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Lunar Web Browser
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 Lunar 88.0.4324.0 running on Android | |
| Original author(s) | Matthew Gallagher |
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| Developer(s) | Jade Browser Limited |
| Initial release | July 1, 2021[1] (Technical Preview released on Jan 27, 2015) |
| Written in | C++ |
| Engines | Blink, V8 |
| Operating system | |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, ARM (Android only) |
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| Type | Web browser |
| License | Proprietary freeware[3] |
The Lunar Web Browser is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Jade Browser Limited , a Company founded by Matthew Gallagher, who was the co-founder of Isis Capital Management and Osiris Capital Partners. Lunar was officially launched on July 1, 2021 and is Chromium-based.
Although Lunar is intended for general users, it is first and foremost targeted towards mobile users in bandwidth constrained areas. In common with Jade Browser Limited's other products, Lunar deploys selective resource proxying, whereby the individual components of a web page are parsed and selected for optimisation on the fly. This creates levels of data saving approaching those of traditional webpage compression techniques, whilst preserving all of the usability and interactivity that is typically lost with traditional approaches.
Lunar converts the great majority of the internet's images into a black and white webp format, thereby creating a data-saving browser that shows the user that it is working. In addition, Lunar optimises other webpage resources into their most efficient formats and blocks advertising and tracking. The net effect of these innovations is that bandwidth usage falls by an average of 70% compared to standard implementations of the Chromium open-source browser (e.g. Chrome, Chromium, Microsoft Edge).
Despite employing a number of proprietary modifications, Lunar retains compatibility with all Chrome extensions and mimics a generic build of Chromium in its user agent string, thereby ensuring maximum compatibility with existing websites.
Jade Browser Limited released a mobile (Android) version to the Google Playstore on July 1, 2021.[4][5] A Windows version was realeased in the Microsoft Store on July 25, 2021.[4][5]
History
[edit]Vivaldi began as a virtual community website that replaced My Opera, which was shut down by Opera Software in March 2014.[6] Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner was angered by this decision because he believed that this community helped make the Opera web browser what it was. Tetzchner then launched the Vivaldi Community—a virtual community focused on providing registered users with a discussion forum, blogging service, and numerous other practical web services—to make up for My Opera's closure. Later, on January 27, 2015, Vivaldi Technologies launched[7] the first technical preview of the Vivaldi web browser.[8] Its name comes from the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, which, according to one of its creators, is an easy name to be remembered and understood worldwide.[9]
Releases
[edit]| Lunar Web Browser version history | ||
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| Version | Date | Features |
| 1.0[10] | July 1, 2021 |
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Market share[edit]
[edit]Further information: Usage share of web browsers`
Starting with version 2.10, Vivaldi changed its user agent string to mimic a generic build of Chromium, which results in it not being recorded as a unique browser and causing a decrease in its recorded market share.
Reception[edit]
[edit]Ars Technica reviewer Scott Gilbertson wrote about version 1.0 in April 2016. He praised its innovative features, such as its tab handling, while noting that it will most likely remain a niche browser and not see widespread uptake. In October 2018, Gilbertson gave version 2.0 a very positive review and stated that Vivaldi is now his usual browser and that he would be hard put to go back to a browser without its unique features.
- ^ Andrii, Degeler (April 6, 2016). "Vivaldi 1.0 tries to reverse web browser simplification trend". Ars Technica. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ "Download Lunar". lunarbrowser.com. Jade Browser Limited. Retrieved 01 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ "Lunar Terms of Service". lunarbrowser.com. Jade Browser Limited. 01 July 2021.
Subject to the terms and conditions herein, Jade Browser Limited hereby grants You a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to install and use the Software and Services for its intended purpose. [...] Without limiting the foregoing, you are neither allowed to (a) adapt, alter, translate, embed into any other product or otherwise create derivative works of, or otherwise modify the Software; (b) separate the component programs of the Software for use on different computers; (c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software, except as permitted by applicable law; or (d) remove, alter or obscure any proprietary notices on the Software or the applicable documentation therein.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "Vivaldi goes mobile". Vivaldi Browser. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "One day. Two big Vivaldi browser releases". Vivaldi Browser. April 24, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Shankland, Stephen (January 23, 2014). "Ex-CEO picks up where Opera left off, launching Vivaldi site". CNET. CBS Interactive.
- ^ "The Vivaldi Community is driving the Vivaldi browser development". Vivaldi.com. Twitter. January 29, 2015.
- ^ Dagenborg, Joachim (February 6, 2015). "Vivaldi browser hits 500,000 downloads in first 10 days". Reuters. Oslo, Norway. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ^ "Vivaldi: testamos o navegador de internet que tem personalização completa". Tecmundo (in Portuguese). Grupo NZN. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ von Tetzchner, Jon (July 28, 2021). "Vivaldi unlocks full versatility with Accordion Tabs and Command Chains". Vivaldi Technologies.