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DESCRIPTION
iCab is an alternative web browser. It supports HTML 4, image filtering, cookie filtering, bookmarks, java and javascript support, search modes, importing of web archives from Explorer, download manager, and numerous useful features not found in other browsers. Features include:
- Advertising banner filtering
- Kiosk mode
- Error protocol (Smiley)
- Portable web archives
- Download Manager
- Link Manager
- Souce code manager
iCab is shareware and costs for $25/20 EUR, but it can be also used for free with a small limitation.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.6: - Fixes a few minor issues with the new WebKit 4 engine.
- Fixes an issue under 10.3.9 when loading ZIP Web Archives.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 or later is recommended (a few details won't work under 10.3.9).
RELATED LINKS
- iCab 3.0.5 Download - iCab 3.0.5 is only recommended if you're still using an older version of Mac OS X (older than 10.3.9) or if your still using the "classic" Mac OS. When using a Mac with G4, G5 or Intel processor and Mac OSX 10.3.x or newer, the Universal Binary version should be used instead of the PowerPC version.
- iPhone Version
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SCREENSHOT
| Developer: | iCab Company |
| Downloads: | 57,454 |
| - Version d/l: | 681 |
| Internet: | Browsers |
| License: | Shareware |
| Date: | 25 Jun 2009 |
| Platform: | PPC/Intel |
| Price: | $25.00 |
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| iCab User Reviews (166 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jun 26 2009 |
22DUKE c'mon 25$ for a web browser??? you must be kidding
(Version 4.6.1) | |
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| Jun 26 2009 |
XENOS unless i'm missing something (so, please, correct me if so), i'd just have one one single request: allow adding bookmarks on top of the relative folder (like with OmniWeb) instead of adding it to the end of the list and i'll use iCab as my default web browser.
(Version 4.6.1) | |
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| Jun 7 2009 |
KILLER KLOWN KAR Google should quit messing around with their broken down Chrome for OSX and just buy this and tweak it around to their liking. A better world is sometimes a simple thing.
(Version 4.6) | |
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 | Apr 15 2009 |
HERBERT KROEMER While not likely to displace Safari from its role as the default browser for most Mac users, the new version 4.5 of iCab is a prime candidate as an alternate browser for some of the tasks for which Safari does not suffice. To me, iCab's most unique feature is an outstanding Download Manager that permits downloading entire multi-page web sites including links, for offline browsing. Its capabilities include setting options for the maximal depth (default=4), maximal number of files (250), maximal "traffic" (10 MB), as well as what kinds of embedded files and links to download. None of the common browsers has anything like it; only some of the dedicated web download applications (like Blue Crab) have more. The downloads can be saved as single Web Archives or as sets of individual files. The archives require iCab to be opened directly (a minor drawback), but they are is really Zip archives that can be un-zipped. I haven't tried to figure out what to do with the unzipped folder, nor have I tried downloading as a set of files.
(Version 4.5) | |
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| Apr 13 2009 |
HALEAKALARI icab is so flipping intense it rips my face off, wears it and [intentionally] does a face-plant all over the interwebs. but seriously, this has become my go-to browser for research work and general light browsing. if only it could access login information in keychain, like camino and safari do, it would be my main browser. until then, it tops safari for me and comes in a close second to camino. the developer is also quite responsive to bug reports/feature requests. i hope a.c. never stops development on icab. aside from it's odd approach to saving login information, this is the most feature complete [solely mac] browser that i have ever used. plus, icab actually has the ability to create standalone web-applications (or single-site browsers, whichever you prefer), like fluid, from one or a whole set of user specified addresses. furthermore, these web apps' are able to use standard icab filters, settings and scripts. plus, like safari and all webkit applications, they are compatible with greasekit. beat that! p.s. it also plays quite nicely the version of webkit that the safari 4 beta uses.
(Version 4.5) | |
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| Mar 8 2009 |
BRUTHIAUX This browser is FAST!!!!!!! Open the same webpage in iCab and in Safari, Firefox, Opera, Camino, etc, and click on each Refresh button in quick succession. Watch which gets there first. This browser leaves the competition standing, including Safari 4 and all the gimmicks and pointless changes this version introduced (like tabs at the top -- why?). How can iCab be improved? Yes, clean up those icons. They do look fuzzy and cheap. But mainly, change the awful iCab dock icon to something clean and circular like the Safari or Opera icons, only yellow instead of blue or red. And do change the name of the browser to something sensible and recognizable. The taxi/cab metaphor simply does not suggest a browser. Then we'll help spread the word! And keep up the good work!
(Version 4.5) | |
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| Jan 29 2009 |
PALADINO A really fine browser, but the stumbling block for me is the lack of a working password/login saving feature which every other browser has. Unless iCab is equipped with this feature, I just won't use it regularly, let alone pay for it. iCab would become my default browser if it could easily save passwords/login info.
(Version 4.2.5) | |
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 | Mar 6 2009 |
PACHEC The feature exists on iCab and works well for me. Read carefully the section «Fill out Forms» in the iCab help. Note that, contrary to popular browsers, iCab will never save the data of a given form if you don't ask it explicitly.
