New English version of Made-in-Japan browser Sleipnir released


Osaka-based web software company Fenrir announced on their homepage that they officially released the English version 2.7.2 of their Internet browser Sleipnir.

Sleipnir is particularly popular in Japan and according to the press release is localized for users in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Ireland, South Africa and the UK.

Fenrir says they want to add more languages gradually and hopes to expand their global market share for web browsers by an aggressive internationalization strategy.

The official press release can be found here (in English).


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