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iCab X - 2.9.1

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All Time:	(3.3)
Version 2.9.1:	(3.2)
Selected Version:	2.9.1
Release Date:	2003-02-25
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 2.9.1):	5,563
Downloads (all versions):	174,230

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Product Description:

iCab is a new web browser for the Macintosh. The development of iCab is not finished at the moment, some features of the final version are missing. But you can try the iCab Preview at the download page. In the next few months better versions of iCab will be offered on our site. After the first final release, we will offer "iCab Pro" for $29. You will also be able to download a version for free.

What's new in this version:

The MacOSX version of iCab does have a completely new preferences dialog. The new dialog is similar to the system preferences and shows the Aqua visual effects and behaviour. To configure the favorites toolbar of the preferences dialog will work by drag & drop like in the system preferences. The new dialog is no longer modal, so it can be open all the time.
The shortcuts to increase/decrease the font size has changed in the MacOSX version of iCab. The old shortcuts will eventually match the new system shortcuts of MacOSX 10.2 (Jaguar) to cycle through windows.
Under MacOSX iCab did launch then classic version of the keychain instead of the one of MacOSX when the user clicked the "launch keychain" button in the preferences.
If filtered images were stored in the image cache the menu items "load missing image" in the contextual menu was missing.
"Proxy-Authorization" didn't work.
iCab could not display web pages where loading scripts and stylesheet files failed.
iCab did ask too often for passwords when accessing password protected sites.
A text encoding which was provided in the HTTP header was not evaluated.
The shortcuts for search engines for the URL location toolbar did not work for search engines which require using the "HTTP POST" command.
Accessign secure pages didn't work when using a firewall/proxy.
The new cache handling did trigger a strange bug in the classic MacOS versions. The MacOS did often crash when opening the Save file dialog while iCab was still downloading files in the background and saving them in the web cache. A few modifications of the web cache handling will now avoid this problem so there are no more crashes when saving files.
When opening images directly (without a HTML file where the image is embedded) it was not possible to save the image into a web archive.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.9.1:
Overall Rating:	(3.2)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(3.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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my default browser - Version: 4.7, 10/11/2009 01:52AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

macnerd10

iCab is a very small and very fast browser. It has outstanding security features, many different identities to optimize surfing, full control of all features, strong password memory and an unusual but extremely useful ability to save the page as pdf file (for bank statements, receipts, etc.). It also has superior text encoding allowing to correctly render foreign language files unreadable in several other browsers. It is constantly improving and can easily rival or beat many commercial browsers. iCab users enjoy personalized, fast, and professional customer support and Alexander actually listens to comments and improves the product constantly. My only suggestion would be to implement an option found so far only in Flock: treat attachments in webmail as links and have an option "save the link as". Highly recommend this browser.

Good Product - Version: 4.6.1, 6/26/2009 02:08AM PST

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macmacperson

iCab had languished for quite a while some time back. But, when it came back, it had really improved. I still use Safari ore often just die to convenience, but iCab is an excellent browser, too.

Very useful app. - Version: 4.6, 6/8/2009 01:07AM PST

(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)

terryl

I have been using iCab on and off since OS 8 days, and I'm pleased to commend the developer for continuing to support OS 8.5 & 9 as I have a few clients that still! use those systems. Internet Explorer and Netscape are not nearly as capable as iCab on those systems.

Although I mostly use Safari in OS 10, I keep most of the dozen or so different browsers on my systems for testing purposes, and iCab performs with the best of them. Great preference set, and very compact footprint. Firefox takes forever to boot up, while iCab launches faster than Safari.

One suggestion though: give us a color choice on the toolbar buttons. The yellow is a bit garish. Maybe a blue, teal, and purple choice would be nice. Something a bit more soothing. And I kind of miss the tacky little yellow cab progress indicator with it's cloud of exhaust.

Terry