Netsurf
NetSurf is a free, open source, lightweight web
browser which sports its own layout and rendering engine written
entirely from scratch. Its aim is to provide
omprehensive rendering of HTML 5 with CSS 2 in a small resource
footprint while remaining fast. It is written in C.
NetSurf is designed to be lightweight and portable, supporting
both
mainstream systems (e.g. Mac OS X and Unix-like) and older or uncommon
platforms.
Please be aware that Netsurf has no support for JavaScript.
NetSurf 2.9
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Price
Free to download
Size
4.4MB
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
The NetSurf Developers
Website
www.netsurf-browser.org
System Requirements
libcairo2 1.2.4 or higher
libcurl3 7.16.2-1 or higher
libgdk-pixbuf 2.22.0 or higher
libglade2 1:2.6.1 or higher
liblib 2.14.0 or higher
libgtk 2.24.0 or higher
libjpeg8
libpango 1.14.0 or higher
libpng 1.2.13-4 or higher
librsvg 2.14.4 or higher
libssl 1.0.0 or higfher
libxml 2.7.4 or higher
zlib1g
Support
Sites:
Documentation,
User
Guide
Selected
Reviews:
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Features include:
- Implements most of the HTML 4 and CSS 2.1 specifications
using its own bespoke layout engine
- Uses Hubbub, an HTML parser that follows the
work-in-progress HTML5 specification
- Renders GIF, JPEG, PNG and BMP images, as well as formats
native to RISC OS, including Sprite, Draw and ArtWorks files
- HTTPS for secure online transactions
- Unicode text
- Web page thumbnailing
- Local history trees
- URL completion
- Scale view
- Bookmarks
- Full screen mode
- Hotlist provides a convenient way of storing these
addresses (URLs)
- Keyboard shortcuts
- No particular operating system or GUI toolkit requirements
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