Shiira 2.0 - A Visual Preview

It still has a way to go before matching the stability and functionality of its predecessor, but for what appears to be a complete rewrite, it is certainly advancing very quickly.

What follows is a somewhat in-depth review highlighting new features, revised features and missing features of the new build in its current form—it is important to remember that this build is not even at an alpha stage, nor has it been released to the general public at this point, bugs and rough edges are not only present but very much expected. Features and functionality could/will change at any point in the future.

Tab Exposé - F8
One feature that debuted exclusively in Shiira; Tab Exposé, which was inspired by Apple’s Exposé, has gained some much needed speed optimisation as well as such niceties as bezel-based user feedback, displaying the page title and URL details on mouse over. Along with the traditional ‘F8′ key command, Tab Exposé can now be activated via a small icon in the status bar.

Fullscreen

Shiira now also offers a fullscreen mode where, as the name eludes, will render a full screen version of the current page, removing all interface chrome [ excluding the scroll bar if it is required ].