Midori (web browser)

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Midori
Midori.svg
Midori 0.4.0 wheezy.png
Midori 0.4.0
Developer(s) Christian Dywan, et al.
Initial release December 16, 2007 (2007-12-16)[1]
Stable release 0.4.3 / 17 December 2011; 46 days ago (2011-12-17)[2]
Preview release none  (n/a) [±]
Development status Active
Written in C
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in About 30 languages
Type Web browser
License LGPL v2.1+
Website www.twotoasts.de

Midori (?, Japanese for green) is a web browser that aims to be lightweight and fast. It uses the WebKit rendering engine and the GTK+ 2 interface. Midori is part of the Xfce desktop environment's Goodies component.[3] It is the default browser in elementary OS[4] and the Bodhi Linux distribution[5] as well as Trisquel Mini.

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[edit] Features

Official listed features:[6]

  • Full integration with GTK+ 2; Experimental GTK+3 support in 0.4.1 release (disabled by default)
  • Fast rendering with WebKit
  • Tabs, windows and session management
  • Flexibly configurable web search
  • User scripts and user styles support
  • Straightforward bookmark management
  • Customizable and extensible interface
  • Extension modules can be written in C and Vala
  • Supports HTML5 on Youtube
  • Form history, mouse gestures and cookie management.
Midori 0.1.6 passing the Acid3 Test

Midori passes the Acid3 test.

Among the latter features are:[7]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://git.xfce.org/apps/midori/refs/
  2. ^ http://www.midori-browser.org/index.php?/archives/48-Speedier-dials,-fancier-fonts-and-forbidden-cookie-files.html
  3. ^ "Midori moves to XFCE land". http://www.twotoasts.de/index.php?/archives/7-Moving-to-Xfce-land.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  4. ^ http://elementaryos.org/support/answers/814
  5. ^ "Why Midori?". http://bodhilinux.com/quickstart/quickstartEN/midori.html. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  6. ^ Christian Dywan. "Midori - Web browser". http://www.twotoasts.de/index.php?/pages/midori_summary.html. Retrieved 2008-09-12. 
  7. ^ Christian Dywan. "Changelog". http://git.xfce.org/apps/midori/tree/ChangeLog. Retrieved 2009-09-12. 

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