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There are a few browsers on the coming Always Innovating OS 2010-01.a. They are at different stages:

Name Version Performance Video plugin apple.com/trailers inline apple.com/trailers external window Open source Flash replacement Adobe Flash (when available) Youtube Java applet Userscript Grab'n'drag
Midori (Webkit) 0.2.4 1 (best) Yes Yes Bug 1 Yes yes Yes Bug 2 Yes Yes
Google Chromium (Webkit) 6.0.451.0 2 Yes Requires a special command line Bug 1 Yes yes Should be easily fixable Bug 2 Yes Requires WetBanana extension
Firefox (Gecko) 3.6.2 3 Yes Yes Bug 1 Yes yes Yes Yes Needs greasemonkey Yes


  • To play Apple trailers in chromium, use the following command line:
/usr/bin/chrome/chrome --user-agent="QuickTime/7.6.2 (qtver=7.6.2;os=`uname -srmo`)"
Bug 1
May be related to a performance issue.
Bug 2
Will work when OpenJDK-6 is available.

Other browsers present in AI OS but not reviewed: Gnome Epiphany, Fennec.

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