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Helium Mobile Browser

Also known as: Helium Reborn, heliummobilebrowser
2011 – 2012 Discontinued
25

Lightweight mobile browser written in QML on Qt and WebKit for MeeGo, which became the default browser of Nemo Mobile and was ported to the Nokia N900 and N9.

Facts

Developer
veskuh (Vesa-Matti Hartikainen) and Nemo Mobile contributors
Website
github.com
Engine
WebKit (QtWebKit)
Platforms
Other
Details
MeeGo / Nemo Mobile, Maemo 5 (N900), MeeGo Harmattan (N9)
Popularity
25/100 — Estimate: small audience (Nemo Mobile, N900/N9 enthusiasts); 8 GitHub stars

Key versions

  1. —QtWebKitCode published on GitHub by Orange Labs UK: an experimental Qt/QML/WebKit mobile browser, tested on the Nokia N900.[1]
  2. —UI ported to the Nokia N9 (Harmattan) using Qt Components.[2]
  3. 1.0-1Package 1.0-1 published in the Maemo 5 Extras-devel repository.[3]
  4. 1.1.3“Helium Reborn” build for Nemo Mobile: pinch-to-zoom added.[4]

Version sources: [1] veskuh/Helium-Mobile-Browser (GitHub), [2] veskuh/Helium-Mobile-Browser (GitHub), [3] maemo.org (archive.org), [4] openrepos.net

Sources

  1. https://github.com/veskuh/Helium-Mobile-Browser
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/2014/http://maemo.org/packages/view/heliummobilebrowser/
  3. https://openrepos.net/content/mau97/helium-reborn-browser