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Lunascape: 3 Popular Rendering Engines, One Browser

July 10th, 2009 (11:00am) Samuel Dean 2 Comments

We’ve written widely about the rejuvenated browser wars, with lots of innovation coming from the new Firefox 3.5 and Google Chrome. There is another browser that has recently been released in a new version 5.1: Lunascape. The new version is this browser’s first release optimized for English-speaking users (it’s from a Japanese company; I covered the alpha here).

The interesting thing about this browser is that it includes the three rendering engines that are found in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari/Chrome. There are a few reasons why this browser may be worth adding to your arsenal, even if you don’t use it as your default.

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Lunascape: New Kid on the Browser Block

November 26th, 2008 (10:00am) Darrell Etherington 3 Comments

Lunascape is the product of a Tokyo-based software startup, and it’s raising some eyebrows with claims of being the fastest browser available. It may not enjoy the reputation the big players like Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer and Chrome do here in the Western world, but Lunascape has been downloaded over 10 million times, so someone’s paying attention to the new kid on the block.

Did I mention it’s a triple-engine browser? That’s right, Gecko, Trident, and WebKit, all under one hood.

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