Lunscape - 1 browser, 3 rendering engines

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Lunscape - 1 browser, 3 rendering engines

by Brad Linder Nov 25th 2008

Lunascape is a web browser for people who just can't decide which web browser to use. That's because the latest Alpha version of Lunascape supports three of the most popular rendering engines used in other web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome.

Upon setup, you can select your default rendering engine. Geck or WebKit are known for their blazing fast performance when loading many web pages and web apps,. Or you can choose Trident if you frequently visit web pages that only work with Internet Explorer.

The browser also supports bookmarklets, has a built in screen capture utility, skins, and has a full screen mode. Lunascape5 Alpha also supports add-ons, but right not there aren't a ton of plugins available. Unfortunately it will not work with plugins designed for Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer.

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Tags: gecko, lunascape, lunascape5-alpha, trident, webkit

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SRK said 3:31PM on 11-25-2008

does it support firefox add-ons?

Alvin Adducul said 8:12AM on 12-02-2008

No it doesn't. It only uses the Gecko rendering engine which is the fastest of the 3 using this browser. Have tried the other 2 but still edges out by Gecko.

SRK said 10:06AM on 12-02-2008

Aww :( This would be the best browser out there only if it supported firefox add-ons, which is also the only short coming of Chrome.

Ali said 9:06AM on 11-26-2008

nice i think will be good way for developers to check how each engine render their work

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