new os3.x software ?

[chris]

How complicated would it be to code a MUI front end for NetSurf?

I know nothing of MUI, but I am pretty well versed in the NetSurf frontend code.  Firstly, Itix has already written a MUI frontend for NetSurf for MorphOS - however NetSurf has changed a fair bit so it will need updating.  I have no idea how feature-rich or complete that version is, having never seen it.  Knowing nothing about MUI, I couldn't begin to say how much work it is to back-port to OS3 as well as make the necessary changes to bring it back in line with trunk.

Starting from scratch, a native basic working port of NetSurf should take a matter of weeks.  I would of course rather see one based on my OS4 version, as it aids bug-fixing and development for me.  Back-porting the OS4 version to OS3.9 shouldn't be massively complicated, however some routines might need to be completely rewritten.  Pre-OS3.9, I'm not sure which functions and features were in ClassAct.

and dont forget that Netsurf currently lacks javascript !

Slowly being worked on.  There's nothing to stop you helping

Somebody mentioned memory usage.  There is a problem with the cache in current versions of NetSurf which is in the process of being rewritten.  That's causing extreme amounts of memory to be used on some sites.

Chris

[chris]

So if a bounty were to be raised for a MUI version of NetSurf it wouldn't take too long for someone to produce some results?

There was some discussion on the dev list about this very topic, unfortunately I can't find the emails where times were quoted for how long it takes to port to a new platform, but it was a matter of weeks (a recent Java port took something like two days).  IIRC I got the OS4 version running usefully in less than two months.

If somebody starts from the OS4 version rather than from scratch they can probably do it quicker and retain most of the features.

Please can I request that if this bounty is created, there are conditions to "join the NetSurf-dev mailing list" and "get the source merged back into SVN".

[chris]

I am thinking, would it not be possbile to make a "css.library" and use it for an updated version of aweb? like javascript us being used on aweb, or am I totally wrong?

The css.library might be made from the netsurf code.

http://www.netsurf-browser.org/projects/libcss/