iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by kaptain » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 1:27 AM UTC

iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS
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Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by rgovostes » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:18 AM UTC

Anyone remember the “Make iCab Smile” campaign? The UI featured a little smiley face in the corner that would change to a frown if there were too many HTML validation errors.

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by captn3m0 » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:24 AM UTC

Apparently it switched to Webkit a while back.

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by pcr910303 » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:24 AM UTC

I personally use iCab for using the internet on classic Mac OS machines. Very useful, as it’s the most recent browser supporting them.

Other than that, I’m not usre if this is worth the effort on usual machines... I would recommend Safari instead.

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by arkanciscan » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:38 AM UTC

rgovostes wrote: post #2

Anyone remember the “Make iCab Smile” campaign? The UI featured a little smiley face in the corner that would change to a frown if there were too many HTML validation errors.

OMG right in the nostalgia!

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:38 AM UTC

pcr910303 wrote: post #4

I personally use iCab for using the internet on classic Mac OS machines. Very useful, as it’s the most recent browser supporting them. Other than that, I’m not usre if this is worth the effort on usual machines... I would recommend Safari instead.

How does iCab compare to Classilla? Which itself is very out of date.

https://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by arkanciscan » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:40 AM UTC

I used to use this in college before I switched to Camino!

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by superdisk » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:43 AM UTC

captn3m0 wrote: post #3

Apparently it switched to Webkit a while back.

Why does this keep happening? Browsers sell their soul to just be another coat of paint on top of WebKit. I honestly don't get it. If you're working on a web browser as a personal or open source project, switching to WebKit is basically just replacing the entire project that you've worked on, and then writing your name on WebKit. There's not much more to a browser than a rendering engine. There really isn't a killer feature that Chrome won't just absorb anwyay. So why on earth would you decide to throw away your years of effort, and solely try to differentiate yourself based on slight variations in how your back button looks or your bookmarks work!?

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by deca6cda37d0 » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:46 AM UTC

I can't believe it still exists!

Re: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

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Post by Wowfunhappy » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:47 AM UTC

superdisk wrote: post #8

captn3m0 wrote: post #3

Apparently it switched to Webkit a while back.

Why does this keep happening? Browsers sell their soul to just be another coat of paint on top of WebKit. I honestly don't get it. If you're working on a web browser as a personal or open source project, switching to WebKit is basically just replacing the entire project that you've worked on, and then writing your name on WebKit. There's not much more to a browser than a rendering engine. There really isn't a killer…

Presumably because doing anything else is just impossible in this day and age.

There are only two-and-a-half actively-maintained rendering engines in existence: Gecko, and Chromium/Webkit. There's a reason for that. A single person isn't going to be able to maintain their own.