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Minimal Browser2 (C++) released

Next version of Minimal Browser is released as a beta.

The beta release includes the following notable improvements/changes:

Features added by v2.5 beta

  • DuckDuckGo as search engine.
  • Tabbed browsing.
  • UI is redesigned.
  • Icons removed.
  • Searchbar is gone. Searching is done by writing search:<your_search> to addressbar and pressing Enter.
Minimal Browser2 UI.

Source code and full release notes are available on the projects Github page:

https://github.com/postman721/Minimal-Browser2

Minimal Browser v2 released.

Minimal Browser v2 is released. Below, a list of notable changes is presented with a screenshot. The code is available on project´s Github page.

Licensing changes: Dual licensing model:

GPL v2 is upgraded to GPL v3. Also adding Apache v2 license as an alternative possibility if GPL v3 is not desired.

Features added by v2.

  • Google as a search engine.
  • Zoom in and out buttons added.
  • Web-inspector added.
  • Browsing now accepts: www.some_address.something OR https://some_address.something
  • Save file or object: Saves whatever is listed on addressbar location. Using Wget via QProcess.
  • Tooltips for buttons.
  • Gui is redesigned and has darker colors now.
  • Javascript set to enabled.
  • Installed system plugins set to enabled.
  • PrivateBrowsingEnabled,true.
  • SpatialNavigationEnabled,true.
  • Accelerated2dCanvasEnabled,true.
  • AcceleratedCompositingEnabled.
  • AutoLoadImages,true.
  • ScrollAnimatorEnabled,true.
  • DeveloperExtrasEnabled,true.
  • FullScreenSupportEnabled,true.
  • WebGLEnabled,true.
  • JavascriptCanOpenWindows,true.
  • LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls, true.