You may have never heard of Sleipnir but it is one of the most popular web browser in Japan that is now also available in English.
The browser is extremely fast and supports the rendering engine of both IE & Firefox so you can change engines on the fly if you encounter a website that supports only one particular engine.
Here are some screenshots of Sleipnir:
Almost every feature in Sleipnir is customizable and the browser is therefore especially popular among geeks and advanced users who can fine-tune it according to their needs.
When you select some text on a web page, there’s a nice magnification lens that appears after a brief interval allowing you to do more things with that text selection.
IDG says that Sleipnir has a 9% share in the web browser market of Japan. I’ll probably not dump IE, Firefox or Opera for Sleipnir browser but it’s definitely a good attempt and worth keeping a watch.
And for mobile profession who like to carry their computer on a USB Drive, the portable edition of Sleipnir (download page) may just do the trick - it runs on the IE engine by default though you also have the option to use the Firefox Gecko engine.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/browsers/sleipnir-browser-portable-internet-explorer/3954/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
Amit,
simply which is the best in terms of ’speed’?
Pl rank among Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Sleipnir?
Written by Piyush K on 07.23.08
I never heard about this program. Maybe is good, but i think is not better than firefox 3 or safari.
Written by LiviuX on 07.23.08
Sounds like an interesting contender, but besides the whole layout thing (which is already quite customizable in Firefox), I don’t think it’s really anything new.
Alas, with 9% of the market share in Japan, they seem to be on the right track.
Written by Herbert on 07.23.08
@Piyush
I mainly used two browsers- FF & IE. I find FF is relatively fast while loading pages- might be due to ‘perception’ element here. FF will start displaying parts of pages as it receives data, while IE waits for whole page data to come thro’. Most of time to browse sites, I keep using FF- but there are some financial sites which work best with IE.
I used to use Opera before, but not when FF came thro’. FF’s addon adds lot of custom features which IE cannot offers - even in my wildest dreams.
Written by RohitBlog on 07.23.08
Looks good but wouldn’t replace FF!!
Written by ashwin on 07.24.08
What kind of browers can I install on my PSP(Playstation Portable) other than the browser it comes with-and how do I install them?
Written by john stephens on 07.24.08