SlimBrowser is a
tabbed
In interface design, a tab is a graphical user interface object that allows multiple documents or panels to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents. It is an interfac ...
multiple-site
web browser
A web browser is application software for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's screen. Browsers are used o ...
from FlashPeak, Inc., an
Austin,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
-based company.
It formerly used the Microsoft
Trident layout engine. It incorporates a large collection of features like built-in
popup killer, skinned window frame,
form filler A form filler is a software program that automatically fills forms in a UI. Form fillers can be part of a larger program, like a web browser, password manager or even an enterprise single sign-on (E-SSO) solution.
A form filler is the opposite o ...
, site group, quick-search, auto login, hidden sites, built-in commands and scripting, online translation,
script error suppression,
blacklist
Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist (or black list) of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list. If someone is on a blacklist, ...
/
whitelist
A whitelist, allowlist, or passlist is a mechanism which explicitly allows some identified entities to access a particular privilege, service, mobility, or recognition i.e. it is a list of things allowed when everything is denied by default. It is ...
filtering, and URL Alias.
SlimBrowser was one of the twelve
browser choices offered to
European Economic Area
The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the ''Agreement on the European Economic Area'', an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade As ...
users of
Microsoft Windows in 2010.
Since V6.0, SlimBrowser has adopted a multi-process architecture to improve stability and eliminate performance restrictions associated with traditional single-process browsers. SlimBrowser included a full-featured form filler with the support of multiple identities in V6.01.
After development had been paused, it started again in 2019, switching to
Gecko engine, counting versions from V10.0.
FlashPeak also makes the cross-platform browser SlimJet which uses
Chromium. SlimBoat used
WebKit
WebKit is a browser engine developed by Apple and primarily used in its Safari web browser, as well as on the iOS and iPadOS version of any web browser. WebKit is also used by the BlackBerry Browser, PlayStation consoles beginning from the P ...
,
but is no longer supported.
References
External links
Official website
Internet Explorer shells
Portable software
Windows web browsers
Software companies based in Texas
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