Roccat Browser

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Roccat Browser
Developer(s) Runecats
Initial release2006;18 years ago (2006)
Stable release
8.5 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 15 March 2019;5 years ago (15 March 2019)
Engine Webkit
Operating system macOS, iOS
Standard(s) HTML5, CSS3, RSS, Atom, WebGL
Type Web browser
Feed reader
Mobile web browser
Website runecats.com/roccat.html

Roccat Browser is a web browser designed for macOS and iOS, developed and released by Runecats. [2] It utilises the Webkit rendering engine.

Contents

Features

Roccat Browser includes features such as "Roccat Draw", which allows the user to annotate webpages from within the browser, and "Resource Saver", which disables and re-enables web plugins such as Adobe Flash Player, reducing processing power and increasing battery life. "Roccat Flick" allows the user to share websites over a network, to other Macs, iPhones or iPads. [3]

Roccat Browser also runs on a cloud system called RClouds which lets you backup your tabs, bookmarks, settings and all things related to your browser, Roccat also provides a unique tab system which displays a preview of the website within each tab, this tab bar can be moved from the top to the bottom, either side or can be placed in a drawer.

System requirements

Recommended hardware and required software [4]
macOS
CPU Intel and PPC
Memory (RAM) 384 MB
Hard disk drive free space24 MB
Operating system version OS X 10.5 or newer

Mobile versions

Roccat is also available on iOS devices, such as the iPad and iPhone. The mobile version features [5] many of the same features as its desktop counterpart.

Release history

Public release dates
VersionDate
8.0 – 8.x
3 April 2018 – ongoing
7.0 – 7.724 February 2017 – 24 October 2017
6.0 – 6.93 September 2016 – 24 December 2016
5.0 – 5.93 August 2015 – 24 December 2015
4.0 – 4.912 September 2014 – 24 December 2014
3.0 – 3.924 February 2013 – 24 November 2013
2.0 – 2.93 January 2012 – 24 November 2012
1.0 – 1.93 February 2011 – 24 September 2011
Unique feature history [6]
VersionFeature
1.0VisiTabs (Preview of website in tab), Navigate Launchers (set shortcuts to quickly visit sites)
1.2AdRemover
1.4FullScreen
1.5Lovebyt.es URL shortner
1.7Undercover Browsing mode, Social integration
1.8Gestures
2.0RClouds, Auto Reloader, Roccat Munch (Advanced Cookie Management), Factory Restore
2.1Twitter integration in FusedBar (Address bar)
2.5Retina Support, Roccat Flick, Improved Social Integration, WebGL
2.7Page Translation
3.0FusedBar 2 (Address bar suggestions from history, bookmarks, recent sites, google), TabSearch (ability to search for tabs in FusedBar (Address Bar), Roccat Reader (like readability)
3.4Many privacy settings, SleepTabs, Javascript printing
3.5Do not track mode
3.8Spawn tabs next to current tab
3.9Undercover Return, Privacy settings
4.0Roccat Wallpaper (ability to set images as themes), Roccat Screenshot (ability to take full page screenshots), Autofill, HTML5 Fullscreen, WebAudio, Hard Reload, Web Dimensions (developer tool)
5.0Roccat Draw (tool to draw/annotate the web), Resource Saver (click to activate plugins using many resources), Text Backup (saves textarea content to local storage), Duplicate Tab, HTML5 Media Indicator, SnapBack & SnapForward (quickly go to the first or last page on a tab)
5.2Restore Session
6.0Pasteboard Suggestions
6.5AdRemover Video
7.0FusedBar 4 (FusedBar Aware, Find on Page, improved searches), PowerSaver, VisiTabs 2, Status Panel
7.3Roccat Hub

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