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Shiira

Shiira - 2.0b1

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All Time: (4.4)
Version 2.0b1: (3.5)
Selected Version: 2.0b1
Release Date: 2006-08-07
License: Beta
Downloads (version 2.0b1): 3,420
Downloads (all versions): 57,401

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Product Description:

Shiira is a web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa. The goal of the Shiira Project is to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari. All source code used in this software is publicly available.

What's new in this version:

We release Shiira 2.0b1, that is the "Preview of New Version". Note that this is a beta version software. Very unstable and many features are not implemented yet.

We planed to create absolute new user interface for 2.0. It was hard to extend 1.x style interface. We discussed "what is the best user interface for the browser of the latest Mac OS X" from scratch.

We had made a lot of prototypes. We had tested various interfaces and dropped them. We had tried to implement many features and provide simple interface, both. Shiira user interface expects drastic changes, but still that is Shiira.

The purpose of this release is to introduce our new design. Almost fixed. We will implement remained features.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

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Version 2.0b1:
Overall Rating: (3.5) Features: (4.0) Support: (2.5)
Ease of Use: (4.0) Quality / Stability: (4.0) Price: (5.0)
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Shiira CommentarySome potential but too flaky for normal use... - Version: 2.2 (build080118), 3/19/2008 02:27AM PST

morepowerfulastronaut
Shiira has potential: it looks great and has some really nice features, but there are a couple things that remove it from the list of possible candidates for even a backup browser at this point. First off all, the bookmark management system would not work properly for me. It would not properly import and the bookmarks I tried to rearrange ended up vanishing. This in itself is a huge problem. Coupled with the lack of any built-in or add-on based ad blocking and the lack of 1Password support, Shiira isn't usable for me. I'd like to see where this project goes in the future, though...
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Shiira CommentarySome potential but too flaky for normal use... - Version: 2.2 (build080118), 3/19/2008 02:27AM PST

morepowerfulastronaut
Shiira has potential: it looks great and has some really nice features, but there are a couple things that remove it from the list of possible candidates for even a backup browser at this point. First off all, the bookmark management system would not work properly for me. It would not properly import and the bookmarks I tried to rearrange ended up vanishing. This in itself is a huge problem. Coupled with the lack of any built-in or add-on based ad blocking and the lack of 1Password support, Shiira isn't usable for me. I'd like to see where this project goes in the future, though...
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Shiira Troubleshooting ReportImpossible to import bookmarks!!!!! - Version: 2.2 (build080118), 2/17/2008 12:00AM PST

GianMarco Tavazzani
..and this is a huge, HUGE problem!
I can't evalue this browser that was one of my very preferred ones in the version 1.
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