Shiira 2.0

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 6 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  2,993

• Requirements:

  Mac OS X 10.4

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  April 23, 2007

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Shiira 1.2.2

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Publisher's description of Shiira

From Shiira Project:

Shiira is a Web browser written in Cocoa. It uses the KHTML rendering engine provided by Apple's Web Kit. Since this is the same rendering engine used by Safari, HTML content rendered by Shiira will look the same as in Apple's own browser. The Shiira Project is an attempt to development a Web browser using Web Kit. All source codes used in this software are publicly available under the BSD license. We hope that our code will help other developers just starting out on their own Web Kit projects.

Version 2.0 revamps the browser interface, among other new features.

Editor's review of Shiira

• 4.0 stars

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If your looking for a unique Internet browsing alternative, Shiira offers everything you need to surf the Web in style. Made using the KHTML rendering engine provided by Apple's Web Kit, Shiirawill render pages the same way Safari does. Where it differs from Safari is with some interesting and useful features. Each new "tab" you open shows up as a tiny preview of the page at the bottom of the interface. You can then click on the preview image to go to that page immediately. A feature called the Shelf, lets you access your bookmarks (even from other browsers on your Mac), along with your Web history, and a large collection of search engines. We really like the way Shiira handles tabs and the toolbar customization features are a nice touch. If you're looking for a new way to surf, we recommend you give this unique and nimble browser a try.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 6 votes
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• 4 stars

  Version: Shiira 2.0

  "Agréable et simple à utiliser"

  by michael_c_schulz on April 22, 2008

  Pros: Plus étoffé que Camino

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• 3 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Shiira 2.0

  "clean and simple"

  by ronbraz1 on January 1, 2008

  Pros: l like the looks and simplicity.

  Cons: program locked up and when i relaunch it I lost all info I had.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Shiira 2.0

  "Precious & Useful like an antic netsuke"

  by pinheiro154 on November 14, 2007

  Pros: Easiness in switching 2 other browsers trough Shelf

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• 4 stars

  2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Shiira 2.0

  "Creative and intuitive. New features."

  by bboysen on April 25, 2007

  Pros: Fast, good looking browser for the Mac from Japan. It's still in beta, but already a classy venture into the browser market for the Mac. "Shelf" feature for bookmarks and automatic import of Safari and Firefox bookmarks -- and Address Book entries a plus.

  Give it a try!

  Cons: Still a bit buggy. Won't render all pages correctly, but they say they're working on it.

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• 4 stars

  2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Shiira 2.0

  "Good young browser that looks like it belongs on the mac."

  by Roberto Felgueiras on April 25, 2007

  Pros: Unlike fire fox, it looks like a real mac app without needing plug-ins/add-ons. It taps in to Key Chain so you don't have to re-type in all your usernames/passwords, yet your info is still secure and it handles RSS feeds well (unlike Camino) and and you can brows your feeds in detail in one page (unlike Fire fox).

  Cons: It's still new, so there are some issues with the way _some_ type is displayed, and it did crash on one or two sites, but I did have 9 or 10 tabs open running flash intensive sites. Safari's done the same. I wouldn't replace Safari just yet, but it's a contender if leopards version isn't amazing enough.

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