Editing ICab (section)

{{short description|Web browser for MacOS}}
{{lowercase title|title=iCab}}
{{Infobox software
| name = iCab
| logo = ICab Logo and Icon 2024.png
| screenshot = ICab Screenshot on macOS Sonoma 2024.png
| screenshot size = 250px
| screenshot alt = The iCab web browser showing the Wikipedia homepage.
| caption = iCab 6.2.1 in dark mode on macOS Sonoma
| developer = Alexander Clauss
| released = {{Start date and age|1999|02|17}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q284497|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q284497|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| operating system = [[MacOS|Mac]] OS, [[iOS]] (active),<br/>[[Classic Mac OS]] 7.5–9.2.2 (discontinued)
| language = English, German, French, Danish, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Chinese and Japanese
| genre = [[Web browser]]<br/>[[Feed reader]]
| license = [[Shareware]]
| website = {{URL|icab.de}}
}}

'''iCab''' is a [[web browser]] for [[MacOS]] and [[Classic Mac OS]] by Alexander Clauss, derived from Crystal [[Atari Corporation|Atari]] Browser (CAB) for [[Atari TOS]] compatible computers.<ref>{{Cite web
| url=http://lowendmac.com/2011/interview-with-alexander-clauss-icabs-creator/
| title=Interview with Alexander Clauss, iCab's Creator
| first=Sebastian
| last=Patting
| date=2011-11-22
| publisher=Low End Mac
| access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref> It was one of the few browsers still updated for the classic Mac OS prior to that version being discontinued after version 3.0.5 in 2008;<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.icab.de/dl.php
| title=iCab Download}}</ref> [[Classilla]] was the last browser that was maintained for that OS<ref>{{Cite web
| url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/2009/07/browse-the-web-in-style-with-classilla-for-mac-os-9/
| title=Browse the Web in style with Classilla for Mac OS 9
| first=Jeff
| last=Smykil
| date=2009-07-13
| work=[[Ars Technica]]
| access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref> but it was discontinued in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Cameron |last=Kaiser |date=2021-03-29|title=The final official release of Classilla|url=https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-final-official-release-of-classilla.html|access-date=2021-09-27|work=Old Vintage Computing Research}}</ref>

The downloadable product is fully functional, but is [[nagware]]—periodically displaying a [[dialog box]] asking the user to register the product, and upgrade to the "Pro" version.<ref>{{Cite web
| url=http://www.icab.de/register.html
| title=Purchase/Register iCab
| date=2016-08-03
| access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref>