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Moon Browser (x08z)

Also known as: Moon Browser
2000 – 2003 Discontinued
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Japanese tabbed browser by x08z, released in 2000 on the Internet Explorer component: tab manager, one-click toggling of images, sounds, JavaScript, Java, ActiveX and cookies, simultaneous search on several engines in several tabs, its own bookmarks importable from IE or Netscape, detachable toolbars.

Facts

Developer
x08z (independent developer)
Website
web.archive.org
Engine
Trident
Platforms
Windows
Details
Windows 98/2000; 0.01 beta 1 (May 29, 2000), 0.41 beta, 0.50 A build 2106 (Sept. 8, 2003)
Popularity
31/100 — Estimate: niche beta freeware, ≈5k users

Lineage

Not to be confused with
⚠ Moon

Key versions

  1. 0.01 Beta 1TridentFirst public beta of a tabbed browser based on the IE component.[1]
  2. 0.41 Beta 1Version 0.41 Beta 1: clipboard text search and many fixes.[2]
  3. 0.50 A build 2106Last test version; development dormant afterwards.[1]

Version sources: [1] Moon Browser (Wikipedia ja), [2] geocities.co.jp (archive.org)

Sources

  1. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Browser
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20011204184733/http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupertino/8986/