NetSurf 68k is a fork of an open source web browser for RISCOS and
other platforms. http://netsurf-browser.org/
Because amigaos SDL Version support more features as the default NetSurf SDL
Version, please report not to NetSurf Team bugs or something, before you
not compare with a maintened NetSurf Version (OS4 or Linux), if same Bug is
here too.
AmigaOS3 sources http://m68k.aminet.net/comm/www/NetSurf-m68k-sources.lha
Original sources http://source.netsurf-browser.org/
Please report any bugs or requests on official NetSurf for AmigaOS 3.x
BugTracker:
http://www.ppa.pl/bugtracker2/index.php?project=3&do=index&switch=1
Requirements:
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* AmigaOS 3.x
* Picasso / CGX compatible graphic card.
* 64 MB Ram (128MB for complex sites).
* 68020+ CPU with FPU, for usable speed 68060 or emulator is required.
* AfaOS or other program that enables truetype fonts.
* OpenSSL 1.0.0a installed for https://.
* OpenURL for mailto:.
Optional:
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* FFplay in C: for youtube playback (see Aminet)
Features:
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* Web standards: HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.1.
* HTTPS for secure online transactions.
* Bookmarks.
* Themable buttons.
* Favourite buttons.
* Unicode characters support.
* GetVideo plugin.
* Downloading of sites.
* Save as pdf.
* Search bar.
Usage:
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* Go back and forward with ctrl/alt * left/right.
* Move to top or bottom with ctrl/alt * up/down.
* F4 - Play multimedia on current site using GetVideo.
* F5 - Refresh.
* F6 - Restart(eg. use it when resizing window).
* Resize of window - adjust screen size
and press reload button with rigth mouse click or F6.
* Delete links from bookmarks - move over link and press Delete.
* Copy/paste link of current website with buttons place
on the right under searchbar.
* Watch videos from supported sites with getvideo - open site with
video you want to watch and press button with "youtube" icon.
Use option gv_action to simplify use of getvideo plugin, optons are :
0 - ask , 1 - play 2 - saveplay , 3 - save. Default is 0.
* Set currently open page as homepage - small button with home.
* Change current search engine - button placed next to search bar.
* Download page or whole website - button with down arrow.
* Open html document - button with white sheet and green right arrow.
Changes:
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2.8 (SVN r13055)
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* improved loading times
* linked with libcurl 7.22.0
* fixed wikipedia search
* removed ffplay from archive
2.8 release (SVN r12759)
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* list of core changes:
http://www.netsurf-browser.org/downloads/releases/ChangeLog.txt
AmigaOS 3.x :
* natami favicon was missing
* better scrollbar buttons
* linked with libpng 1.2.46
Bug fix
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* bookmarks.htm was missing
* wrong information about 'Go to bookmarks' button
* revert Choices to Options
2.7 release (SVN r12139)
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* list of core changes:
http://www.netsurf-browser.org/downloads/releases/ChangeLog.txt
AmigaOS 3.x :
* added dropdown Url textbox showing recently entered addreses (beta;).
* information of each button function.
* linked with libpng 1.2.44.
* linked with libjpeg v8c.
* cookie support for ppa.pl.
* restart by clicking on reload with RMB or F7.
* quick play multimedia using GetVideo with F4.
* proper display of scalled images (eg. amiga.org poll bars).
* possible speedup by setting incremental_reflow to 0
(needs experimenting).
* labels for bookmarks.
* compiled for 060.
* save page as pdf.
* ffplay with gui (port by Piotr Bandurski).
Bug fix
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* Path to cookies and ca-bundle was wrong in previous version.
* Prefs icon was missing.
* With font_min_size option adjust url bar font size if previous
was too big.
2.7 development [21.01.2011]
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* Updated to SVN r11431 + frontend.
* improved GUI new features:
+ history tree.
+ better scroller.
+ With new fb_toolbar_size option it is now possible to disable
favourites panel by setting it to 30.
+ With fb_toolbar_layout option you can disable buttons which you
don't want to use.
+ You are able to set fonts path in Options.
Try bitstream vera which may save some resources.
New on Amiga part
* ability to set own favourites. To remove - press right mouse click .
* AmigaPL keymap support. You need to set accept_charset option
in Options file to AmigaPL in order to use it.
* fixed bug which was causing to self typing of letters.
* nicer buttons icons. Compatible with OS 4 themes by Samir Hawamdeh
http://www.os4depot.net/share/graphics/theme/firefox2like_theme_lha .
* F6 key to restart program.
* close button, press right mouse click to restart.
* open and edit options file from within browser.
* changed version numbering to offical.
2.2 [5.01.2011]
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* Updated to latest SVN r11120.
* Changed download manager to HttpResume which has GUI.
* Added 'mailto:' protocol support. Installed OpenURL needed.
* Updated getvideo to 0.28 (by Juergen Lucas) which fixes YouTube again.
2.1 [25.08.2010]
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*Added cookies support
(Doesn't work on ppa.pl)
2.0 [10.07.2010]
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* Updated to latest SVN r10592.
* Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.0a and fixed cURL to 7.21.0
which makes https:// secure sites work.
Install of OpenSSL 1.0.0a needed.
* Updated getvideo to 0.26 (by Juergen Lucas).
