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by Scott McNulty Aug 17th 2006 at 7:00PM

Swift is a Webkit based browser for Windows (the first of its kind). What does that mean to you? Well, Webkit is the HTML engine that drives Safari, and is included in OS X with lots of hooks for developers. Chances are if you are doing web browsing on the Mac you're using Webkit (though the Firefox based browsers do not make use of Webkit).

Thanks to the open source nature of Webkit Swift is being developed to bring some Webkit love to the PC. I tried out Swift and it is definitely a work in progress but it is something to keep your eye on.

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tanurhan

i haven't any comments because of i can't download Swift..any i have an suggestion about this,can anybody send Swift setup to my mail(tanurhan@gmail.com)...if you send setup i can use it and i will write any comment here...and i want it too much please send me..!

November 13 2006 at 6:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Don Parr

Very nice beginning indeed. Still needs work, but so far looking pretty good :)! I seldom use my Windows XP PC anymore, but when I do, it would be nice to have some Mac like programs so I don't feel quite as uncomfortable?

August 19 2006 at 10:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stephen C.

Hey... Is that screenshot adless?!?! I don't believe it.. I'm definitely downloading for my test PC!

August 18 2006 at 6:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dari

After launching it, you can immediately tell it's at 0.1. The UI is nonexistant and the rendering with WebKit is a -tiny- bit off.

August 18 2006 at 12:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Blah

That is one ugly browser.

August 18 2006 at 11:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alex

@#1
no way man. I develop on PC at my full time job, and on a mac at home for my freelance. Developing on my intel iMac is WAY more effective. thanks textmate.

August 18 2006 at 10:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stridey

I feel compelled to mention that browsers like Camino and Seamonkey aren't "Firefox based." All three browsers are Gecko based, which means that they're siblings to Firefox, not children.

August 18 2006 at 9:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris Meisenzahl

Thanks, I'll check it out, but I'm spoiled by my Firefox extensions. ;-)

August 18 2006 at 8:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ed

I've uploaded an image of swift here: http://misc.opencoding.net/swift.jpg

August 17 2006 at 9:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ed

I tried out Swift, and compared to firefox it seems much faster at rendering pages. Clearly its very much an alpha release but it seems stable, despite lacking many features (e.g. bookmarks, the tools menu, bookmarks toolbar, loading progress bar, status bar changing, print preview working etc). As far as rendering itself goes, it seems flawless. Overall, its a good start, and I imagine will help people with only access to windows support mac users.

August 17 2006 at 9:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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