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Someone should make a desktop Gecko based browser with Qt using IPCembedlite: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Embedding/IPCLiteAPI Or simply revive Qt variant of Firefox. I'd prefer that to WebKit.
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EOL it
I really like and currently use KDE without ever having fired up Konqueror for the longest while. I stick to Firefox and Chrome/Chromium mostly. Perhaps what Konqueror needs is retirement rather than a new owner.
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Well, I use Konqueror with Webkit everyday, only shifting to FF when some site has issues.
I like Konqueror integration much better than FF : I can easily upload, download and rename on FTP sites or through SSH, I can download directly to chosen places only by right-clicking on a file, it uses system-wide mime definition to choose a program to open a file instead of asking me to select the binary in /usr/bin, etc. Besides, I try to stay away from Google as much as possible, so no Chrome for me.
I would probably use rekonq if it was part of the standard KDE apps but if konqueror is updated to use a more recent web engine, I will gladly use it.
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Originally posted by liam View PostAnd what if you don't like webkit (including blink) based browsers either?
It probably depends on the reasons you don't like it.
Also I'm against telling other people to ditch things they do in their free time.
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Originally posted by shmerl View PostSomeone should make a desktop Gecko based browser with Qt using IPCembedlite: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Embedding/IPCLiteAPI Or simply revive Qt variant of Firefox. I'd prefer that to WebKit.
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Originally posted by iniudan View PostWell Epiphany is just a minimal web browser and that it's really basic, along its web application mode is what make it interesting for some duty, mostly in professional environment or public facing terminal.
Anyway, I hope rekonq transitions to Qt5 and Webkit2, and konqueror can do whatever it wants.
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Originally posted by magika View PostI dislike the browser itself not underlying engine.
Also I'm against telling other people to ditch things they do in their free time.
I feel I've the right to say what I think, as long as it's not rude.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you dislike the browser, but not the engine, especially considering the context of your original response. FF's ui isn't too different from the Chrome or IE. Moreover, I spoke of completing xul's qt backend for FF.
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Originally posted by liam View PostDid you see the file date of the bug? It was six years ago. It needs a maintainer. It shouldn't be that hard as gtk3 is coming along nicely without any full time maintainers.
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Originally posted by TheBlackCat View PostYet people keep trying it then giving up. There has been at least two or three failed attempts at various points. I am sure there is a reason for that.
I've said it before: If you're going to make a Qt Firefox, don't just make it for the Linux version, rip out all of the graphics code and write it to use Qt on all platforms. I feel like the work required to maintain that would be significantly less (and you could end up writing much better code in the long run).
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