* Added option gv_action to simplify use of getvideo plugin,
optons are : 0 - ask , 1 - play 2 - saveplay , 3 - save.
Default is 0.
* Created Bug Tracker on http://www.ppa.pl/bugtracker/index.php?id=4
* Added version information
1.9fix [11.06.2010]
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* Fixed hit
1.9 [02.06.2010]
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* Updated to latest SVN r10552. Fixes the always 100% CPU load on GIF image,
(eg. inablility to post comments on ppa.pl, a1k.org ).
* Small only Amiga code bug fixes.
* Updated libxml2 to 2.7.7.
1.8 [29.04.2010]
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* Updated to latest SVN r10518. Fixes bug in Amiga.org layout.
* Updated libz to 1.2.5.
* Updated ixemul.library to 63.1.
1.7 [27.04.2010]
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* Updated to NetSurf 2.5 release. All changes here:
http://source.netsurf-browser.org/branches/release/netsurf/2.5/ChangeLog.
In short: new cache makes NS two to three times faster.
* Updated libpng to 1.2.43.
* Updated libz to 1.2.4.
* Updated libsdl_image to 1.2.10.
* Updated getvideo to 0.25 (by Juergen Lucas).
* New option 'charset' - put here character set of your country for a proper
local text display. Default is ISO-8859-2.
1.6 [28.03.2010]
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* added middle mouse button for scrolling,
* improvement - now installer makes backup of currently installed
ixemul libraries,
* new - use own images for buttons (amirul),
* fixed bug with links which wanted to open new window.
target_blank in options file need to be changed from 1 to 0
for this to work,
* added new button to download current page or whole website,
* updated ffplay to SVN-r22669 (port by Piotr Bandurski),
* improvment - ability to browse while downloading,
* updated libpng to 1.2.39,
* updated libsdl to 1.2.14,
* fixed - sometimes buttons stayed pushed,
* fixed - browsing site with left/right works again.
1.5 [03.03.2010]
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* delete links from bookmarks with Delete key,
* add go back and forward keys with alt+left/right,
* refresh with F5 key,
* more convinient resize of window - adjust screen size
and press restart button (orange rectangle).
1.4a [05.02.2010]
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* Fixed playing from youtube,
* Updated getvideo to ver. 0.24 (by Juergen Lucas).
1.4 [02.02.2010]
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* Updated to SVN-r9851,
* Support for more video modes,
* Added go to top/bottom of web page with Ctrl * Up/Down keys
(works with mouse wheel too),
* Scroll more with Shift * Up/Down keys (works with mouse wheel too),
* Updated ffplay (port by Piotr Bandurski),
* Changed navigation buttons.
1.3 [30.11.2009]
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* Added optimizations. NetSurf should work faster now,
* New, real installer (Alper Sönmez),
* Numpad keys handling,
* Updated getvideo to ver. 0.23.
1.2 [19.11.2009]
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* Updated getvideo to version 0.22,
* Updated ixemul to ver. 62.1,
* Special chars on title are working,
* Buttons act like real buttons,
* Paste text with Ctrl+V (length of text is limited by size of text area),
* Streaming of videos (install of new ixemul.library is needed),
(see here http://aminet.net/package/comm/www/getvideo for supported sites
(not tested with other than YouTube)),
Play, SavePlay, Save actions added,
* Support for Turkish and German unicode characters,
* Icons for search engines,
* Cursor (alike) in url and search fields,
* Bookmarks,
* 16 bit mode work again in window (32 bit is no longer
required for Netsurf to work).
1.1 [15.09.2009]
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* New nsfb and css rendering engine,
that makes more pages work correctly
* Downloading,
* Scrollbar (to be improved in next releases),
* If screen depth is not 32bit than browser ,
opens in fullscreen in 32bit. On 16 and 24 bit screens
Netsurf work but 32bit +must* be supported by your card,
* Copy/paste url to/from clipboard,
* Change window size requester,
* Choose search engine requester,
* Set homepage feature,
* Getvideo plugin implemented (click on You Tube button to
download and play video with ffplay),
* Install script,
* Polish and German characters support,
* Added Esc key to quit.
1.0 [5.07.2009]
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* Added Google searchbar,
* Updated to 3.7.2009 SVN,
(More web pages work now f.ex. news.bbc.co.uk),
* Compiled with Gcc 4.3.2,
* Corrected window size when it's equal to Workbench screen,
* Added proxy server option.
0.9 [30.06.2009]
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* Added Window title caption,
* Added better pointer support,
* Added nicer toolbar icons,
* Added home page button,
* Added favourite sites panel.
0.8 [27.06.2009]
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* Fixed endianes problem with colors.
0.7 [06.2009]
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* First release
Some settings can be overrided in Resources/Options file eg.:
window_width: - window width
window_height: - window height
homepage_url: - your homepage
http_proxy: - set this to "1" if you want to use proxy server
http_proxy_host: - put your host number here
http_proxy_auth: - choose authentication, available options are : 0, 1, 2
http_proxy_port: - default(8080)
Thanks to Bernd Roesch for his bugfixed/improved ixemul/SDL libraries.
Ken Lester Jr. and Martin Merz for icons.
Alper Sönmez for installer script.
See http://www.netsurf-browser.org for more information about NetSurf.
My website http://artishq.wordpress.com for my other OS3 ports.
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