I’ve always had a soft spot for the Arora web browser on Haiku as it was the first browser that allowed me to spend a good amount of time on the web using Haiku without crashing. Anyway, I thought I’d give it a shot building it with QT5.
Using the source from a Ubuntu Qt5 build, I was able to compile and build Arora on Haiku (x86_64). I then went and made a receipe and built a hpkg package for it.
So far it’s been extremely stable. The only thing that I’m looking into is the fact if I use Arora without an adblock, it really speeds up the browsing.
There was a problem with being unable to select different adblock filters, as you would get an error message for any filter except the default “Easy List”. I’ve been able to add subscriptions using a different site and I’m going to edit the Arora source code to use that site and rebuild Arora.
It is not yet known where the problem lies, so please do not extrapolate from partial information. If you reread the top post, you will see he made the recipe, it is not published yet, it is not in Depot, so could you please be a bit more positive? Problems like this can be fixed.
And if anyone wants to play with this QT5 build of Arora, send me a message and I’ll upload it on beshare. With that said, it still has a way to go before I would consider it a real hpkg. Missing icons, link to menu etc.
I see a Problem here. Nothing is stored on hdd then you or the system clean up the Cache. In haiku you need to stored user files in /boot/home/config/settings
I agree with you regarding the settings location. What I find interesting though is the cache folder is also where the Haiku Repository information is stored.
I’m going to clean the system cache, and see if the data remains
You need to copy this files to boot/home/config/settings/arora and them create symbolic links to the programfolder. Add the symbolic links into the package in the program Folder under system/apps/Arora. Then zip the Settings folder and add him into the apps folder too. Then create a post-install script and add it into the package too.
Just a quick note: you can display the full path to the current folder from any Tracker window by clicking on the number of items in the bottom line of the window. It saves you from the need to keep several Tracker windows open for the screenshot; one window will be enough.
Hiya @dasouth ,
have you still got the hpkg file around? I would love to have a go with arora and test it. Is there any way to download it? Thanks for helping.
I am having lots of crashes with Web+ just now and I am looking for a fallback solution.
Even if it is only temporary until Web+ goes stable…
Each and every Qt based browser uses exactly the same rendering backend, therefore you won’t see any difference compared to Otter or other Qt based browser.
It would be nice to have a gecko based browser (modern that is), but I’ve dabbled with arora on and off and find it pretty suitable to daily use. Web+ is nearly there though. Anyone have a link to the latest arora for haiku?