ICab

iCab
Developer(s)Alexander Clauss
Initial releaseFebruary 17, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-02-17)
Stable release
6.2.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 5 May 2023; 18 months ago (5 May 2023)
Operating systemMac OS, iOS (active),
Classic Mac OS 7.5–9.2.2 (discontinued)
Available inEnglish, German, French, Danish, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Chinese and Japanese
TypeWeb browser
Feed reader
LicenseShareware
Websiteicab.de

iCab is a web browser for MacOS and Classic Mac OS by Alexander Clauss, derived from Crystal Atari Browser (CAB) for Atari TOS compatible computers.[2] It was one of the few browsers still updated for the classic Mac OS prior to that version being discontinued after version 3.0.5 in 2008;[3] Classilla was the last browser that was maintained for that OS[4] but it was discontinued in 2021.[5]

The downloadable product is fully functional, but is nagware—periodically displaying a dialog box asking the user to register the product, and upgrade to the "Pro" version.[6]

  1. ^ "iCab 6.2.1 (2023/05/05)". 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ^ Patting, Sebastian (2011-11-22). "Interview with Alexander Clauss, iCab's Creator". Low End Mac. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  3. ^ "iCab Download".
  4. ^ Smykil, Jeff (2009-07-13). "Browse the Web in style with Classilla for Mac OS 9". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  5. ^ Kaiser, Cameron (2021-03-29). "The final official release of Classilla". Old Vintage Computing Research. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  6. ^ "Purchase/Register iCab". 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-09-07.