Donut

Japanese tabbed (MDI) browser for Windows by the author “MB”, fitting in 40 KB on the Internet Explorer component; its open, freely modifiable source code gave rise to the whole “Donut Family” (Donut R, Donut RAPT, DonutP, unDonut…).

Facts

Developer

MB (P-Stade site)

Website

web.archive.org

Engine

Trident

Platforms

Windows

Details

Windows 95/98, IE 4.0+ required; v1.10 (July 2000) to v2.52 (Aug. 2001); VC++ 6 / ATL / WTL source code

Popularity

38/100 — Estimate: Japanese freeware covered by 窓の杜 (2000) and Vector, ≈ a few tens of thousands of users at its peak

Lineage

Derived browsers (2)

DonutP, Donut R

Not to be confused with

⚠ Donut Browser

Key versions

1. July 19, 2000
   1.10TridentUltra-light tabbed browser based on the IE component, distributed in under 50 KB.[1]
2. May 17, 2001
   2.48Version 2.48 published on Vector, requiring IE 4.0 or later.[2]
3. Aug. 11, 2001
   2.52Last version; 2.52.02 source code published, free to modify and redistribute.[3]

Version sources: [1] forest.watch.impress.co.jp, [2] vector.co.jp, [3] hp.vector.co.jp (archive.org)

Sources

1. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donut_(ウェブブラウザ)
2. https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/article/2000/07/19/donut.html
3. https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/net/se138975.html
4. https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/win95/net/se138975.html
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20020210153728/http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA016589/software/top.html
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20020204190305/http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA016589/index_japanese.htm
7. http://rapt21.com/family.php