QtWeb

QtWeb

Screenshot of QtWeb v3.8, having passed Acid3 test
Developer(s)	LogicWare & LSoft Technologies
Initial release	December 2, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-12-02)[1]
Stable release	3.8.5[2]  / 9 September 2013
Engine	WebKit
Operating system	Windows 2000 and later OS X 10.3 and later Linux PC-BSD[3]
Platform	Qt
Type	Web browser
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	www.qtweb.net

QtWeb is a discontinued free and open-source web browser developed by LogicWare & LSoft Technologies.^[4][5] QtWeb used the WebKit browser engine that was embedded in the Qt framework.^[5]

Features

• Ad filtering (AdBlock function)^[6]
• BitTorrent download manager^[7]
• Bookmarks (including bookmarks import and aliases)^[8]
• Customisable keyboard shortcut^[7]
• Customisable search engines^[7]
• Customisable User Agent (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome)^[7][9]
• Downloads manager^[10]
• Mouse gestures^[10]
• Privacy mode^[7][8]
• Pop-up blocking^[7]
• Portable version available^[5][8]
• Saving web sites in the PDF format^[7][8]
• Tabbed browsing^[5]
• Web Inspector for debugging, editing, and monitoring web pages^[5][10]

Reception

QtWeb has been described as a lightweight web browser which offers some amount of customisable features, speed and simplicity to navigate.^[6][7][8][9] However it has been criticised for the lack of extensions support, no way to run Java and problems working with several websites.^[6][9]

References

1. "QtWeb Internet Browser version 1.2". QtWeb official website. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
2. "Qt Web Browser".
3. "Download QtWeb Portable". QtWeb official website. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
4. "About QtWeb". QtWeb official website. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
5. "QtWeb Internet Browser". PC World. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
6. "QtWeb Internet Browser". Download.com. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
7. "QtWeb: Fast & a Portable Web Browser". Hecticgeek.com. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
8. "Softpedia Editor's Review for QtWeb". Softpedia. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
9. "QtWeb: Not Quite Ready For Full Time Browsing". Fossforce.com. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
10. "QtWeb Internet Browser". Pointerway.com. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

External links

• Official website