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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: MelbourneBen on May 31, 2009, 10:54:06 AM
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Hi All,
I've been trying to find out what the latest and best web browser is for 68k amiga's but have got some conflicting info.
Are there any browsers that are css compatible?
Back in the day I used Ibrowse but I know this wasnt CSS compatible and guessing still isnt.
Any advise would be appreciated.
cheers
Ben
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Hi All,
I've been trying to find out what the latest and best web browser is for 68k amiga's but have got some conflicting info.
Are there any browsers that are css compatible?
Back in the day I used Ibrowse but I know this wasnt CSS compatible and guessing still isnt.
Any advise would be appreciated.
cheers
Ben
Ibrowse is the best there is for 68k, and it dosent support CSS, there is also Aweb (wich is open source and free now, but i dont think anyone has worked on it in a while) and Voyager (shareware wich cant be bought anymore).
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Actually...
Ibrowse can't currently be bought but developement is supposedly continuing with a promise for CSS in the next version but don't hold your breath waiting.
Aweb is still in developement and should start having newer beta versions available. It's on par with Ibrowse but won't have CSS any time soon. The big advantage is that it's free (open source) and available. http://aweb.sunsite.dk/
Voyager is probably dead and it looks like nothing will be done with it.
A 68k version of OWB came out with CSS but it was very slow and had problems. It ran like molasses on the fastest 68060. It didn't use much of the CPU time for some reason so it multitasks really well if you have lots of ram and are working on something else between screen updates. Don't expect any more 68k updates directly from the author.
An unofficial 68k version of Netsurf will probably be the first usable CSS capable browser on the Amiga. A few people are working on ports from the MOS and AmigaOS4 versions. This browser should be fast enough to be usable on the 68k. I wouldn't be surprised to see buggy versions popping up in the next few weeks.
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Thanks for the info.