Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

Instead of re-porting Midori (i'm not very proficient with C anyway), I decided to start more tablet oriented and lightweight Web browser based again on WebKit (I'm thinking of implementing cross-engine webkit/gecko) and written in Vala. So far so good - I have an early alpha with only base controls implemented, try it and tell me what you think (especially qole :)). I'm not going to put it in Extras yet (too not working :)

Minor update, 0.1.2 on 01.10.2008:
Release Highlights:

• GTK+ accelerators working (Full screen, Escape for back and arrows scroll)
• Some menu items now work (namely new window, close one and all and the clipboard operations)
• Zoom still not working (the engine in Extras doesn't support it, still trying to compile from SVN)

What it has (not much):

• Works with the WebKit in Extras-devel for now.
• Multi-windows.
• Forward, back, refresh, go buttons, Full screen.
• Hardware keys for full screen, Esc for back and arrow scroll.
• Hildon interface
• About dialog... Ha! :)

What it doesn't have:
Everything else, history and fully working menus :)

Screenshot:
http://maemobox.org/bundyo/images/tear_screenshot.png

Download:
http://maemobox.org/bundyo/tear-0.1.2-1_armel.deb
68KB/150KB

Dictionary:
YAWBFTA: Yet Another Web Browser For The Adventurous... :)

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

When you do move it to Extras, the mud-based vala & libgee ports in Extras-devel will need some work. Also, would love to see the code and try hacking on it in Valable.

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

Maybe it won't compile directly in Extras-devel though, since I needed to tweak the vapi's a little. UIManager wasn't working and WebKit vapi is not updated to the latest nightlies.

I'm planning a more AwesomeBar-like history/bookmark list, I'll release the code after i get this and the hardware buttons working.

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

Well, I rather like it. That stealth progress bar really snazzes. I suppose you don't really need a feature request/bug list yet... so I won't go on about how the shift in the stylus keyboard seems to lock, or how nice it would be to have a view source option... oops! ;) Anyway, great work! --this message brought to you by Tear

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

Ha! So much win.

Not gonna be an easy thing to put together, but damn if it wont be cool once it is.

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

Another good thing is while I was at it, i ported the Scons create deb script and integrated it into my WAF wscript, so i can now generate a deb directly from WAF :)

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

WTF?!? Does anyone know why the GTK+ accelerators need to be enabled by a GConf value in order to be used? Lost some hours to that :(

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

Minor update, see the first post.

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

That "YAWBFTA", I keep seeing the W, the T, and the F, and the whole thing half-assembles into an obscene backronym, but fortunately some letter always gets in the way and brings me back to the clean proper acronym. I just fear one of these times, a matching backronym is going to materialize, and I'll never be able to think of Tear without thinking of that phrase.

I vote you start a new thread for the next version, without acronyms involving butt-!@#$ in the title.

Re: Tear 0.1 - YAWBFTA
 

Yeah, i will - there's a version number in the title too :)