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{{application|image=netsurf68x68.png|caption=NetSurf icon|name=NetSurf|maintainer=NetSurf developers|os=RISC OS 3.5 or later|desc=RISC OS Web Browser|languages=Dutch, English, French, German|url=http://www.netsurf-browser.org/|alt=[[Oregano]], [[Firefox]]}} |
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NetSurf is a web browser for RISC OS. It is under constant development, and it is rare for there to be more than a couple of days' wait between builds. |
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===About=== |
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Since NetSurf is open source, anyone can contribute to the project. The [[source repositories overview]] contains details about how to obtain NetSurf's source code. |
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NetSurf is an open source web browser for RISC OS, licensed under the GPL. Its aim is to bring the HTML 4 and CSS standards to the RISC OS platform. |
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NetSurf has also been set up to allow automatic updates via the [http://www.riscpkg.org/ RiscPkg] utility. To make use of this facility, edit |
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<br><code>Choices:RiscPkg.Sources</code> |
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<br>to include the following line of text: |
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<br><code><nowiki>pkg http://www.netsurf-browser.org/builds/riscpkg/packages</nowiki></code> |
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<br>(Further information is available in the RiscPkg documentation.) |
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Compared to other RISC OS browsers, NetSurf is notable for its speed and comprehensive support of CSS, as well as novel handling of history. The main feature missing from NetSurf is JavaScript. The RISC OS port of [[Firefox]] and NetSurf are the only RISC OS browsers with active development. |
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In addition to the NetSurf application, this distribution currently includes packaged versions of: |
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*DRenderer |
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*SharedUnixLibrary |
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*Tinct |
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* [http://www.netsurf-browser.org/downloads/ NetSurf home page] |
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If you do not wish to use RiscPkg, it is still possible to download and install NetSurf "test builds" manually - see link below. |
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/netsurf/ SourceForge project] |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetSurf NetSurf Wikipedia article] |
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* Details on NetSurf test builds, including some other downloads that may also be required are available [http://www.netsurf-browser.org/builds/ here.] |
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* You may also wish to obtain a Flash plugin (currently only Flash 4 is available, [http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~jmb202/ here]), and some [[Unicode]] fonts. For further information see [http://www.netsurf-browser.org/info http://www.netsurf-browser.org/info] and the [[Recommended software|recommended software]] section in this Wiki. |
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Latest revision as of 03:39, 8 September 2008
| NetSurf | |
| Icon: |  |
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| Maintained by: | NetSurf developers |
| Description: | RISC OS Web Browser |
| OS Restrictions: | RISC OS 3.5 or later |
| Languages: | Dutch, English, French, German |
| Alternatives: | Oregano, Firefox |
| Website: | http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ |
About
NetSurf is an open source web browser for RISC OS, licensed under the GPL. Its aim is to bring the HTML 4 and CSS standards to the RISC OS platform.
Compared to other RISC OS browsers, NetSurf is notable for its speed and comprehensive support of CSS, as well as novel handling of history. The main feature missing from NetSurf is JavaScript. The RISC OS port of Firefox and NetSurf are the only RISC OS browsers with active development.
