NetSurf is a small and efficient cross-platform web browser for fans of Linux, Unix and RISC OS. Whether you want to check your mail, post comments on forums, or read the news, NetSurf is a great choice. This interactive web browser comes with a wide range of features such as mouse gestures, hotkeys, ad filtering, and high portability. NetSurf has its own GPL version 2 licensed layout engine.
This open source web browser is completely free. The project was started in 2002 in response to a discussion about the shortcomings of existing web browsers on the RISC OS platform. The entire browser and all of its features are approximately 5MB in size. NetSurf supports HTTPS, CSS 2.1, HTML4, and Unicode content. This program is ideal for users who don’t have gigabytes of memory to spend browsing the Web. Your developers continue to squeeze more speed out of your code.
NetSurf is standards compliant and comes with many great features such as:
• Search-as-you-type text search highlighting
• URL Completion
• Text selection
• Supports JPG, PNG, MNG, JPEG, SVG, BMP and GIF
• HTTPS for secure online transactions
• High portability
• High speed
• Friendly interface
• Tabbed browsing
• Incremental discovery
• Pop-up blocking
• Page Zoom
• Spell correction
• Form input
• HTML 4 and CSS 2.1 compatibility
• Bookmark Manager
• Global history
• Fast and light engine
• Compliant with standards
This lightweight browser has pioneered the concept of web page thumbnails. Its intuitive interface is designed by RISC OS users to integrate well with the desktop. Installing NetSurf is quite easy. All you have to do is download a copy of the browser from its official website, open the file and install the supplied programs. When you load this browser for the first time, you will be automatically redirected to your home page.
NetSurf has several options, including page, display, navigation, object, utilities, help, and NetSurf options. Users can save web pages to their computers or export them as text files. You can view the HTML source code of the current web page, get information about the images displayed on a page, and navigate through the pages you have visited. This compact browser allows users to scale the current page view and customize the NetSurf toolbar by adding or removing buttons and icons. By using NetSurf, you can see all the websites you have visited during a certain period of time. Users can also view and delete cookies. NetSurf features an interactive help option as well as a comprehensive help section.