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Donut R

2001 Discontinued
35

First Japanese derivative of the Donut tabbed browser (Internet Explorer engine), by D0GSt0re (犬屋): a richer version with IE-style Back/Forward history, per-page auto-reload and opening of all selected links.

Facts

Developer
D0GSt0re (犬屋, TDS STORAGE), then dai and JOBBY
Website
web.archive.org
Engine
Trident
Derived from
Donut
Platforms
Windows
Details
Windows 95/98/2000; versions 2.22R3 (Jan. 2001) to 2.45r1a (Apr. 2001), discontinuation announced in Sept. 2001; English version 2.45r1En; unofficial continuation 2.52r0c-3 by dai and JOBBY
Popularity
35/100 — Estimate: Japanese freeware featured by 窓の杜 (2001), ≈10k users

Lineage

Derived browsers (1)
Donut RAPT

Key versions

  1. 2.22R3TridentFeature-rich Donut fork (Back/Forward history, opening multiple links); faster tab switching.[1]
  2. 2.40r1Version 2.40r1, with the first English build.[2]
  3. 2.45r1Version 2.45r1.[2]
  4. 2.45r1aDevelopment stopped after 2.45r1a; the team starts a new project code-named “D2”.[3]

Version sources: [1] forest.watch.impress.co.jp, [2] tds.sourceforge.net (archive.org), [3] tds.sourceforge.net (archive.org)

Sources

  1. https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/article/2001/01/17/donutr.html
  2. https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/article/2001/06/19/webbrowser.html
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/2001/http://tds.sourceforge.net/
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/2001/http://tds.sourceforge.net/archives/
  5. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donut_(ウェブブラウザ)
  6. http://rapt21.com/family.php