Surfer is getting usable and now released as 0.1.0

News by khorben on 28/03/2010 17:43:12
A number of sub-projects seem to mature these days. Surfer, the DeforaOS desktop web browser, is joining them in this category and was given a minor version bump today, to reach 0.1.0.
Its WebKit-based implementation is now the most featureful and usable, with the GtkTextView implementation joining the battle (although only rendering source code at the moment). Among the other changes, you may find:
  • the possibility to search for text within pages,
  • the possibility to view the source code of pages,
  • the possibility to print pages (with WebKit only),
  • protocol auto-detection with WebKit too,
  • otherwise improved browsing experience with WebKit,
  • improved embedded mode,
  • better support of startup-notify,
  • the possibility to no longer depend on gnet with WebKit (for the download utility),
  • more code re-use thanks to the libDesktop library,
  • fewer warnings when compiling.

Binary packages will be updated shortly, and more details about them documented shortly if all goes well. Do not forget you can also register [3] and report bugs or missing features [4]!

[1] https://www.defora.org/os/project/display/340/Surfer
[2] https://www.defora.org/os/download/download/3330/Surfer-0.1.0.tar.gz
[3] https://www.defora.org/os/user/register
[4] https://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_new?project_id=340