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Qutebrowser – a keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit

28 points by fdik 12y ago

i_am_ralpht 12y ago
What's the status of QtWebKit now? It was removed from WebKit trunk about a year ago...
- mmebane 12y ago
  As of Qt 5.4, it's in maintenance mode, and will be deprecated soon. Source: http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/12/10/qt-5-4-released/ http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/12/10/qt-5-4-released/
- The-Compiler 12y ago
  Development still was continued in Qt's own tree, but as it was mentioned, as of Qt 5.4 only bugfixes will be done. Though at some point I plan adding a QtWebEngine (i.e. Blink/Chromium) backend to qutebrowser.
lucb1e 12y ago
Trying to use it right now, it works quite well for what I expected! I'm especially impressed by Youtube, the keyboard navigation even works in the player (which defaults to html5)! It is a bit hard to stay motivated to use this, like I had when starting to use vim and dvorak, but it certainly has potential.
fra 12y ago
I love the idea (I use FFox with vimperator as my browser of choice), but the OS-X install instructions are too cumbersome at the moment.
- fdik 12y ago
  It's easy on MacOS X if you have i.e. MacPorts: $ sudo port install python34 py34-jinja2 asciidoc py34-pygments py34-pyqt5 $ git clone https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser.git https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser.git
- The-Compiler 12y ago
  I just merged a pull request which makes things a lot easier by using MacPorts/Homebrew: https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/INSTALL.asciidoc#on-os-x https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/...
cottonseed 12y ago
Instead of w3-mode, I always thought someone should combine Emacs with a web layout engine.
mjcohen 12y ago
Any relation to qute? http://www.inkcode.net/qute http://www.inkcode.net/qute
- fdik 12y ago
  None I knew of. Flo (“The Compiler”) is just hacking stuff, with help from some others.
- The-Compiler 12y ago
  Nope - damn, choosing a good name with no collisions is hard ;)

28 points by fdik 12y ago

i_am_ralpht 12y ago

What's the status of QtWebKit now? It was removed from WebKit trunk about a year ago...

mmebane 12y ago
As of Qt 5.4, it's in maintenance mode, and will be deprecated soon. Source: http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/12/10/qt-5-4-released/ http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/12/10/qt-5-4-released/
The-Compiler 12y ago
Development still was continued in Qt's own tree, but as it was mentioned, as of Qt 5.4 only bugfixes will be done. Though at some point I plan adding a QtWebEngine (i.e. Blink/Chromium) backend to qutebrowser.

lucb1e 12y ago

Trying to use it right now, it works quite well for what I expected! I'm especially impressed by Youtube, the keyboard navigation even works in the player (which defaults to html5)! It is a bit hard to stay motivated to use this, like I had when starting to use vim and dvorak, but it certainly has potential.

fra 12y ago

I love the idea (I use FFox with vimperator as my browser of choice), but the OS-X install instructions are too cumbersome at the moment.

fdik 12y ago
It's easy on MacOS X if you have i.e. MacPorts: $ sudo port install python34 py34-jinja2 asciidoc py34-pygments py34-pyqt5 $ git clone https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser.git https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser.git
The-Compiler 12y ago
I just merged a pull request which makes things a lot easier by using MacPorts/Homebrew: https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/INSTALL.asciidoc#on-os-x https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/...

cottonseed 12y ago

Instead of w3-mode, I always thought someone should combine Emacs with a web layout engine.

mjcohen 12y ago

Any relation to qute? http://www.inkcode.net/qute http://www.inkcode.net/qute

fdik 12y ago
None I knew of. Flo (“The Compiler”) is just hacking stuff, with help from some others.
The-Compiler 12y ago
Nope - damn, choosing a good name with no collisions is hard ;)