Introducing Otter Browser 2014-01-01, 17:44:59 Otter Browser is an attempt to recreate some of Opera's interface, excluding some of the more recent regressions. The first binaries are now available <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/">for download[/url].http://otter-browser.org/http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU1NjU
Re: Otter Browser Reply #1 – 2014-01-01, 17:59:29 Yes, I was thinking this product/project merits its own thread But hey, no Linux binary?
Re: Otter Browser Reply #2 – 2014-01-01, 18:09:58 Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-01, 17:59:29But hey, no Linux binary?Hm? There's a DEB available for both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux. Unfortunately, it's not immediately obvious to me how to satisfy the dependencies. In that sense the Windows version is actually more accessible.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #3 – 2014-01-01, 18:20:51 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-01, 18:09:58Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-01, 17:59:29But hey, no Linux binary?Hm? There's a DEB available for both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux. Where? I see instructions to install from source https://github.com/Emdek/otter/blob/master/INSTALL and only win32 binary here http://sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/I have noticed 'otter' package in synaptic, but this is another project: resolution-style theorem prover at version 3.3.Correction: Yes, my second link contains links to a .deb file in bottom right corner. Reminder to myself: always examine all links. Still, where is the 64-bit version? Last Edit: 2014-01-01, 20:12:22 by ersi
Re: Otter Browser Reply #4 – 2014-01-01, 20:30:15 It gives me a link straight to the 64-bit version. Perhaps the site doesn't deal with Elinks very well?Here's the link to all the binaries:http://sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/files/otter-browser-alpha1/But I think you'll have to install the whole of Qt 5.2, and I don't really feel like trying to figure all that out. http://qt-project.org/downloadsI gave Otter a quick try in a virtual XP. It's surprisingly functional and fast already, but there doesn't seem to be any attempt at implementing customization yet. The programmer achieved these results so quickly by focusing exclusively on the GUI, while the toolkit and engine are provided by Qt. Kind of like what Opera says they're doing.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #5 – 2014-01-01, 23:26:08 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-01, 20:30:15I gave Otter a quick try in a virtual XP. It's surprisingly functional and fast already, but there doesn't seem to be any attempt at implementing customization yet.At this early stage it's hard to make predictions. So far it's lightweight and seems to be fast.More customization options will come for sure.Might be worth to keep an eye on this project.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #7 – 2014-01-02, 00:08:07 Quote from: j7n on 2014-01-01, 23:50:34Is it fast on Windows?It seems to be slightly faster than Opera Presto. However I've only tested with scripting disabled and only on a few pages.One of the most interesting things for me is to see how modular the final product will look like.The GUI is fast and responsive, at least on my Win7.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #9 – 2014-01-02, 06:28:30 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-01, 20:30:15It gives me a link straight to the 64-bit version. Perhaps the site doesn't deal with Elinks very well?This page http://sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/ links to otter-browser_0.1.01_i386.deb only. This page http://sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/files/otter-browser-alpha1/ is good for three files: - otter-browser-alpha1-win32-v2.zip- otter-browser_0.1.01_i386.deb - otter-browser_0.1.01_amd64.debLooking with Opera 12. Anyway, as you indicated, dependencies related to something called qt5 seem to pose such an obstacle to installation that it's too much to bother.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #10 – 2014-01-02, 09:53:05 Quote from: j7n on 2014-01-01, 23:50:34I am fearful of this "Qt" framework. Is it fast on Windows?I saw that you use SMPlayer. SMPlayer uses Qt. So do VLC and many other applications.Quote from: krake on 2014-01-02, 00:08:07The GUI is fast and responsive, at least on my Win7.It's fast and responsive on my XP in VirtualBox, unlike IE and Chropera.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #11 – 2014-01-03, 22:20:23 Okay, compiling is fairly simple (and amazingly fast) all in all.1. Download the Qt 5.2 SDK.2. Compile and see what's missing. In my case (Debian Wheezy), that was libgstreamer0.10-dev, libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev, and libxslt1-dev. You might need others like build-essential, but I already had all that so I couldn't say.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #12 – 2014-01-04, 15:41:26 I created some fan art:If you want to play with it, I the source is here.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #13 – 2014-01-04, 15:51:37 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-03, 22:20:23Okay, compiling is fairly simple (and amazingly fast) all in all.1. Download the Qt 5.2 SDK.2. Compile and see what's missing. In my case (Debian Wheezy), that was libgstreamer0.10-dev, libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev, and libxslt1-dev. You might need others like build-essential, but I already had all that so I couldn't say.Let's see, last time I checked Qt was a monstrosity all by itself
Re: Otter Browser Reply #14 – 2014-01-04, 16:00:54 Quote from: Macallan on 2014-01-04, 15:51:37Let's see, last time I checked Qt was a monstrosity all by itselfAt 500MB I guess I can't disagree.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #15 – 2014-01-16, 16:04:09 This is a post to praise 'yaourt', Arch Linux's package manager. It may superficially look like any old download&install centre with command-line interface, but in fact it automates package building from source. As a result, the installation process for a package looks like some install wizard on Windows, except that it's command line Along the way, the user is provided with chances to modify installation scripts, info on and detouring to install the dependencies and such.I noticed that 'otter-browser' is already an entity in 'yaourt'. Sure enough, Qt5 was a requirement. I followed the steps to build and install it. It gave no errors, but the end product unfortunately doesn't launch. I don't know why and I don't care too much. I went through the same process to install Opera 11.62 and this launches and browses just fine
Re: Otter Browser Reply #16 – 2014-01-17, 04:30:06 Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-16, 16:04:09I noticed that 'otter-browser' is already an entity in 'yaourt'. Sure enough, Qt5 was a requirement. I followed the steps to build and install it. It gave no errors, but the end product unfortunately doesn't launch. I don't know why and I don't care too much.Hey, today it launched! I am posting in Otter now. Praised be 'yaourt'!
Re: Otter Browser Reply #18 – 2014-01-24, 10:59:05 I don't. I have launched Otter browser only a few times to find that not much is there yet. If I had interaction with the guy, I would present my requests for the interface and features. Qt5 is just an obscure dependency that I don't even look at.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #19 – 2014-01-24, 11:01:20 It's just that for Qt4 there's qtconfig, but as far as I can tell there's nothing similar for Qt5. And for some reason Qt5 looks worse in Jessie than it did in Wheezy.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #20 – 2014-02-04, 16:23:31 Frenzie, this is the place to share the guy's irc channel:#otter-browser on freenode http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=15073672I noticed this only now. I will try to connect as soon as I get off work.
Re: Otter Browser Reply #21 – 2014-02-06, 02:38:09 I tried Otter Browser today. I managed to make it crash in less than a minute without even trying to . Guess it really is an alpha. I'll give it a few months and try again; fortunately Opera 12 is still doing pretty well on all the sites I frequent.
Re: Introducing Otter Browser Reply #23 – 2014-02-27, 06:55:09 I like it's simplicity....I'll use it as one of my goto browsers, which I use in my launcher if I come across a difficult site.
Re: Introducing Otter Browser Reply #24 – 2014-02-27, 07:28:29 And there I thought I had a fair number of browsers around.
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