[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] New open source Web Browser for Maemo.

[From: Jorge Souza]

Great job,

The MiniMo Browser is great. I have used it in my
iPAQ.  Btw, was it tested in a real device ?! How is
the performance ?

I will look at it asap.

regards

--- Antônio Gomes <antonio.gomes at indt.org.br>
escreveu:

> Hi all,
>  
> This email aims to inform the launch of the MANaOS
> Web Browser for the 
> Maemo/Nokia 770 Platforms. The MANaOS Browser is a
> port of the 
> MiniMo/Mozilla Web Browser [1,2], an embedded
> version of the 
> Mozilla/Firefox Browser. Some screenshots can be
> viewed at [3, 4].
> 
> It implements an application layer to provide a
> Rendering Engine 
> independence. This layer is called BIA (Browser
> Interface Agent), and it 
> enables the users to specify, at compile time, which
> engine will be used 
> (GECKO/MOZILLA or KHTML/GTK+ Webcore).
> 
> In this first release, the following features are
> available:
>  
> * DONE:
>    * Load internet pages
>    * Go back and forward to a desired page in the
> window
>    * Can reload and stop loading of the web page
>    * Proxy configuration
>    * Progress bar to show web page downloading
> progress
>    * Increase and decrease font size
>    * Web page menu item
>     - Open page
>     - Open file
>     - Save as
>     - Save image as
>    * Increase and decrease font size
>     - Details
>    * Edit menu
>     - Cut, Copy, Paste, Select all and Find
>    * View menu
>     - Show toolbar
>     - Show images
>    * Settings
>     - Browse offline
>    * Close window / all windows
>    * Enable sensitive menus and buttons, according
> with the loading state
>    * Enable or disable Go and Forward buttons
> according with the loading 
> state
>    * Global history window
>     - goto, delete and close
>    * 'new_window' signal working properly
>     - popups and links that activated new window are
> being opened in the 
> right way
>    * Navigation menu item was completely implemented
>   
> TODO:
>    * Open and close browser window and switch
> between windows
>    * Open and define home page locating in the
> internet
>    * Send e-mail
>    * Add to bookmark
>    * Set as home page
>    * Switching between browser windows
> 
> FUTHERMORE
> 
>     It is compiled with plug-ins, extensions, cache,
> dynamic loading and 
> JS support.
> 
> FOOTPRINT
> 
>     At this point, it has about 17Mb of footprint
> (RSS),
> 
> REPOSITORY
> 
>     All packages and dependencies (both for i386 and
> ARM platforms) 
> required for builduing MANAoS are available at [5],
> including some 
> howtos and guidelines instructions.
> 
> [1] http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/
> [2]
> http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7396996719.html
> [3]
>
http://www.indt.org.br/10le/manaos/screenshots/screen01.png
> [4]
>
http://www.indt.org.br/10le/manaos/screenshots/screen02.png
> 
> [5] http://www.indt.org.br/10le/manaos
> 
> Feel free for download and look at the source code,
> send us patches with 
> new features or bug fixes. Every contribution will
> be apreciated.
> 
> ps1 : Special thanks for Doug Turner, the leader of
> the MiniMo/Mozilla 
> Project, and your important help and advices.
> 
> *ps2 : Some troubles still remain if the building
> was performed through 
> the '.deb' files: The menu item created can not
> startup the application 
> (MANaOS). Tips ?? In this case, the start up of the
> application must be 
> done from the scratchbox command line enviroment,
> using the 
> 'run-standaone.sh' env script.
> 
> $$$$$$ run-standalone.sh /usr/bin/run-manaos.sh
> *
> We hope you enjoy it as you can !!! ;)
> 
> kind regards
> 
> 10LE Browser Team



-- Jorge Souza
Embedded Linux App Developer

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