Steel (web browser)
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Steel is a discontinued freeware web browser developed by Michael Kolb under the name kolbysoft. It is a fork of the default browser for Android, taking its WebKit-based layout engine and providing what is intended to be an easier and more "touch friendly" user interface.
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Original author(s) | Michael Kolb[1] |
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Developer(s) | kolbysoft |
Initial release | December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05)[2] |
Stable release | 0.1.9
/ December 10, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-10) |
Written in | Java[3] |
Operating system | Android |
Size | 249 KB |
Available in | English |
Type | Web browser |
License | Freeware |
Website | kolbysoft |
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Steel was one of the first Android applications to support automatic rotation based on the hardware's accelerometer and a virtual keyboard. This feature is now more common among Android applications.
In 2010 Skyfire purchased kolbysoft and the Steel browser.[4]