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SRWare
SRWare Iron, or simply Iron, is a free and open-source web browser implementation of Chromium which primarily aims to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy compromising functionality that the Google Chrome browser includes.
What's New
Version 17.0.1000.0:
- Contains all features and updates known from Chromium 17
- Improved Speed
- Improved Safebrowsing
- Security fixes
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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SRWare Iron, or simply Iron, is a free and open-source web browser implementation of Chromium which primarily aims to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy compromising functionality that the Google Chrome browser includes.
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Jyjon reviewed on 14 Apr 2012
Safari and other browsers I've tested run just fine.
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David_Evian reviewed on 15 Mar 2012
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David_Evian reviewed on 15 Mar 2012
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Psychos reviewed on 08 Mar 2012
Still appears to use default Chromium folders in ~/Library and so forth, so even if you rename it, you're going to have issues if you did want to use both!
Honestly, there's no reason to use this over Chromium; the links Popguru posted below are worth reading.
While I'm all for more developers contributing to open-source, like Chrome derivatives, this particular one appears to be more of a marketing tool for the developer, providing pretty much nothing over Chromium, other than a different name. (And even that part isn't done right!)
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trungpt reviewed on 24 Dec 2011
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The search list has the overall stars (around 4), while this page uses the present rating for v15 – amounting to three ratings, one by monkeyjunkey [sic!] clicking the same rating for two versions.
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Btw, I didn't use or endorse SRware – I was just curious what it was. Chromium has become my favorite browser.
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The fact that that SRWare didn't bother to change the name of the application bundle made me wonder how different Iron actually is from Chromium. Several sources attest that Iron has little or no significant benefit over Chromium. It simply removes some features which can be turned off manually in Chromium. These are a bit old, but likely still relevant:
http://chromium.hybridsource.org/the-iron-scam
http://neugierig.org/software/chromium/notes/2009/12/iron.html
I think I'll stick with the FreeSMUG Chromium build instead: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36244/chromium
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Commodityfetish reviewed on 17 Oct 2011
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Vinnyg reviewed on 17 Oct 2011
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1. Open System Preferences
2. Select "Keyboard" pane
3. Select "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab
4. Select "Application Shortcuts" in the left pane
5. Click the "+" button to add a new shortcut
6. Select the app you want to change from the application list, enter the exact name of the menu item (I.e., Select Next Tab), then enter the desired shortcut.
That's it!
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TripHHH rated on 01 May 2012
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Monkeyjunkey rated on 08 Mar 2012
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Monkeyjunkey rated on 04 Mar 2012
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THEE:LEE rated on 20 Jan 2012
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trungpt rated on 12 Jan 2012
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Quiiick rated on 09 Jan 2012
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JCH2 rated on 09 Jan 2012
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trungpt rated on 05 Jan 2012
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Monkeyjunkey rated on 03 Jan 2012
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Classic rated on 02 Dec 2011