Editing ICab (section)

== History ==

iCab was introduced in 1999. The first versions of iCab were criticized for not supporting [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] and [[Document Object Model|DOM]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Savetz |first=Kevin |date=September 1999 |title=Browser Brawl |url=https://archive.org/details/MacAddict-037-199909/page/n37/mode/2up |magazine=[[MacLife|MacAddict]] |pages=32–38 |issue=37}} The author mentions the lack of CSS2 and JavaScript support</ref> but were given praise for making it easier to navigate to links listed on pages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nielsen |first=Jakob |date=1999-02-23 |title=iCab: New Browser With Structural Navigation |url=https://www.nngroup.com/articles/icab-new-browser-structural-navigation/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Nielsen Norman Group |language=en}}</ref> iCab 3 introduced improved rendering capabilities, including support for CSS2 and [[Unicode]] (via the [[Apple Type Services for Unicode Imaging|ATSUI]] toolkit). iCab 4 switched to WebKit for its [[web browser engine|rendering engine]], giving it the same rendering abilities as Apple's [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] browser.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Macworld Australia|Australian Macworld]] |page=72-72 |issue=123 |date=May 2008 |title=iCab 4.0.1 |url=https://archive.org/details/macworld_au-2008_05/page/n71/mode/2up}}</ref>

On 7 June 2009, iCab 4.6, using the WebKit rendering engine, became the first desktop browser released to display a score of 100/100 and pass the [[Acid3]] test.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} Apple's Safari 4 browser was released one day later and has been officially credited as being the first official release browser to pass the Acid3 test with a score of 100/100.