Aurora Browser

[joby_toss]

http://aurorabrowser.com/



Version tested 1.0.0.3024.
Extracted using UE.
Saves settings in its own folder.
Uses IE11 engine on my win7.
Simple, clean interface. Few settings, but well organized. Includes few extensions (ad-block plus also).
Very small download (~2mb), but after usage the folder becomes huge (~125mb), like any other browser nowadays.
I like it, but I can't fit it in my browser rotation.

[smaragdus]

...Uses IE11 engine...

Enough said.

[freakazoid]

Haven't tested it, but interesting how an IE-engine browser could have Adblock Plus support since ABP isn't even supported by IE.

[SYSTEM]

Haven't tested it, but interesting how an IE-engine browser could have Adblock Plus support since ABP isn't even supported by IE.

Not true. Adblock Plus is available for Internet Explorer: https://adblockplus.org/en/internet-explorer

BTW, when Wladimir Palant announced the IE version, I enjoyed reading the technical details about how it was done: https://adblockplus.org/blog/working-to ... t-explorer

[freakazoid]

Consider me wrong!

ABP for IE still requires an .exe installation, which sucks. I'm guessing Aurora would also require that to work.

[joby_toss]

Aurora has ABP preinstalled, you just have to enable it:

[freakazoid]

Decided to give Aurora a try because I was curious about ABP.

Uncompressed filesize is 4.95MB. Memory usage on start up hovers around 28MB with a blank homepage (not bad!). Surfing to any other site increases memory as usual.

Extension support and mouse gestures are nice. Settings panel is clean.

"ABP" is pre-installed as everyone has stated in this thread. I'm using quotes around ABP because according to the ABP blog post that SYSTEM linked to, ABP for IE opens a new process - AdblockPlusEngine.exe - to do its blocking. This isn't available in Aurora, which leads me to believe that Aurora either uses a stripped-down version of ABP, a customized version of ABP, or some variant of adblocking that uses the "ABP" name.

Below is a list of things missing:
- No option to disable autocomplete search queries in the address bar.
- No option to add or modify existing search engine options.
- No option to configure new tab page.
- No ability to configure Adblock Plus subscription lists.
- Clearing cache doesn't remove favicons.

Overall, not a bad little browser.

[webfork]

It is good to see an IE front-end with some nice features. I've had jobs where I could only use IE so I'm glad there's some worthwhile tools out there.

Two issues:

• No indication of how they're going to make money and continue this project (donations? search engine referrals?)
• I used to do a lot of data analysis so I take serious issue with the installer size comparison. That's hugely misleading when the first and largest install is REQUIRED for your super small install.

> I enjoyed reading the technical details about how it was done:

Yeah, that was amusing. Part of me wonders why go through all that but *shrug*.