Shiira
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![]() Shiira (シイラ) 2.3 under Mac OS X 10.5.8 | |
Developer(s) | Shiira Project |
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Initial release | April 11, 2004 | (Version 0.9)
Final release | |
Preview release | none (n/a) [±] |
Written in | Traditional Chinese, Czech Language |
Type | Web browser |
License | BSD-3-Clause[1] |
Website | (in Japanese) shiira.jp/blog |
Shiira (シイラ,
Features and performance
Since the browser was developed with Safari in mind, the main characteristics of the two browsers are similar.
Style
The features of Shiira included appearance options. Users could switch between Aqua or Metal styles in addition to changing the buttons' appearances. However, in the 2.0 release, changes in themes were not available. Tabs were also customizable. Another option was "Tab Exposé", which acted much like the Exposé feature of Mac OS X; each tab was visible in its totality, enabling users to select the tab to which they wished to navigate.[2] The 1.x releases of Shiira also had a page-turning effect for transitions between any two webpages; however, this was dropped from 2.x releases. The interface in Shiira 2.0 could be set to display tabs as thumbnails along the bottom or sides of the window.[3]
Versions
The latest release (version 2.3) requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Shiira 2.3 has not been tested on the latest versions of the OS, and has been reported to be buggy on Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.[3] The final release for Mac OS X 10.3 was 1.2.2.
See also
References
- ^ "Shiira Project". Archived from the original on 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ a b c Jason Cranford Teague (March 4, 2008). "Shiira Project Shiira 2.2". Macworld. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- ^ a b Charles Moore (March 8, 2010). "Shiira Browser Is Lightning Fast". Low End Mac. Retrieved April 25, 2011.