You may have thought the web browser market share was over-saturated, but don’t tell me thought that was going to stop developers. The latest entry in the market is Cruz, a WebKit-based browser developed by Todd Ditchendorf, who also created standalone web-app browser Fluid.
Cruz looks an awful lot like Safari when you boot it up, with a streamlined interface that borrows heavily from Apple’s own browser. But there are a number of differences, especially under the hood. Cruz’s main draws are aimed more at the geeky user: there’s a plug-in interface (the browser comes with two built-in: a split-pane browser and a Cover Flow-esque thumbnail browser) and a user-scripting architecture like Firefox’s Greasemonkey. There’s also built-in shortcut searching similar to what Firefox 3 and the SafariStand input manager allow and user-managed stylesheets.
It’s an interesting attempt, and pretty far along for something that’s only at 0.1 (more fully featured than Stainless for example). I’m not sure it’s going to kick Safari out of my Dock, but it’s definitely something I’ll be watching its career with great interest.
I, too, will be watching it. Cruz has, via the plugins, features Safari ought to have. I kept thinking this is what Safari ought to be. I suspect it will only get better with time
The split pane browser windows -- that is going to become standard in major browsers. Did we first see it in Cruz? Great for keeping two or more webmail accounts open so you can monitor both at the same time, rather than flipping tabs.
Clearly based on Shiira. When I opened it up it hit me straight in the face.