Sleipnir (web browser)
| Developer(s) |
Fenrir Inc, Osaka, Japan |
| Stable release |
3.0.7 (January 31, 2012; 23 days ago (2012-01-31)) [±] |
| Preview release |
none (n/a) [±] |
| Operating system |
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, but for version 3.0.2 only Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6/10.7 iOS |
| Type |
Web browser |
| License |
Proprietary |
| Website |
www.fenrir-inc.com |
Sleipnir is a tabbed web browser developed by Fenrir Inc. The browser is known for its high level of user customization and is one of the few browsers to still support Windows 98. Fenrir Inc has released the latest stable version, 3.0.7 on January 31, 2012. It supports HTML5 and Internet Explorer 9. Like the last two releases Sleipnir was included in a browser ballot screen on the EU edition of Windows 7 (not in May 2011) (and XP and Vista with an update),[1] so EU users of Windows 7 may choose between Internet Explorer and browsers during the installation process.
The names Sleipnir and Fenrir are both from Norse mythology where Sleipnir is the eight-legged horse of Odin and Fenrir is a monstrous wolf. The browser is currently limited to two languages: English and Japanese.
[edit] History
Sleipnir 3 RC2 scores 95 in the
Acid3 test.
Sleipnir was originally developed by Yasuyuki Kashiwagi (now the president of Fenrir & Co), but in November 2004, he had his computer with Sleipnir's source code stolen.[2] In 2005, he established Fenrir & Co. for the purpose of restarting development of Sleipnir as version 2.x, which has no compatibility with the original version.
As of 2006 Sleipnir had 6.0% of the market share in Japan.[3] Fenrir has released its Global Site and arranged new pages for each location. Fenrir has released Sleipnir 3.X alpha version with plans to release other language versions.
Sleipnir was one of twelve browsers offered through a ballot to EU users of Microsoft Windows.[4] It wasn't present in May 2011.
[edit] Features
The browser's layout engine can be changed to either Internet Explorer's Trident or Mozilla's Gecko. Other features include mouse gestures, page zooming, a search bar, Greasemonkey-like user script support, and plugin support.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ EU drops Microsoft browser charges with agreement on 'ballot screen' | Technology | guardian.co.uk
- ^ (Japanese)「Sleipnir」「PictBear」の作者のパソコンが盗難に遭い開発中止に!?
- ^ (Japanese) フェンリル、タブブラウザ「Sleipnir」「Grani」のデフォルト検索エンジンをグーグルに:マーケティング - CNET Japan
- ^ BBC, Microsoft offers browser choices to Europeans, 1 March 2010
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