[Sugar-devel] WebKit2 Browse - Download and Test

[Utkarsh Tiwari]

Hi,
    I pulled the 'webkit2' branch from the browse-repo and after
running the activity I am getting the errors ( can't load a page in
browse) as shown in the attachment below.

Thanks,
Utkarsh Tiwari

On 4/19/16, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> Debian bug #802380 has a link that reproduces a "WebKit has crashed"
> dialog on Browse-158, for which I've attached a screenshot.
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/18/us-new-york-flightcenter-idUSKCN0SC14B20151018
>
> This was with 2.12.0, and it is probably a WebKit problem rather than
> a Browse problem, but it does expose some Browse problems in handling
> a WebKit crash ...
>
> - the cursor keeps spinning,
>
> - the home button doesn't work any more,
>
> - the stop loading button doesn't work either,
>
> - no evidence of the crash in the Browse logs.
>
> The activity stop button worked fine.
>
> On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 08:34:44PM +1000, sam at sam.today wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm happy to release an unstable version of the WebKit2 browse.  Most
>> things
>> have been ported and many bugs fixed from the original port.  Please help
>> by
>> testing this!
>>
>> Special thanks to Gonzalo Odiard for his huge contribution to the port.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam
>>
>> =====
>> Installing
>> =====
>>
>> Note, this requires **WebKitGtk+ 2.11.3** or newer.  Practically, this
>> means
>> use Fedora 24+.
>>
>> You can install the activity from the git repository branch "webkit2":
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/sugarlabs/browse-activity/tree/webkit2
>>
>> You can use the XO bundle if you prefer:
>> [2]https://people.sugarlabs.org/sam/
>> Browse-158.xo
>> (sha256sum
>> 2cd0f96501eea9a5905d0f3bdc1fde88c85069e62d5eb7706f14f85a41b182b2)
>>
>> Then open Sugar and run the Browse activity.  Please verify that it has
>> successfully installed version 158.
>>
>> Please report bugs somewhere.  You can email me <sam at sam.today>, reply to
>> this
>> thread, or open them somewhere on bugs.sugarlabs.org.
>>
>> ==================
>> What is good about WebKit2?
>> ==================
>>
>> * Read the WebKit Security Advisories and feel happy that you are using
>> WebKit2
>> [1]
>>     - Read "On WebKit Security Updates" and feel sad again (unless you
>> run
>> Fedora) [2]
>> * WebGL Support (Hype!)
>> * New javascript engine "FTL" (Faster Than Light) powered by the very new
>> B3
>> backend.  You can run Sugarizer even faster inside of Sugar!!
>> * Web Process Separation keeps you safer from evil internet people.
>>  Eventually, the web process will even be sandboxed from your system
>> * Pinch-to-zoom support - real time text rendering while zooming (watch
>> the
>> lag!!)
>> * GeoLocation support - web sites can request geo location permission
>> * Notification support - web sites can request permission to send you
>> notification
>>
>> =================
>> Summary of Browse changes
>> =================
>>
>> * Improve the autocomplete list (thanks to Utkarsh Tiwari)
>> * PDF Tab Edge case fixes (thanks to James Cameron)
>> *
>> * New history format.  This is due to a change in WebKit2 api.
>>   - You can open files made with old versions of browse.  However, it will
>> only
>> load the current tab page, not the full back/forward history list.
>> * Print to PDF support removed.  This is due to a change in WebKit2 api.
>> * Button to activate the Web inspector.
>> * The long-press for palette code got even more dodgy.  It now fakes a
>> right
>> click - this is the only way to work with the webkit2 api changes.
>>
>> [1]  [3]http://webkitgtk.org/security.html
>> [2]  [4]https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/
>> on-webkit-security-updates/
>>
>> References:
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/sugarlabs/browse-activity/tree/webkit2
>> [2] https://people.sugarlabs.org/sam/Browse-158.xo
>> [3] http://webkitgtk.org/security.html
>> [4]
>> https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-security-updates/
>
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>
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.netrek.org/
>
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