** Supports downloading one page or a whole site (crawling) with many configuration options.
** Allows the user start, stop, resume and review downloads. * Kiosk mode: full screen display and access controls. ** Adjust rendering, network, JavaScript, and cookies settings for individual sites or types of pages. ** Sophisticated filtering out of images and plugin content (e.g. * Multiple language support, including Arabic on older Macs (cannot display UTF-16 pages). iCab also contains the following features: This feature was first seen in the same author's earlier web browser, CAB. Clicking on the smiley will bring up a list of any errors on the page. Other kinds of filters add features, such as the YouTube video filter which adds a download link on all YouTube page views so you can easily download the videos.ĭepending on the validity of the HTML of the web site currently viewed, iCab displays a smiley face. Currently iCab comes with two filters (ads and video). This helps speed slow internet connections and avoid visual distractions. ICab features a powerful filter manager which allows users to avoid downloading advertisements and other unwanted content. iCab 4 switched to WebKit for its rendering engine, giving it the same rendering abilities as Apple's Safari browser. iCab 3 introduced improved rendering capabilities, including support for CSS2 and Unicode (via the ATSUI toolkit).
ICab's original rendering engine was often criticized for not supporting CSS and DOM. It can run on PowerPC or Intel systems running Mac OS 10.3.9 or later. ICab 4 was rewritten to use the Cocoa API and the WebKit rendering engine.
This version can run on PowerPC systems running Mac OS 8.5 through Mac OS 9.2.2, or PowerPC or Intel systems running Mac OS X 10.1 or later. It supports both 68k and PowerPC Macintosh systems running System 7.5 through Mac OS 9.2.2.Īs of January 2008, iCab 3 is still maintained. While no longer maintained, iCab 2.9.9 is still available for download and registration. Once the registration is purchased, this dialog box is no longer shown. The downloadable product is fully functional, but is nagware, periodically displays a dialog box asking the user to register the product, to upgrade to the "Pro" version.
It is the only browser being developed for Mac OS 9 and earlier, and is the only one available for 68k-based Macintoshes that features tabbed browsing. ICab is a web browser for the Macintosh by Alexander Clauss, derived from Crystal Atari Browser (CAB) for Atari TOS compatible computers. Language = English, German, French, Danish, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Chinese and Japanese Caption = iCab 4.0.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.11