Operating system Type Web browser | Available in 37 languages License Freeware | |
Initial release August 2013; 3 years ago (2013-08) Stable release 1.2 / February 12, 2014; 3 years ago (2014-02-12) | ||
Olive Browser is a new free Windows browser. Olive uses the Webkit engine and also uses the Wget download manager. As of February 2014, the available version is 1.2.6.8 Beta with over 325,000 active users, with the following countries having the most active users: United States (75%), Canada (7%) and the United Kingdom (6%).
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History
Olive Browser is part of a project developed by Tuguu SLU in 2013. The idea, given the growing complexity of web browsers that can currently be found on the market, was to develop an easy-to-use browser, with the most common and useful features, but with some innovative functions to make this browser a choice worth considering. As mentioned above, Olive uses the WebKit engine, but it manages to use as little memory and resources as possible. The first Beta version Tuguu S.L.U. released saw the light on August 2013 and was well received by many users. Some of the most notable and innovative features in Olive Browser include: a new way to manage favorites, the Wget download manager, something no other browser has, and the possibility of downloading and saving a full page to your computer. Its download manager lets you stop downloading a file and resume the download later, as well as many more features.
Features
Olive Browser is a living product that has its own updater which makes it possible to add functionality and improvements over time. Olive Browser currently has the following features:
- It is WebKit-based and uses very few resources
- Navigation system: organizes your websites in multiple tabs
- Omnibox uses the Google search engine
- New favorite management system
- Html Code Inspection
- Included a function to search words in the current page
- Hotkeys to open new tab, open a new window, show history, etc.
- Ability to save pages in Html (internet connection is required to open it again).
- Ability to save complete pages (no need of an internet connection to open it) using Wget.
- Print the current page.
- Can efficiently manage favorites.
- Can efficiently manage your Internet History.
- Allows you to stop and continue a download later.
- Allows Administrators to establish rules and allow/deny access to a particular website
- Configuration Panel with the following options:
System Requirements
System requirements to run Olive Browser:
- Operating System: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
- Platform: 32 or 64 bits.
- .NET Framework Version 4 or higher (The installer itself checks whether the latest Framework version is installed. If not, it will request permission to download and install it).
- QuickTime required for proper rendering of HTML5 pages