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Webkit-based Arora browser hits v.10, now ships with AdBlock by default
Not familiar with Arora? It's a lightweight, cross-platform, open-source, Qt and Webkit-based browser. Brad first wrote about it back in July, and the development team has already rolled out one pretty significant addition.
Starting with v.10 -- which is now available for Windows, Linux, and Mac -- Arora ships with AdBlock pre-installed. Unlike Opera and Konqueror which allow for manual blocking by default, Arora utilizes subscription-based blocking out-of-the-box. Arora's developers claim this is a first for web browsers.
Arora also now includes a wallet (or password store) feature and a handy set of address completion hotkeys: ctrl + enter appends .com, ctrl + shift +enter adds .org, and shift + enter does .net. The new version also includes a number of bugfixes, which you can read about in more detail on the official blog.
Even with two fairly key additions, Arora remains very nimble and easy on system resources.
Starting with v.10 -- which is now available for Windows, Linux, and Mac -- Arora ships with AdBlock pre-installed. Unlike Opera and Konqueror which allow for manual blocking by default, Arora utilizes subscription-based blocking out-of-the-box. Arora's developers claim this is a first for web browsers.
Arora also now includes a wallet (or password store) feature and a handy set of address completion hotkeys: ctrl + enter appends .com, ctrl + shift +enter adds .org, and shift + enter does .net. The new version also includes a number of bugfixes, which you can read about in more detail on the official blog.
Even with two fairly key additions, Arora remains very nimble and easy on system resources.
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Subscribe to commentsSridharOct 6th 2009 1:51PM
"handy set of address completion hotkeys: ctrl + enter appends .com, ctrl + shift +enter adds .org, and shift + enter does .net."
1. Not sure if anyone remembers and uses the key combinations other than ctrl+enter
2. ctrl+enter .com address completion is taken as default in a web browser, isn't it? Mentioning it as a 'feature' sounds odd.
Drew GreenOct 6th 2009 1:55PM
A Webkit browser with built in ABP!?!? Why doesn't Chrome have this?
...Oh yea, nevermind!
Grant RobertsonOct 6th 2009 5:39PM
Yah, I have to say.. As much as I've been pro publishing stories about AdBlock (much to the dismay of some of my other content creating friends who also make their living in the industry) I'm not very happy to see this. Not that this one Webkit browser is the end of the world, but we as content people really need to be diligent about not pissing people off with annoying ads. Unfortunately, we're not all that scrupulous, and we (the good ones) pay for them (the people who slap you with crap like)
"Congratulations!"
So starts the second round of cat and mouse.
JamusOct 6th 2009 3:36PM
I have tried to talk out install teams into bundling AdBlock into the desktop image from the start, but no go so far. It would keep out so much of the reloading and crap installs we get hit with.
AbdoOct 6th 2009 3:44PM
I'm still getting ads.
Also, right-click where?