Description of freeware (Last Update: 28 February 2009:
QtWeb Internet Browser - compact, portable and secure alternative web browser. QtWeb is compact, portable and secure web browser having some unique UI and privacy features. QtWeb is an open source project based on Nokia's Qt framework (former Trolltech) and Apple's WebKit rendering engine (the same as being used in Apple Safari and Google Chrome).
Major Features
- Change Application Style on the fly, and see how the program and websites look under different versions of Windows and Unix environment
- Move Navigation Bar and Bookmarks Bar anywhere within a mainframe, or even undock and place them on the Desktop
- Tabbed browsing by default. User Interface can be switched to non-tabbed
- Turn on Private Browsing mode to avoid leaving traces of browsing, even UserAgent which is being sent to the web server is masked
- Full Reset feature - clears all caches and restores all local settings to the state just after installation, as it was never run on the machine
- Supported SSL to access secure sites. Certificate information and certification path can be displayed
- Size of executable is 4 MB only, no additional DLLs and other configuration files required
- In most cases you just need one file - QtWeb.exe, that can be copied and run even from USB or CD/DVD
- Can be run in limited Windows environment (Win PE), like Active@ Boot Disk, or BartPE running from CD/DVD/USB
- HTML 5, CSS, Frames, JavaScript, Cookies, Bookmarks, History, Passwords, Media content - all essential browser features are here
- Supported FTP browsing and downloading
- AutoFill option - stores and pre-populates user names and passwords for the sites you visit most
- With Qt 4.5 supported Netscape Plug-Ins, like Adobe Flash Player, QuickTime and MediaPlayer
- Limited Windows environment (Windows booting and running from CD / DVD / USB Flash - WinPE, BartPE)
- Portable scenarios (minimum dependencies, can be run directly from CD or USB, no installation is required)
- Strong privacy required (no traces of browsing to be left on the local machine while browsing, or after browser has been reset)
- Clean browsing environment (all toolbars, including navigation bar, can be turned off or docked anywhere, and even moved outside the main browsing window)
- Multimedia machines (no keyboard, simple and convenient mouse navigation and all major functions easy access)
