Quartz Web Browser

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Hi everyone! it’s been a while since I’ve been active on the forum as I had a serious non-covid health issue last year. I’d been looking for a lightweight browser that might work on Haiku and I discovered Quartz Browser.

Quartz is currently under active development, very small, and you build it using python. it’s quick and displays web pages well. I have not looked into creating a receipe for it.

quartz

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Hey, it looks like this is another qtwebkit browser, you can certainly make a port for it if you wish.

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How did you get it to work under haiku? i tried and it didn’t work, i mean it doesn’t work out of the box?

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Hi khallebal! I installed python3.8 along with pyqt5_38, pyqt5_sip_python38, pip_python38 as the major python pkgs. I then downloaded the source to my home directory, extracted it there and ran the following:

→ pip3.8 install /boot/home/quartz-browser-qt5-2.3.7

This would install the executable in the following location:

/boot/system/non-packaged/bin/quartz

I did do a quick creation of a hpkg for x86_64 using hpkg creator. I still need to create a proper recipe.

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It uses the same at website engine as otter/etc.

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Webkit getts 379/555
Nil points for streaming

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Otter MSE

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Thanks, i got it to work, did it render this forum for you? for me it doesn’t load the page after

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Quartz-Browser 2.3.7 results:

  1. https://www.haiku-os.org - :white_check_mark:
  2. https://review.haiku-os.org - :-1: (Disabled Javascript - :-1:)
  3. https://discuss.haiku-os.org - :-1: (Disabled Javascript - :white_check_mark:)
  4. https://www.haiku-inc.org - :white_check_mark:
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I have had problems with all WebKit browsers accessing the forum since they upgraded Discord. I am able to access the forum on WebPositive or else Netsurf. I can also access the forum by shutting off JavaScript or have the browser set as mobile or custom

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WebPositive is the only WebKit based browser on Haiku, the others uses QtWebKit, which is semi-deprecated.

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I have no problems acessing the forums with safari

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@extrowerk Thanks for clarifying qtwwebkit for me. I sent that message from my cell phone, and auto-correct kicked in and it got changed to webkit. The good news is, I was able to access the forum using the dolphin browser on my phone.

@ nephele - try using one of the qtwebkit browsers from your desktop in Haiku… your choice dooble, otter, qupzilla qutebrowser. I would be very curious if you are able to access the forum with javascript activated. None of my qt browsers can access the forum

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dooble

qupzilla

otter

Quartz with no javascript enabled

Quarts-nojs

Quartz with custom user agent

quartz-cust

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