QtWeb

{{Short description|Web browser}}{{Infobox web browser

| name = QtWeb

| logo = QtWeb 3.8 computer icon.png

| screenshot = QtWeb 3.8 screenshot.png

| caption = Screenshot of QtWeb v3.8, having passed Acid3 test

| developer = LogicWare & LSoft Technologies

| released = {{Start date and age|2008|12|02}}{{cite web|url=http://qtweb.net/QtWeb-released.html|title=QtWeb Internet Browser version 1.2|publisher=QtWeb official website|access-date=17 March 2014}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q3926521|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3926521|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q3926521|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3926521|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| operating system = {{Plainlist|

  • Windows 2000 and later
  • OS X 10.3 and later
  • Linux
  • PC-BSD{{cite web|url=http://qtweb.net/download.html|title=Download QtWeb Portable|publisher=QtWeb official website|access-date=17 March 2014}}

}}

| platform = Qt

| engine = WebKit

| license = GPL-2.0-or-later

| genre = Web browser

| website = {{URL|https://www.qtweb.net/}}

}}

QtWeb is a discontinued free and open-source web browser developed by LogicWare & LSoft Technologies.{{cite web|url=http://qtweb.net/about.html|title=About QtWeb|publisher=QtWeb official website|access-date=17 March 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/product/996638/qtweb-internet-browser.html|title=QtWeb Internet Browser|publisher=PC World|date=14 June 2010|access-date=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318224128/http://www.pcworld.com/product/996638/qtweb-internet-browser.html|archive-date=18 March 2014|url-status=dead}} QtWeb used the WebKit browser engine that was embedded in the Qt framework.

Features

  • Ad filtering (AdBlock function){{cite web|url=http://download.cnet.com/QtWeb-Internet-Browser/3000-2356_4-10906950.html|title=QtWeb Internet Browser|publisher=Download.com|date=16 October 2009|access-date=17 March 2014}}
  • BitTorrent download manager{{cite web|url=http://www.hecticgeek.com/2012/03/qtweb-fast-portable-web-browser/|title=QtWeb: Fast & a Portable Web Browser|publisher=Hecticgeek.com|date=14 March 2012|access-date=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317112712/http://www.hecticgeek.com/2012/03/qtweb-fast-portable-web-browser/|archive-date=17 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Bookmarks (including bookmarks import and aliases)
  • Customisable keyboard shortcut
  • Customisable search engines
  • Customisable User Agent (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome){{cite web|url=http://fossforce.com/2013/01/qtweb-not-quite-ready-for-full-time-browsing/|title=QtWeb: Not Quite Ready For Full Time Browsing

|publisher=Fossforce.com|date=31 January 2013|access-date=18 March 2014}}

  • Downloads manager{{cite web|url=http://pointerway.com/download-qtweb-internet-browser-for-mac/|title=QtWeb Internet Browser|publisher=Pointerway.com|date=19 October 2012|access-date=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814175710/http://pointerway.com/download-qtweb-internet-browser-for-mac/|archive-date=14 August 2017|url-status=dead}}
  • Mouse gestures
  • Privacy mode
  • Pop-up blocking
  • Portable version available
  • Saving web sites in the PDF format{{cite web|url=http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/QtWeb.shtml|title=Softpedia Editor's Review for QtWeb|publisher=Softpedia|date=20 January 2014|access-date=17 March 2014}}
  • Tabbed browsing
  • Web Inspector for debugging, editing, and monitoring web pages

Reception

QtWeb has been described as a lightweight web browser which offers some amount of customisable features, speed and simplicity to navigate. However it has been criticised for the lack of extensions support, no way to run Java and problems working with several websites.

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