TheWorld Browser

2004 – 2016 Discontinued

70

Lightweight Chinese browser, first an IE shell and later dual-engine.

Facts

Developer

Phoenix Studio (Qihoo 360)

Website

www.theworld.cn

Engines

TridentBlink

Derived from

Chromium

Platforms

Windows

Popularity

70/100

Key versions

1. Mar. 3, 2004
   1.0 BetaTridentFirst public version, based on the Internet Explorer engine.[1]
2. Aug. 2006
   2.0Testing of the 2.x series begins.[1]
3. Dec. 22, 2009
   3.0Final 3.0: resource control, anti-freeze protection and a scrolling tab bar.[1]
4. Apr. 19, 2012
   4.3 (édition rapide)Blink“Fast” edition based on Chromium 17.[1]
5. July 11, 2013
   6.0Final release based on Chromium 28.[1]
6. Mar. 15, 2016
   7.0.0.100New version 7, on Chromium 48, two years after the previous one.[2]
7. Apr. 15, 2016
   7.0Final 7.0 release, the last one published.[1]

Version sources: [1] 世界之窗浏览器 (Wikipedia zh), [2] softpedia.com (archive.org)

Sources

1. https://www.theworld.cn
2. https://tech.huanqiu.com/article/9CaKrnJUM9L
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180720101203/http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/TheWorld-Browser-Changelog-70722.html
4. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/世界之窗浏览器