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| Developer(s) | Cameron Kaiser |
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| Initial release | June 30, 2009 |
| Final release | 9.3.4b1
/ March 29, 2021[1] |
| Operating system | Classic Mac OS (Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9) Mac OS X (10.1.5 Puma – 10.4.11 Tiger) |
| Platform | PowerPC |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Mozilla Public License, GNU General Public License, others (see about: within the browser) |
| Website | classilla |
Classilla is a Gecko-based Internet suite for PowerPC-based classic Macintosh operating systems, essentially an updated descendant of the defunct Mozilla Application Suite by way of the Mac OS port maintained in the aborted WaMCom project.[2] The name is a portmanteau of Classic (the classic Mac OS, as defined by the Classic Environment), and Mozilla.[2]
Like the Suite it is descended from, Classilla offers E-mail (POP/SMTP), Usenet (NNTP), Gopher, FTP and World Wide Web (HTTP) access, using a modified version of the Gecko layout engine called Clecko. Classilla also includes its own versions of the DOM Inspector, Mozilla Composer and Venkman components; the former IRC ChatZilla component was removed in version 9.1. Classilla was the last updated major browser for classic Mac OS systems, and the only Mozilla-based browser for that environment most recently in maintenance as well, as iCab 3's final update was 3.0.5 in January 2008,[3] Opera's Mac OS 9 support ended with version 6.03 on 20 August 2003,[4][5] Internet Explorer for Mac on the classic Mac OS ceased development with 5.1.7 in July 2003[6] and Mozilla itself ceased support in 2002 (see History).
The final version of Classilla was released in March 2021 and the suite is no longer officially supported.[1] The developers considered the project to be alpha quality software.[7] Classilla shared administration with TenFourFox, a fork of Mozilla Firefox for PowerPC-based Macs running Mac OS X Tiger and Mac OS X Leopard. The primary maintainer was Cameron Kaiser.
- ^ a b "The final official release of Classilla". oldvcr.blogspot.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ a b "Classilla FAQ". 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "iCab, Downloads". 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Opera Changelogs Mac 6.03". 2003. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Opera Changelogs Mac 7.50". 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Slashdot, Microsoft Ends IE for Mac". 2005. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Classilla: Current Releases". 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-01.