What features does Sleipnir have [ e ]

For us non-Japanese speakers, can you give a quick rundown of the features?  Babelfish doesn't do a great job of translating.

How is it different/better than Firefox?

posted by kaiFebruary 25, 2006 at 1:34

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It's debatable if software like Sleipnir can be called a browser. It uses the entire Trident engine from Internet Explorer and build on that to basically create an IE with dramatically increased functionality. Some call it a hack, but the Trident engine was designed to be modular and thus be used by other developers in their own software. (most define a hack as using something in a way it wasn't meant to be used)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Trident_(layout_engine)
http://www.maxthon.com
http://www.avantbrowser.com

posted by MiletosFebruary 25, 2006 at 15:05

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According to the Sleipnir website they also have the Gecko engine included. Why two rendering engines I don't no except for yet another option.

posted by greggmanFebruary 25, 2006 at 19:55

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Sleipnir is a marketing company, basically.  They don't make any of their own technologies (i.e. they're using either Gecko or Trident as their base.)

They do have decent marketshare among Japanese techies who need to use IE but want more customizability.

In real terms their marketshare is very very small.

posted by GenKanaiMay 9, 2006 at 2:11

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Have you noticed that their steering wheel logo looks a lot like Netscape Navigator?

Can you get this in English?

posted by JessDecember 4, 2007 at 12:07