Roccat Browser

Roccat Browser

Roccat Browser
Developer(s) Runecats
Initial release 2006 (2006)
Stable release 5.9 (December 26, 2015 (2015-12-26)[1]) [±]
Development status Active
Operating system OS X, iOS
Engine Webkit
Type Web browser
Feed reader
Mobile web browser
Website runecats.com
Standard(s) HTML5, CSS3, RSS, Atom, WebGL

Roccat Browser is a web browser designed for OS X and iOS, currently being developed by Runecats.[2] It utilises the Webkit rendering engine.

Features

Roccat Browser includes features such as "Roccat Draw", which allows the user to annotate webpages from within the browser, and "Resource Saver", which disables and re-enables web plugins such as Adobe Flash Player, reducing processing power and increasing battery life. "Roccat Flick" allows the user to share websites over a network, to other Macs, iPhones or iPads.[3]

Roccat Browser also runs on a cloud system called RClouds which lets you backup your tabs, bookmarks, settings and all things related to your browser, Roccat also provides a unique tab system which displays a preview of the website within each tab, this tab bar can be move from the top to the bottom, either side or can be placed in a drawer.

Unique Feature History [4]
Version Feature
1.0 VisiTabs (Preview of website in tab), Navigate Launchers (set shortcuts to quickly visit sites)
1.2 AdRemover
1.4 FullScreen
1.5 Lovebyt.es URL shortner
1.7 Undercover Browsing mode, Social integration
1.8 Gestures
2.0 RClouds, Auto Reloader, Roccat Munch (Advanced Cookie Management), Factory Restore
2.1 Twitter integration in FusedBar (Address bar)
2.5 Retina Support, Roccat Flick, Improved Social Integration, WebGL
2.7 Page Translation
3.0 FusedBar2 (Address bar suggestions from history, bookmarks, recent sites, google), TabSearch (ability to search for tabs in FusedBar (Address Bar), Roccat Reader (like readability)
3.4 Many privacy settings, SleepTabs, Javascript printing
3.5 Do not track mode
3.8 Spawn tabs next to current tab
3.9 Undercover Return, Privacy settings
4.0 Roccat Wallpaper (ability to set images as themes), Roccat Screenshot (ability to take full page screenshots), Autofill, HTML5 Fullscreen, WebAudio, Hard Reload, Web Dimensions (developer tool)
5.0 Roccat Draw (tool to draw/annotate the web), Resource Saver (click to activate plugins using lots of resources), Text Backup (saves textarea content to local storage), Duplicate Tab, HTML5 Media Indicator, SnapBack & SnapForward (quickly go to the first or last page on a tab)
5.2 Restore Session

Release History

There have been five major releases of Roccat Browser, with the latest being Roccat 5.

Pre-release Dates[5]
Version Date
0.1 3 December 2009
0.2 24 January 2010
0.3 3 February 2010
0.4 3 March 2010
0.5 24 June 2010
0.6 3 August 2010
0.7 24 November 2010
0.8 3 December 2010
0.9 3 January 2011
Public Release Dates[5]
Version Date
1.0 - 1.9 3 February 2011 - 24 September 2011
2.0 - 2.9 3 January 2012 - 24 November 2012
3.0 - 3.9 24 February 2013 - 24 November 2013
4.0 - 4.9 12 September 2014 - 24 December 2014
5.0 - 5.2 3 August 2015 - 24 September 2015

OS X System Requirements

Recommended hardware and required software[6]
OS X
CPU Intel and PPC
Memory (RAM) 384 MB
Hard disk drive free space 24 MB
Operating system version OS X 10.5 or newer

Mobile Versions

Roccat is also available on iOS devices, such as the iPad and iPhone. The mobile version features[7] many of the same features as it's desktop counterpart.

References

  1. ↑ "Roccat Changelog". Softpedia. 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  2. ↑ "About Runecats". Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Roccat 5 Features". Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Changelog". Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Roccat Release Dates". Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Roccat System Requirements". Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Roccat for iPad". Retrieved August 23, 2015.
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