| Posted: Mon 05 Jan 2015, 14:25 Post subject: Slimjet web browser |
I've run into this Slimjet browser a few days ago. It is from the same company (FlashPeak) which made the SlimBoat browser. To clarify the difference, SlimBoat is based on the community-maintained webkit while Slimjet is based on Google's blink engine. As a matter of fact, most browser vendors have chosen to go with Blink and I guess FlashPeak has decided to follow the suit. The linux version is released a couple of days ago. I tried it on precise puppy 5.7.1 and it works smoothly. They provide a 50+ MB tar.xz archive which you can just extract and run out of the box.
As far as features are concerned, most of the features available in Chromium are kept while there are an impressive set of additional features such as facebook sharing, customizable toolbar, video downloading, etc (similar to SlimBoat). And yes, it can sync all the bookmarks in your google account and is compatible with most Chrome extensions.
I've attached a screenshot of Slimjet running on precise 5.7.1.
The home page is http://www.slimjet.com
The download page is http://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php
On the download page, choose the 32-bit tar.xz zip package.
Flashpeak Slimbrowser
SlimBrowser integrates the most useful and popular features directly into the browser so that you don't install any external extensions in most of the cases. In case you do need to resort to external extensions for additional functionality, you can install any extensions from the Mozilla Add-on Website. The Slimjet browser is a Google Chrome browser clone, that has been enriched with helpful additional functions like popup blocker etc. The browser can be downloaded free of charge from the website www.slimjet.com/en/. The developer of this browser is the Austin, Texas (USA), based software producer FlashPeak Inc. Both the Google Chrome and the Slimjet browser come with integrated Flash Player. If a vulnerability is found in Flash, Adobe usually releases a patch. But how to update Flash in Google Chrome or in the Slimjet browser? There are always browser updates, which include the latest Flash Player. Chrome browsers has a Flash auto update. 'Slimjet is a fast, smart and powerful web browser based on the Blink engine. It is built on top of the Chromium open source project, on which Google chrome is also based. Slimjet integrates a lot of powerful and convenient features to help users maximize their online productivity.