SRWare Iron
SRWare Iron, or simply Iron, is a fork of the free and open-source web browser Chromium.
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What is SRWare Iron?
SRWare Iron, or simply Iron, is a fork of the free and open-source web browser 
Chromium , of which 
Google Chrome is a fork of. Iron primarily aims to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy violating functionality that Chrome includes. SRware bundles a simplistic hosts-based BLOCKer.
You can also install Chrome extensions and themes on Iron.
Chromium , of which Google Chrome is a fork of. Iron primarily aims to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy violating functionality that Chrome includes. SRware bundles a simplistic hosts-based BLOCKer. You can also install Chrome extensions and themes on Iron.
Recent user activities on SRWare Iron
- headlines added SRWare Iron as alternative(s) to Tor Browser
- Bammm added SRWare Iron as alternative(s) to Catsxp Browser
- sanwhole added SRWare Iron as alternative(s) to Vole Internet Expedition
Fast and effective on a chrome engine. I rate 5/5
Finds content fairly quickly, doesn't crash and runs smoothly.
I gave this project a second try and it still looks too shady/unclear for me. First and foremost, are its sources really can be found only on Rapidshare and their "Download permission denied by uploader" or I am missing something here? What kind of opensource is that?
Second, it rarely gets updated, but when it does, new versions can ship with odd bugs, a bugs that do not actually exist in Chrome. One of such was not working tooltips (a pieces of text that appear when you hover over a tab, a button, or an image (on a webpage) with filled 'title' attribute).
Third, when I tried to report that bug at the official forum, my post would never get approved.
I don't really like Chrome either, but I'd say avoid Iron anyway. Switch to Firefox -- which is (I guess) a real open source and, with version 27, just as fast as Chromium, -- or to whatever other browser.
Pretty solid web browser
There is nothing better or substantially different from chromium builds.
SRware site is loaded with 3rd party ads not blocked by "their" mind numbingly simplistic host block list that is invoked with the update checks.
Source: http://eu.alves.pro.br/comodo-dragon-chrome-versus-srware-iron-chrome-versus-internet-explorer-10-browsers-speed-test-2/
Comodo Dragon (Chrome) versus SRWare Iron (Chrome) versus Internet Explorer 10 – Browsers speed test
Tests and results by order (best to worst)
Acid 3: All OK OK OK OK
Sun Spider: IE, Iron, Dragon
Octane: Iron, Dragon, IE
Mozila Kraken: Iron, Dragon, IE
Webvizbench: IE, Iron, Dragon
Browsermark: Iron, Dragon, IE
Source: http://eu.alves.pro.br/waterfox-firefox-versus-srware-iron-chrome-versus-internet-explorer-10-browsers-speed-test-comparison/
Waterfox (Firefox) versus SRWare Iron (Chrome) versus Internet Explorer 10 – Browsers speed test comparison
Tests and results by order(best to worst)
Sun Spider: IE, Waterfox, Iron
Google V8: Iron, Waterfox, IE
Mozila Kraken: Iron, Waterforx, IE
Webvizbench: IE, Iron, Waterfox
Browsermark: Iron, Waterfox, IE
Peacekeeper: Iron, Waterfox, IE