(Version 4.5) | |
| Mar 7 2009 |
CORPSECORPS I believe 1Password works with iCab.
(Version 4.5) | |
| Mar 7 2009 |
PALADINO I carefully read "fill out forms". The procedure seems awfully cumbersome...unnecessesarily labor intensive. Still couldn't get it to work.
(Version 4.5) | |
| Mar 7 2009 |
PACHEC The help page is indeed not easy to read for non-advanced users. Here is a quick receipt to make the things working on most sites. I hope this will help. (1) Go to "Tools > Forms Manager", tab "Special Web Sites", check the box "Fill out forms" and say iCab to be "less strict" when checking the forms. (2) You may also check "Automatically fill out forms when entering a web page" if you don't want to have to say explicitly when you want iCab to fill the form. (3) Now, each time you go to a web page where there is a form that you want iCab to be able to refill later, fill the form and choose "View > Save Forms" in the menu before submitting it. (4) When you go back later to the same page, iCab will refill the form, either automatically, or after you choose "View > Fill out forms" (option-cmd-F) in the menu (depending on your choice in step 2). (This will probably not work on sites which are designed to prevent form autofilling.) (Note: I have not tested 1Password.)
(Version 4.5) | |
| Mar 7 2009 |
PALADINO OK, I think that I've got the forms filling feature working now. Thanks for the explanation. In all the years that I've been using the supposedly risky form filling procedure that iCab's developer wants to avoid, I've never had my login info or any other info compromised. Perhaps the security risk is overstated and is, essentially, a non issue?
(Version 4.5) | |
| Mar 7 2009 |
PALADINO After configuring iCab's form filling feature, it did work for a few times then stopped working. Log in info no longer appears in user/password fields. It's now non functional. Oh well, I can live quite happily without using iCab. If iCab's developer can't or is unwilling to create a glich free, user friendly form filling procedure, then I just won't use iCab. I'll stick with Safari 4 as my default browser.
(Version 4.5) | |
| Apr 5 2009 |
KODAC 1Password (1PW) does indeed work iCab 4.5 . There's a key that shows up in the menu bar and you can select what you need from there (password fill, password creation, profile fill, etc). You mentioned Safari and iCab. The nice thing about 1PW is it works across the following browsers - iCab, Safari, Firefox, OmniWeb, Camino, and Flock. It also works with NetNewsWire and DevonAgent. If you're going to be using multiple browsers you might want to give it a look.
(Version 4.5) | |
| Nov 23 2008 |
THEBRIX2008 The two big iCab winners for me are, first, the degree of control over what is, or is not displayed - just about anything (plugin content, images, scripts, iframes, cookies) from third-party servers can be filtered out, either globally or per-site. Secondly, the tab control is excellent; in a nutshell, a new page triggered by any action (user, same site, different site, external program) may be opened in any of a new window, a new foreground tab or a new background tab, and those options are again entirely controllable. I also note that one of the major stumbling blocks with programs produced by individual developers - poor imports - is no issue here; I was asked to import from OmniWeb, Opera or Safari on first run! Also, the advertising filter is surprisingly good - I switched Privoxy off and the iCab filter on and was seeing very little that shouldn't have been displayed. The only real weaknesses I see are the rather murky graphical design - sharper icons and tabs are a must - and the very conservative form-filling. It has been deliberately designed not to automatically fill and submit everything in sight, although I feel that the author has gone a bit too far the opposite way in demanding authorisation for every action. (Trick - changing the default "Strict" field parsing to "Less strict" saves a bundle of trouble). I can't comment on the price as I bought iCab as a MacUpdate promo (and with a significantly more favourable exchange rate than now :) but, caveats aside, it is a great browser and a remarkable effort by one developer. 1Password compatibility would round things off!
(Version 4.2.5) | |
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| Feb 9 2009 |
CORPSECORPS The problem with it's content blocking/filtering is that it's overly cryptic. Adblock Plus & Adblock Element Hiding Filter, though they recently got a big dose of cryptic but powerful, are still so much easier, which keeps me using Firefox.
(Version 4.2.5) | |
| Oct 2 2008 |
STAR-AFFINITY Seems like a great browser overall, but please do something about the icons. I think they look quite bad and it feels like they were made in a rush. Not good enough for a Mac app. Maybe it's a job for the Iconfactory? :)
(Version 4.2.5) | |
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| Sep 11 2008 |
NOSFERATU Good work, fantastic browser One strange problem here: If I login at ebay and do a advanced search for recently finished articles to compare prices, type in the product I am looking for and then push the search button, it turns to the login window again and again in an endless circle. This only happens when I search for the finished auctions, not if I use the normal search option. The same with webkit nightly build, and sometimes with Safari, maybe a webkit problem? Or is it eBay? I have to use Camino for this special task now. Could this be fixed, please? My Mac: PowerMac G4 800 Mhz, 1 GB, 10.4.11 Besides that really a great browser, a well thought-out app/work, and very very fast. Would be a bit better with lighter grey buttons, some with more contrast, - is there an alternative button set besides the yellow and the dark grey? I've searched for other buttons on google but found none so far. Any tips? After all iCab is my favourite browser now. Again thanks for your excellent work Mr. Clauss.
(Version 4.2.1) | |
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