[IAEP] Browse version using Webkit2

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Thanks for testing.
I will continue working trying to solve the remaining issues.

Gonzalo

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:39 PM, <tkkang at nurturingasia.com> wrote:

> Thanks for working on the browser issue and hope more people get involved
> so that the XO-1 can get the recent software update - all except XO-1
> currrently because of the browser issue.
>
> I notice when I point the current browser to www.youtube.com I get
> kickout and it will return me back to start menu.
>
> Cheers and look forward to more development.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gonzalo Odiard [mailto:godiard at sugarlabs.org]
> >Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:47 PM
> >To: 'Sugar-dev Devel', 'iaep'
> >Subject: Re: [IAEP] Browse version using Webkit2
> >
> >Testing old version of Browse in community version images, I can't
> >reproduce bug #12866
> >If we could solve the connectivity / collaboration issues...
> >
> >Gonzalo
> >
> >On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <godiard at sugarlabs.org>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I was trying to find a solution for the problem of Browse in XO-1.
> >> After try use a old version of Browse, based in gecko,
> >> and recompile the dependencies without success, I started to work in the
> >> port of Browse from WebKit to WebKit2.
> >>
> >> That will not work in Fedora 18 (because Webkit2 crash in F18),
> >> but could solve the problem in the new community
> >> images based in Fedora 20.
> >>
> >> I have a basic version working, still with a lot of errors, but is
> >> possible navigate,
> >> download and see pdf  files and multimedia files.
> >> A testing version (not for distribution) is here [1]
> >>
> >> TESTING:
> >> I can't connect to internet with my XO-1 with the community edition
> image,
> >> if anybody can, please test this version and verify if this bug [2] is
> >> still present
> >> and if the activity crashes.
> >> Report any error you find.
> >> Known issues:
> >> * History is not restored.
> >> * Ugly error messages
> >>
> >> DEVELOPMENT:
> >> The porting is done in the branch webkit2 [3]
> >> Master will only receive critical fixes. When the port is ready, will be
> >> merged in master.
> >> Code pending to port is identified by a a comment "# TODO PORT"
> >> I found some blockers I couldn't solve yet:
> >> * The objects where the information about the history is stored
> >> have read only properties (title and url), I can recreate the history
> >> with the data stored in the journal metadata.
> >> * Need a mechanism to configure where download files, right now
> >> is done in the Downloads directory and later copied to the journal.
> >> * The error callback function in browser.py receive a int instead of
> >> a GError. Looks as a introspection error.
> >> * Don't know how store the coockies needed by the xs server with the new
> >> API.
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/activities/Browse-158.xo
> >> [2] https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/12866
> >> [3] https://github.com/sugarlabs/browse-activity/commits/webkit2
> >> [4]
> >>
> http://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkit2gtk/stable/WebKitBackForwardListItem.html
> >> --
> >> Gonzalo Odiard
> >>
> >> SugarLabs - Software for children learning
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Gonzalo Odiard
> >
> >SugarLabs - Software for children learning
> >
>
>
>


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Gonzalo Odiard

SugarLabs - Software for children learning
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