Foxkit is a fast and lightweight web browser designed for KDE users. Its core technologies include WebKit, Qt, and KDE, providing a customizable and seamless browsing experience.
Foxkit is a feature-packed web browser for KDE that is written using WebKit, Qt, and KDE. This browser aims to implement all the basic features found in major browsers, such as history, cookies, adblock, and download manager. Moreover, it features advanced scripting/plugin support via Kross/QtScript for scripting and QPluginLoader for C++ Plugins, session management, and tools to monitor Foxkit's activities, similar to Firebug extension for Firefox.
Foxkit is highly portable and can run on any platform with a port of WebKit and Qt, and optionally KDE4. To run Foxkit, download the source archive from the website and extract the files using any program of choice. Then, on the command line, run these commands: cd foxkit-0.0.1, cmake, make, mkdir ~/.kde4/share/apps/foxkit, cp ./src/foxkitui.rc ~/.kde4/share/apps/foxkit/foxkitui.rc, and finally, ./src/foxkit. Note that the folder '.kde4' may vary based on the operating system. To build Foxkit, users need to have Qt 4.4, QtWebKit, KDELIBS 4, and -devel packages for each, and CMake.
Foxkit is not recommended for production use, but it is continually being improved. The latest release incorporates several changes, with cookies now saved across sessions and minor fixes done to ensure optimal performance. Moreover, multiple top-level windows can now be opened at once, although opening new windows/tabs via Javascript is still unimplemented. Additionally, SSL websites with certificate errors are handled better, although there is still no notification of using SSL given yet. Error pages may not function correctly yet.
Overall, Foxkit is an impressive web browser that will appeal to users who are looking for a feature-packed browser for KDE. Its advanced scripting/plugin support, session management, and monitoring tools make it stand out from other web browsers, and it is highly portable, making it a must-have for web browsing enthusiasts.
Foxkit is highly portable and can run on any platform with a port of WebKit and Qt, and optionally KDE4. To run Foxkit, download the source archive from the website and extract the files using any program of choice. Then, on the command line, run these commands: cd foxkit-0.0.1, cmake, make, mkdir ~/.kde4/share/apps/foxkit, cp ./src/foxkitui.rc ~/.kde4/share/apps/foxkit/foxkitui.rc, and finally, ./src/foxkit. Note that the folder '.kde4' may vary based on the operating system. To build Foxkit, users need to have Qt 4.4, QtWebKit, KDELIBS 4, and -devel packages for each, and CMake.
Foxkit is not recommended for production use, but it is continually being improved. The latest release incorporates several changes, with cookies now saved across sessions and minor fixes done to ensure optimal performance. Moreover, multiple top-level windows can now be opened at once, although opening new windows/tabs via Javascript is still unimplemented. Additionally, SSL websites with certificate errors are handled better, although there is still no notification of using SSL given yet. Error pages may not function correctly yet.
Overall, Foxkit is an impressive web browser that will appeal to users who are looking for a feature-packed browser for KDE. Its advanced scripting/plugin support, session management, and monitoring tools make it stand out from other web browsers, and it is highly portable, making it a must-have for web browsing enthusiasts.
What's New
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