NetSurf 2.0 dev preview released

[chris]

Unsatisfactory announces a preview/beta release of a AmigaOS 4 native port of NetSurf.  NetSurf is a fast CSS-capable web browser for RISC OS and other systems.

 This port is incomplete but already supports:

* Multiple windows
* Clipboard
* Hotlist
* Downloads

Frames are partially supported and encryption (HTTPS protocol) is not yet implemented in this port.

Download from Aminet

NetSurf also requires threads.library, codesets.library and AISS

[whabang]

Sounds nice. Anyone tried it?

[amyren]

I liked the screenshot of the history view that shows graphical images of the pages visited.

[dandelion]

Netsurf is an amazing development, and has breathed new life into RISC OS for me personally. RISC OS users often bemoan the lack of decent web browsers for their platform, but they're blessed compared to the Amiga situation. It's really good news that someone has made this port, and if it turns into a stable port which reflects the speed of RISC OS development you're in for a treat.

[redfox]

I have NetSurf 2.0 installed on my MicroA1 with OS4.

It is quite fast but has some problems rendering certain web sites.  IMHO, it is a good start, considering it is an early preview version.

amiga.org ... I can login and view stuff.  I can fill out a post but the post vanishes into thin air when I hit the post comment button.

amigaworld.net ... problems rendering, did not try login or post.

amigans.net ... seems to work just fine there.

moobunny ... thumbs down. I can't read anything.

slagoon.com (Sherman's Lagoon comic strip site) seems to work just fine.

some wikipedia stuff seems to be ok too.

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redfox

[FluffyMcDeath]

Tried it last night.
Fast, quite good output. Lot's of sites that are broken on AWeb and iBrowse (because they are so CSS heavy) are great on netsurf and it's much faster than the last OWB I tried.

However, it seems that it runs out of memory very quickly (or complains that it is) and will DSI instead of nicely complain and quit if you don't have codeset.library installed.

This form was messed up though and buttons kept appearing and disappearing. Post didn't work and after the "Thankyou for your post" page I was refreshed to a non-existing article so something got messed up in the post params.

Also keeps asking for TBIimages: on startup and there isn't anything likely looking in the archive to point that at. I don't know if it's something I should download and install but the buttons have no labels or icons so I guess it's something to do with that.

Also, on startup there is a warning about there being no hotlist.

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edit: I guess that images assign is something to do with AISS. Guess I'll download that and install it tonight.

[tonyyeb]

Meh... where is the decent, modern 68k web browser?

[buzz]

You could try building it from source. It needs the os4 threads library, but you might be able to link it against gnu pthreads or something if you built that.

It also might require some newer reaction features than are available on 3.9. I had a very quick browse of the amiga source, but nothing more.

(There are a bunch of other libraries you will need to build to link against too).

no idea if it uses other os4 features too.

[buzz]

I had a fiddle. ALso needs the os4 popup menu stuff. I guess this could be rewritten to use the popup menu library on aminet.

also picasso96->cgfx would be needed and the switch from allocsysobject to older style calls (CreateMsgPort/CreateIORequest etc).

Someone with more free time than me could surely do it, but there is some work involved.

[buzz]

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