complex filter fuctions which allows you f.e. to save YouTube videos directly from the browser. iCab allows to save partital or complete web sites in different formats, even as standalone web application. You can record sessions and much more.

It's a bit too much to exlain everything, take a look at it. It's available in English, German, French, Danish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Norwergian. iCab is Shareware and costs 20 Euro.

[coxorange]

Hi,

Has iCab passed the ACiD2 test successfully?

thanks,
coxorange

[Dies]

Originally Posted by coxorange Hi, Has iCab passed the ACiD2 test successfully? thanks, coxorange

Yes.

I'm pretty sure it's just a wrapper for the same backend used by Safari, I could be wrong I didn't really check.

But for some strange reason it makes Safari look like a total slug, this thing really flies and has tons of nice features. Too bad it's so fugly and only available for OS X.

[naquaada]

coxorange: Yes, it passes the ACiD2 test.

Dies: iCab uses like Safari the WebKit engine, but it works different like Safari.

Here's a comparison chart about MacOS X Browsers: Deutsch English (Google translated)

iCab has very much features, so it's maybe a bit more difficult to configure. It there are problems, ask me, I'm also in contact with the developer.
It's also possible to process it with the XSlimmer, so you get a browser with only 7,7 MB size! I'm not sure but it seems it's a bit faster after slimming. iCab doesn't need to be AMD patched with zephyroth's patcher, no cpuid's detected. Firefox, Flock, SeaMonkey and other browsers have some cpuids which must be fixed.