Midori began as a lightweight[11][12] web browser using theWebKitGTK rendering engine[11] and theGTK widget toolkit. Midori was part of theXfce desktop environment's Goodies collection of applications[13] and followed the Xfce principle of "making the most out of available resources".[14] It was the default browser in theSliTaz Linux distribution,[15]Trisquel Mini,Artix Linux, old versions ofRaspbian, andwattOS in its "R5 release".[16] It was the default browser inelementary OS "Freya" and "Luna",[17] andBodhi Linux.[18] Midori was part of the standardRaspbian distribution for theRaspberry PiARMv6-basedcomputer, whileDillo andNetSurf are also in the menu.
Midori passed the standard complianceAcid3 test.[19]In March 2014, Midori scored 405/555 on the HTML5 test.[20]In July 2015, Midori 0.5 on Windows 8 scored 325/555 on the updated HTML5 test.[21]
The former Midori was recommended byLifehacker due to its simplicity.[30] The major points for criticism are the absence of the process isolation, the low number of available extensions[31] and occasional crashes.[citation needed]
Nick Veitch fromTechRadar included Midori 0.2.2 in his 2010 list of the eight best web browsers for Linux. At that time he rated it as "5/10" and concluded, "while it does perform reasonably well all-round, there is no compelling reason to choose this browser over the default Gnome browser, Epiphany, or indeed any of the bigger boys".[32]
Himanshu Arora ofComputerworld reviewed Midori 0.5.4 in November 2013 and praised the browser's speed and uncluttered interface, while additionally underlining the private browsing which uses a separate launch icon and displays the details of this mode on the home tab.[29]
Victor Clarke fromGigaom praised the former Midori's minimalism in 2014 and stated that it will "satisfy your humble needs without slowing down your PC", despite stressing the lack of advanced functionality.[33]
^Dywan, Christian."About : Christian Dywan (kalikiana)".Two toasts. Retrieved11 April 2021.Cris likes to cook. Add to that a passion for Chinese and Japanese tea. These days, kalikiana focuses on hacking on snapcraft, but is still fondly looking back to Midori, ElementaryOS and Ubuntu Touch.
^"Midori".midori-browser.org. Archived fromthe original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved1 February 2019.In 2019, the Midori Browser project merged with the Astian Foundation to take development to new horizons, always respecting the pillars of the project.
