Release of a lightweight web browser , developed by participants of the Xfce project based on the WebKit2 engine and GTK3 library.
The core of the browser is written in Vala. The project code is licensed under LGPLv2.1. Binary builds for Linux () and ). Development for Windows and macOS has been temporarily halted.
Key innovations in Midori 9:
- The start page features icons for sites specified via the ;
- protocol. Improved support for JavaScript pop-up dialogs;
- Enable saving and restoring pinned tabs when saving or restoring a session;
- The Trust button showing information about TLS certificates has returned;
- A menu item has been added to the context menu for closing a tab;
- An option has been added to the address bar for opening URLs from the clipboard;
- The Web Extensions API now supports sidebar handlers;
- The App and Page menus have been merged;
- Improved input focus handling for reopened and background tabs;
- Tabs that play sound now show a volume control icon.
Main features of Midori:
- Tabs, bookmarks, private browsing mode, session management, and other standard features;
- Quick access panel for search engines;
- Tools for creating custom menus and styling customization;
- Support for custom scripts for content processing like Greasemonkey;
- Interface for editing Cookies and handler scripts;
- Built-in ad filtering tool (Adblock);
- Built-in RSS reading interface;
- Tools for creating standalone web applications (launching with panels, menus, and other browser interface elements hidden);
- Ability to connect various download managers (wget, SteadyFlow, FlashGet);
- High performance (handles opening 1000 tabs without issues);
- Support for connecting external extensions written in JavaScript (WebExtension), C, Vala, and Lua.
Source: opennet.ru
