Release: Isis Web

[PalmPixi_User23]

Originally Posted by Vistaus

@Palm_Pixi: Offline browsing/password manager: maybe. Tabs: no. I'm not gonna duplicate work from Advanced Browser.

Thanks, you should really consider adding those improtant features to the Isis Web app....specially offline browsing(which is good for those times without internet), a private browsing would be good for that browser, password manager as well. I was also thinking of "Reader View" allowing to read articles without ads like Safari for iOS.

And about the "Tabs" really don't understand why you won't implement such a feature for that Isis Web browser, considering that those developers had abandoned the platform and having more of choices to browse on the TouchPad is not bad. You could implement Tabs like on the iPad browser for "Puffin or Yahoo Axis" browser, that deals with tab like cards does for Palm WebOS. It has like a visual tab layout, and have the ability to flip through them or flick them out if you want to close them.

[Vistaus]

Well, Advanced Browser still gets support AFAIK. But I don't really see the benefit. Advanced Browser is quite slow with those tabs (and yes, I've used it for a long time) plus with LunaCE you can flick through your open browser cards much faster than switching tabs so unless you don't have LunaCE, I don't see how tabs improve it.

But I will look into offline support at least, then maybe private browsing after that and maybe Reader View, but I don't know yet how to implement that. Anyway, I'll go look into offline support first so that *may* be coming in the next few weeks

[bluenote]

Originally Posted by dkirker

Guys, let's end this. The IPK is just the Enyo UI code for the webOS web browser. There is nothing special.

The only known compile of QTWebKit (what Isis uses) for webOS 3.0.5 (outside of what is going on in HP/webOS land, since I am not privy to that) so as far as I know is sitting on one of the build servers that I use. And, I can promise you, it crashes right when it tries to render a web page.

Not trying to steal any thunder or anything, I just don't want people to believe that they are installing Isis, when in fact they are only installing a small component of Isis...

dkirker, appreciate your efforts. I know you've been working on ISIS for almost a year.

Do you still think it might be possible to get this on 3.05? I'm asking as the browser is less and less functional for sites I visit on a few times a day so this is becoming more pressing.

Thanks!

[Remy X]

Originally Posted by bluenote

dkirker, appreciate your efforts. I know you've been working on ISIS for almost a year.

Do you still think it might be possible to get this on 3.05? I'm asking as the browser is less and less functional for sites I visit on a few times a day so this is becoming more pressing.

Thanks!

If this is urgent, try using Firefox on Ubuntu chroot... otherwise yeah, it's coming, however at this time the build crashes as soon as it starts rendering a page. Like you, i'm looking forward to having a modern browser run natively under webOS...

[Vistaus]

Originally Posted by bluenote

dkirker, appreciate your efforts. I know you've been working on ISIS for almost a year.

Do you still think it might be possible to get this on 3.05? I'm asking as the browser is less and less functional for sites I visit on a few times a day so this is becoming more pressing.

Thanks!

He is working on it; just look at the Git page of OpenWebOS to see his codebase and that he constantly updates it

@Remy X: Or even better: Install Opera Mobile Emulator on Ubuntu chroot. It's a really lightweight emulator of the Android version of Opera Mobile and runs beautifully under Ubuntu chroot. That way you have modern browser with a touch-optimized interface that renders all websites just fine

[geekpeter]

Originally Posted by Vistaus

He is working on it; just look at the Git page of OpenWebOS to see his codebase and that he constantly updates it

@Remy X: Or even better: Install Opera Mobile Emulator on Ubuntu chroot. It's a really lightweight emulator of the Android version of Opera Mobile and runs beautifully under Ubuntu chroot. That way you have modern browser with a touch-optimized interface that renders all websites just fine

think the native ubuntu and dev/emulator are x86 and ppc only, no arm packages?

[Vistaus]

No, there is an ARM emulator of Opera Mobile Emulator.

[truongtuananhhau1]

Need Isis browser for pre3, please!

[geekpeter]

Originally Posted by Vistaus

No, there is an ARM emulator of Opera Mobile Emulator.

im only seeing mac/pc(x86) and linux(x86,i386,ppc) on all downloads or dev tools on their site, is there a repository or direct link, im having a case of cant see for looking atm.

[GMMan]

Try browsing their downloads server: Index of /pub/opera

(I see a Meego ARMv7 package. A problem with trying to get packages not expressly compiled for webOS is dependency conflicts. You have to compile against the exact version of the system libraries for it to even start.)

[geekpeter]

Originally Posted by GMMan

Try browsing their downloads server: Index of /pub/opera

(I see a Meego ARMv7 package. A problem with trying to get packages not expressly compiled for webOS is dependency conflicts. You have to compile against the exact version of the system libraries for it to even start.)

yer only see non arm packages in the proper linux folder.

[allen832008]

Originally Posted by Vistaus

No, there is an ARM emulator of Opera Mobile Emulator.

Any chance of tweaking the stock browser into fooling websites to show it has the latest version of Flash Player?

[gamer765]

No, you have to change the version string in the Flash player libs.

[Herrie]

Originally Posted by allen832008

Any chance of tweaking the stock browser into fooling websites to show it has the latest version of Flash Player?

What version of Flash does the TP currently have? What websites you have problems with? I can have a look to see if I can binary patch it...

[mattmers]

Originally Posted by Herrie

What version of Flash does the TP currently have? What websites you have problems with? I can have a look to see if I can binary patch it...

I thought it was at 10.3 while Android and Playbook have 11.1.

[allen832008]

Herrie: Having trouble with siriusxm site. Says I need to update flash. Also, the new spotify web player.

[Vistaus]

Originally Posted by allen832008

Herrie: Having trouble with siriusxm site. Says I need to update flash. Also, the new spotify web player.

The new Spotify web player uses HTML5 so it can't be that they ask you to have the newest Flash player. It could be not working due the fact that HTML5 doesn't have a high score on stock browser/Isis Web.

[geekpeter]

Originally Posted by allen832008

Herrie: Having trouble with siriusxm site. Says I need to update flash. Also, the new spotify web player.

Originally Posted by Vistaus

The new Spotify web player uses HTML5 so it can't be that they ask you to have the newest Flash player. It could be not working due the fact that HTML5 doesn't have a high score on stock browser/Isis Web.

maybe the chrome or firefox patches would work if not installed already? ive been on some sites that moaned about html5 and all they seemed to do was check what browser i had and nothing else.

[Vistaus]

Originally Posted by dignitary

Correction: It would be Isis not having enough HTML5 support, not the other way around. And since "Isis Web" isn't the actual next-gen "Isis Browser" that was being worked on for Open webOS, it's the same thing as the stock 3.0.5 browser...which has atrocious HTML5 support compared to modern browsers, ironically.

Yes, that's what I said: it doesn't score high enough because it doesn't have enough HTML5 support.
And I also said "ISIS WEB/STOCK WEB BROWSER" to indicate once again what it's built on.

Do you have nothing better to do than constantly aiming your arrows at me? You already did that enough in this thread and now you do it again...

[Vistaus]

Released 1.4.0!

See the first post for the download link and changelog!