Midori passed the standard compliance
Acid3 test.[18]
In March 2014, Midori scored 405/555 on the HTML5 test.[19]
In July 2015, Midori 0.5 on Windows 8 scored 325/555 on the updated HTML5 test.[20]
The former Midori was recommended by Lifehacker due to its simplicity.[29] The major points for criticism are the absence of the process isolation, the low number of available extensions[30] and occasional crashes.[citation needed]
Nick Veitch from TechRadar 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".[31]
Himanshu Arora of Computerworld 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.[28]
Victor Clarke from
Gigaom 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.[32]
^Dywan, Christian.
"About : Christian Dywan (kalikiana)". Two toasts. Retrieved 11 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 from
the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 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.