Sleipnir (browser)

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Sleipnir
Basic data

developer Fenrir Inc.
Current  version 6.4.5 (Windows)
(March 31, 2020)
operating system Windows , macOS , Android , iOS
category Web browser
License Proprietary ( Freeware )
German speaking Yes
www.fenrir-inc.com

Sleipnir is a free web browser . The developer is the Japanese company Fenrir Inc.

Largely unknown in Europe, it is relatively widespread in Japan . In 2006 its market share there was 6 percent. For the time being it was only available in Japanese and English, with version 3.3.2 additional languages ​​were added, including German, Norwegian (Bokmål), Chinese, English, Italian, Japanese, Swedish, Ukrainian.

Sleipnir uses either Blink or Trident as the HTML rendering engine . Among other things, the browser supports mouse gestures and tabbed browsing . A portable version is offered.

Sleipnir was one of a total of twelve browsers that Windows users had offered as the standard browser since March 1, 2010 as part of the “ Browser Choice ” campaign in order to comply with the EU Commission's antitrust requirements. In August 2010 Sleipnir and GreenBrowser were removed from the list and replaced by Lunascape and SRWare Iron . In mid-2011, Sleipnir was included again in the selection, but removed again in February 2012 and included again in February 2013.

In addition to the Windows version, Sleipnir is also available for macOS , Android and iOS .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. chip.de/downloads. In: Fenrir Inc. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  2. リ リ ー ス ノ ー ト. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  3. フ ェ ン リ ル 、 タ ブ ブ ラ ウ ザ 「Sleipnir」 「Grani」 の デ フ ォ ル ト 検 索 エ ン ジ ジ ン を グ ー グ ル に: マ ー ケ テ ィ ン グ - CNET Japan
  4. http://www.browserchoice.eu/BrowserChoice/browserchoice_de.htm ( Memento from February 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Photo gallery. In: Spiegel Online. February 26, 2010, accessed December 2, 2014 .
  6. ^ Frank Patalong: Election Day in Windows Land. In: Spiegel Online. February 26, 2010, accessed December 2, 2014 .
  7. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/dec/16/microsoft-eu-browser-settlement