Mercury is the the most advanced and elegant web browser for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The rich feature set includes themes, Download, Fullscreen Browsing, File Sharing, Adblock, Tabs, Multi Touch Geature, User Agent Switcher, Private browsing, Passcode Lock, Save Page, Facebook/Twitter integration and a lot more.
- THEMES
Mercury iPad allows users to customize UI with 11 gorgeous themes. More themes and iPhone supporting are coming in next release.
- TABS
Mercury Browser supports up to 10 tabs. You can hold down a link to open it in a new tab or a new background tab. Tabs load simutaneously.
- DOWNLOAD
Hold down a link or image to download the file or image in background. Multiple downloads can run at the same time and you can suspend and resume them at any time.
- FULL SCREEN BROWSING
Browse webpage with the entire screen and navigate with gesture and toolbar.
- FILE SHARING
You can transfer the files in the app with desktop computers via iTunes File Sharing, Wi-Fi transfer or email.
- AD BLOCK
Mercury Browser equips with an optimized URL filtering engine to block most ad banners. Ad block is OFF by default, you can turn it on in settings screen.
- IDENTIFY BROWSER AS IE, FIREFOX AND SAFARI
Mercury Browser can spoof the UserAgent string to trick web sites into thinking the browser is a desktop browser. You can identify browser as Desktop Safari to visit desktop version of websites.
- MULTI TOUCH GESTURE SUPPORT
8 gestures are supported.
Default Settings:
-2 finger swipe left: Switch to Previous Tab
-2 finger swipe right: Switch to Next Tab
-2 finger swipe up: Prevous Page
-2 finger swipe down: No Action
-2 finger tap on top: Go to top
-2 finger tap on middle: Control Panel
-2 finger tap on bottom: Go to bottom
-3 finger tap: Close tab
- FILE MANAGER AND VIEWER
The in-app file manager organize files with folders. PDF, images, audio/video, pages and docs can be view with in-app file viewer and open with other apps like Keynotes or Pages.
- AUTOFILL
Save and fill out forms by pressing the buttons on keyboard toolbar. You can fill the login name and password with just one tap.
- IN-PAGE-SEARCH
Key words are highlighted with in-page-search. You can even navigate the match with search toolbar in iPad version.
- BOOKMARKS
-Bookmark menu (iPad only)
-Add/edit/move/delete bookmarks and folders
-Import bookmarks from desktop browser
-Export bookmarks
-Launch app with bookmarks in a folder (iPad only)
- SAVE PAGE WITH IMAGES
- SEARCH ENGINES
7 default search engines are included and you can add more in settings screen. Auto complete is enabled in iPad version with suggestions.
- PRIVATE BROWSING
Enable private browsing will stop the browser from remember history and clear cookies on exit.
- BOOKMARKLETS
You can install default bookmarklets in settings screen to have features like page translation and UPS search. You can also install Mercury Bookmarklet into Safari to open web page with Mercury Browser with one tap.
- DASHBOARD
Dashboard can be launch to access your favorites websites with one tap.
- SHARE LINK
You can share a link by Email, Facebook or twitter.
- STARTUP OPTIONS
You can launch the app with home page, dashboard, tabs from last session or bookmarks in a folder (iPad only).
- SCROLL BAR
Fast and smooth scrolling with quick scroll bar.
- PERFORMANCE
You can use options like compression, mobilizer, image blocking to reduce download time.
- SCREEN DIMMER
Screen dimmer to adjust screen brightness for night time viewing.
- VIDEO OUT
Video out to display web pages on TV or projector. (iPad only)
- MORE FEATURES
Customizable toolbar (iPhone only)
Increase/decrease font size
Rotation lock
BASIC, DIGEST authentication
Detect telephone, SMS links
URL suggestion base on hits
Accept third-party SSL certificates