TechThem Howto's and Tricks » Browsers http://www.techthem.com Technology news, Howto's, Tips, hacks and tricks about Windows, Programming, Designing, Blogging Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Arora – New Lightweight Browser Released Its Version With New Features http://www.techthem.com/arora-new-lightweight-browser-released-its-version-with-new-features/ http://www.techthem.com/arora-new-lightweight-browser-released-its-version-with-new-features/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:25:08 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=1373 arora-new-cross-platform-webkit-browser-screenshot

Maybe most of you guys are not aware of it but the new browser “Arora” is making his position tight and ready to reach the new levels in Browser market. Arora is opensource and lightweight browser, cross-platform, Qt and Webkit-based browser. Arora was first began as a demo by Benjamin Meyer but later, work appreciated and the further developement started. Arora official blog is here

Arora runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Windows and any other platforms supported by the Qt toolkit. Arora uses the QtWebKit port of the fully standards-compliant WebKit layout engine. It features fast rendering, powerful JavaScript engine and supports Netscape plugins.

Apart from the must-have features such as bookmarks, history and tabbed browsing Arora boasts:

  • very fast startup
  • integration with desktop environments
  • Adblock
  • smart location bar
  • session management
  • privacy mode
  • flexible search engine management
  • ClickToFlash plugin
  • download manager
  • WebInspector, a set of tools for web developers
  • 30 translations

Official Google Code page (Download page) for this browser is here,

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