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Kagetaka (影鷹)

Also known as: 影鷹
2002 – 2004 Discontinued
24

Free and open-source (GPL/LGPL/MPL) Japanese browser written in Java with its own engine, which displays web pages in vertical writing (tategaki): Japanese is laid out in columns, while English and wide images are rotated 90°. It has tabs and also exists as an applet for sites wanting to be displayed vertically.

Facts

Developer
Kagetaka Project (led by 新井政悟, started by 岩田修良)
Website
web.archive.org
Engine
Proprietary
Platforms
WindowsmacOSLinux
Details
Java (JRE); site © 2002; 0.4 alpha 1 (Dec. 2003) to 0.4 (Nov. 19, 2004), no later release
Popularity
24/100 — Estimate: experimental SourceForge.jp project, ≈1k users

Key versions

  1. 0.4 alpha 1PropriétaireFirst 0.4-series release of this Java browser that renders HTML in vertical writing.
  2. 0.4 beta 1Chinese, Korean and Hebrew display; form input preserved.
  3. 0.4Last version: font anti-aliasing.

Version sources: kagetaka.org (archive.org)

Sources

  1. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/影鷹
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.kagetaka.org/index.html
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20051212134636/http://www.kagetaka.org/whatsthis.html
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20051212134636/http://www.kagetaka.org/history.html