The Shiira Project has announced the release of latest version of their Mac OS X Web browser, Shiira 2.0.
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.
One of the most impressive features of Shiira is Tab Exposé. Tab Exposé shows all open tabs the same way that Exposé shows all open windows.
Watch the Tab Exposé QuickTime demo:
• Large (10.9 MB)
• Small (1.3 MB)
Shiira 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4, because one of the purposes of the Shiira Project is to leverage latest Mac OS X features, ex. Core Data.
Screenshots can be viewed here.
More info and download link (upper right of page) here.
Back to Shiira … some problems noted in a matter of a few minutes.
– can’t rename a bookmarks folder
– can’t see the MW to post to MDN
On the Good Side, I like several of the options – and that they ARE “options”.
DLMeyer – the Voice of G.L.Horton’s Stage Page Pod Cast
MW = “who” … the .sig is who I am, feel free to ignore me
Shiira, is that the contry by Israil or that Islameic group who dont like sunnies? Time to get in the pickup truck and get my mullet cut, and mabe a Bud.
damn, DL – isn’t there enough advertising on this page?
Shiira – is that those darling little people who make such pretty bangs? Or is that the new Michael Bolton CD that sends all proceeds to http://www.itsbush'fault.org? Time to jump in the hybrid and get my leave-in conditioner worked in, and maybe a green tea…
Cubert,
Not sure what your Safari is on, but mine is as fast as ever.
So far, I like it…I’ll play around with it a bit more and see if any of the problems I’ve had with Firefox and Safari creep up in Shiira (for example, image-heavy blog pages load in Firefox with huge grey boxes, and I can’t play video links in Safari), but it’s got a very clean look — and I like being able to switch between Page View and regular tabs. Seems to work well on the Intel iMac — I’ll have to try it out on the MacBook.
The beauty of the Mac is that we actually have choices…
I use Shiira 1.2 on my Mac OS X Panther Mac. It’s a great browser and runs better than the others (including Camino) on that older slower Mac. Since Apple never made the latest Safari compatible with Mac OS X 10.3 and lower, it’s a great alternative.
My #1 browser on my Mac with Tiger is Camino. But I’ll give Shiira 2.0 a try. I just downloaded it…
tab exposé is exactly the same as the new IE7 feature.