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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Open Source Web Browser : NetSurf

Small as a mouse, fast as a cheetah and available for free. NetSurf is a multi-platform web browser for RISC OS, UNIX-like platforms (including Linux) and more.
Whether you want to check your webmail, read the news or post to discussion forums, NetSurf is your lightweight gateway to the world wide web. Actively developed, NetSurf is continually evolving and improving.
Written in C, this award winning open source project features its own layout engine. It is licensed under GPL version 2.

NetSurf 2.6 features:

NetSurf 2.6 is available for: RISC OS; Linux and other UNIX-like systems; and AmigaOS

  • Web standards: HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.1
  • Image formats: PNG, GIF, JPEG, SVG, JNG, MNG and BMP
  • HTTPS for secure online transactions
  • Unicode text
  • Web page thumbnailing
  • Local history trees
  • Global history
  • URL completion
  • Text selection
  • Scale view
  • Search-as-you-type text search highlighting
  • Save pages complete with images
RISC OS only
  • Image formats: Sprite, Drawfile and ArtWorks
  • Hotlist management (bookmarks)
  • Cookie viewer
  • Drawfile export
Learn more about Netsurf.