Netsurf

[praetor]

Howdy y'all

I've been working on Netsurf, which will give us a modern browser in IRIX, complete with javascript provided by ducktape. I've been working with both the Netsurf guys, which are super nice folks, and people in the porting channel.

I have the rendering engine built along with ducktape and the netsurf css library. I'm just having issues with getting the GTK interface built. It works with the nekoware gtk, but something is being stupid.

My hope is if I can prove out a good build, we can go back to the source, remove my hacks, and put proper patches and such in so we can contribute upstream. I'd also like to see a motif interface built, as well as HTML5 video playback via gstreamer. So if there are some enterprising developers out there who need a project.

I'm REALLY excited to get this far. It means we'll be able to actually use the web on our SGIs. A netsurf dev also put in gopher support this morning, so that will be super cool too. A certain someone *cough* who will remain unnamed said this would be impossible, but I'm slowly defying the impossible.

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[foetz]

that's a very nice surprise indeed. if i may suggest, it's probably a good idea not to bind the release date to the video playback or motif gui since these are additional goodies.

 

[praetor]

Oh, I'm not binding those goodies to the release date, but merely saying that's down the road for sure.