August 10, 2006

Swift for Windows

Swift is a new web browser for Windows that is based on WebKit, which is the rendering engine that powers Safari on OSX. WebKit is based on the KHTML rendering engine, which is was powers Konqueror on Linux. If this applications turns out to be even halfway decent then the browser scene is going to get quite interesting. (via)

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8 Comments on “Swift for Windows”

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1 Asfaq Aug 10th, 2006, at 15:18:16

Woot !!! new browser !! am a browser fan, so this is a kinda good news to me.. lets check it out.. i see its still in alpha so will have to be less critical about judging it.. my fav browser is opera !! jus love everything abt it !!

2 Leesy Aug 10th, 2006, at 16:43:34

Quite a hefty download size for a browser. I’ve given it a good test and it runs well. A couple of small items that might bug me in the long run but it’s only at v0.1 so I’m sure those may change. Certainly one to watch.

3 blest Aug 10th, 2006, at 20:21:38

I’ll wait untill it’s been going for a while before I try it. I’ll first here what other people have to say about it.

4 Ben Aug 10th, 2006, at 22:35:00

YES. HELL. FUCKING. YES.

For so long have I wanted a KTHML-based browser on my Windows platform to use… for so long have I looked. Finally, it seems we’ve got something.

Let’s hope this isn’t just another half-baked idea for a browser, and becomes a real contender to shake things up a little bit.

5 Sourabh Aug 20th, 2006, at 22:44:59

Well, I decided to try it out and got bugged within less than 5 minutes.

Looks were Windows 95′ish at best, no good at quick rendering too and there was no vertical scroll possible! Hows that for some feature!

Its still very primitive to be even called a browser that can be used in the first place. May be with time.

6 Srinivasan Gopalan Jan 8th, 2007, at 15:32:56

The browser is in alpha stage!
No drop down boxes, no scrolling, no GMail!!!
Gonna wait till the Beta version comes

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7 genbeta Aug 10th, 2006, at 17:37:59

Swift navegador para Windows similar a Safari…

Si eres usuario de Windows pero quieres sentir cómo es eso de usar Safari en Mac OSX, el navegador para Windows Swift puede darte una idea aproximada. Esta basado en WebKit, mismo motor implementado en el navegador Safari. Es ideal para probarlo un p…

8 The Penguin Mafia : » Swift: Will it be swift at all? Aug 11th, 2006, at 10:04:16

[...] Scott posted today about the new Swift Browser for Windows that’s in the works (an alpha was released recently). The browser is based on the same engine that runs Apple’s Safari browser, which is further based on the engine that runs Konqueror on Linux. [...]