uBrowser

2006 – 2008 Discontinued

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Experimental 3D browser by Callum Prentice (Linden Lab) that maps interactive, Gecko-rendered web pages onto OpenGL shapes (cube, flag, sphere); a testbed for LLMozLib, the library that brought the web into Second Life.

Facts

Developer

Callum Prentice / Linden Lab

Website

web.archive.org

Engine

Gecko

Derived from

Mozilla Application Suite (Mozilla)

Platforms

Windows

Details

Windows; version 1.0.4 from Feb. 21, 2006, then a version built on LLMozLib (late 2006); experimental variants rendered by IE or by a modified Chromium in Aug.-Sept. 2008, last releases; site not updated afterwards (the author moved to WebKit for Second Life)

Popularity

24/100 — Estimate: niche open-source demo

Sources

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080103073733/http://de.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/UBrowser
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20061231133914/http://ubrowser.com/
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20090105161401/http://ubrowser.com/
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110130084658/http://ubrowser.com/