Midori (web browser)

Midori

Midori 0.4.0
Developer(s)	Christian Dywan, et al.
Initial release	December 16, 2007 (2007-12-16)[1]
Stable release	0.4.2 / 11 November 2011; 3 days ago (2011-11-11)[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 (緑^?, 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.

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]

• Internationalized domain names support
• Extensions
  • Adblock
  • Form history
  • Mouse gestures
  • Cookie management
• Maemo integration for mobile devices
• Speed Dial
• Feed Panel

See also

Free software portal

• Comparison of web browsers

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. 

External link

• Official website