Omicron Browser is just another Metro-inspired browser, but it also differs in some areas.
With Omicron, you can switch between Trident and WebKit browsing modes, and even more functions are planned.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Recommended configuration for Omicron Browser is:

• 60 MB of free space on your HDD
• 1 GB of memory
• 1.0 GHz processor
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
• Microsoft Windows Vista, 7 or 8; Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012

No special x64 compile is provided, 64bit Windows editions use the x86 files.
Windows XP is not officially supported, but Omicron may still run on it.

BUILDS
Build 6 - Pre-Alpha 1 / Prototype - initial Prototype release
Build 12 - Alpha 1 / February Test Release - initial Alpha 1 release
Build 15 - Alpha 2 / March Test Release - replaces the skipped Alpha 1.5 release
Build 20; 20.1 - Alpha 2 / April Test Release - focused on History and Favorites
Build 25 - Pre-Beta 1 / May Test Release - major UI updates
Did you find a bug? Feel free to write a report here, so we'll try to correct it as soon as possible.

UPCOMING BUILDS
PRE-BETA 1 - next build: 27 / Technology Preview - coming in the second half of May
Do you want to suggest an idea? Feel free to write it here!

SOURCE CODE
Omicron Browser is an open-source project. Our code is hosted on our CodePlex project page.
You can also download the latest build available from here.

What's the point in making a sepparate part of MExplorer with no difference except open-source?

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So how is starting another nearly identical project gonna solve your problems?

Also, it took you 2 days to copy the UI of MExplorer Web/whatever you call it into a sepparate project...

The first public build, build 6 is going to be released next week. It will be a Pre-Alpha 1 build.

A changelog from MExplorer Web Alpha 2:

Good luck on this. I hope this develops into a nice, working thing.

You'll face a lot of difficulties, probably, but not a big deal.

EDIT: Wow. It's great you made this open source.

I created a site on CodePlex for this project. I'll start uploading the code as soon as the Pre-Alpha 1 will be released. Also, AlphaBrowser will be released under GPLv2 license.

EDIT: AlphaBrowser was renamed to Omicron Browser since there are other projects named AlphaBrowser, and who knows if it's a trademark?

Build 6 has been just released. The preliminary changelog few posts above is the final. Links are in the first post!

Bah, more Windows Forms Metro-styled faffery.

Does no-one know how to use a framework that actually suits Metro (*cough*WPF*cough*)?

Well, all such projects so far claim to be Metro-inspired, not Metro-compliant... I didn't thought of that when I started my project, and apparantly, other people didn't think for themselves either...

But considering the whole point of Metro was to scale across all types of devices, developing even an "inspired" application for a technology so rigidly locked to low-DPI desktop screens seems rather strange. And anachronistic. Anyone developing a new desktop app should go straight to WPF as a matter of habit.

Point made.

Why don't you create it as a Metro app?

Because Metro applications are only available on Windows Store.
You cannot download and install Metro applications from third-party websites, except you can unlock Windows 8/RT.
Windows Store is hosted by Microsoft.
You must obtain a developer license to create an application for the Metro environment.
Furthermore you will need Visual Studio 2012, which is very expensive.

VS 2012 Express supports the full range of APIs. There's no limitation in what applications you can create.

The limitations are in the ancillary tools, such as source control support, etc.

@Windows 386: There isn't any issue with the tools. Omicron is a desktop app(lication) because Windows 7 and older doesn't support Metro. And I don't want to limit the supported systems to Windows 8.
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Let's get back on topic. In the next days I'll be switching from Trident to WebKit, because WebKit is a better engine, and it doesn't have to be installed, unlike Trident, which is available with IE only.
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Successfully switched to WebKit. I am using OpenWebKitSharp. There seems to be some issues with new window handling though.

Doesn't really make sense... If anything, it would be vice-versa.

Just to make it clear: Some people have IE disabled, so applications using the IE-based WebBrowser control doesn't work and they'll get an error. When you're using another engine, you need to distribute its files with the app files (just like Firefox, Chrome, Safari do) and the application will work unless the user deletes the engine files.

It's a part of system requirements... But you only disable IE UI, the engine itself is always present because it's required by many Windows components.

Well, I decided to support both Trident and WebKit.

There are some problems with new window handling when using OpenWebKitSharp for .NET 4. The problem doesn't seem to exist in the .NET 2 version of the library, so I'll use that instead. The Alpha 1 release will be released next week, or in the best case, at the weekend.

Delays, delays, delays... It seems that "early February" became "late February". Hopefully the Alpha 1 build, alternatively called "February Test Release", will be released on 28 February.

A screenshot shouldn't be mising!

Here you can see that you can switch between Trident and WebKit rendering engines, but you can't use both in one session.
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I just completed a small animation in First Run Helper. When you run Omicron for the first time, a small fade animation will welcome you
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I made some tests with the FTR running on a XP system. Seems like OpenWebKitSharp refuses to function under XP... And when browsing in IE mode there are many script errors. So I decided to drop Windows XP support.
Omicron won't refuse to function, but you may encounter some errors, not talking about Chromium mode that blocks Omicron from starting up on XP.
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A neccessary part of Release Notes:

Out of interest, have you dropped the whole open-source thing you were so keen on when starting this topic?

I was thinking about the same thing...

I closed the source for a while. Omicron will become open source again when the Beta 1 release will be released.
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The Alpha 1/February Test Release has been just released, links are in the first post!
Also, feel free to write your ideas for the next releases!

Alright, here's some feedback from my end:

1. The automatic restart didn't change the engine.
2. After a manual restart to use the Webkit the program fails to start at all.
3. Even after download the files again it still crashes.

The above prevented me from doing more testing on Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium 64-bit with IE10 and .NET Framework 4.5.

Anyway, the Trident+WebKit is an interesting combination, simmilar to how Maxthon works. However, the OpenWebKitSharp implementation you're using is quite heavy and pretty much annihilates the portability.

Looks like there's still a lot of work to be done, but of course this is an early build so not much is expected.