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0 pointsBeijinger2y ago0 comments

"The core component of Uzbl is written in C, but other languages are also used, most notably Python."

Man, this thing was small and fast

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jraph2y ago· 2 in thread

This was by virtue of WebKit itself being (relatively) small and fast. I don't know what they call "the core component", it is quite misleading.

I used the last version of Uzbl in an old Debian container to debug a game I made specifically supporting the iPad 2, which is quite resource constrained, because Uzbl was based on a similar version of WebKit. WebKit somehow had to fit the iPad 2 and still be quite fast, so Uzbl, which is very bare-bones, felt very fast indeed on a decent computer.

I was looking at similar browsers, apparently epiphany (Gnome Web) is the only remaining open source browser based on WebkitGTK+ that's still maintained. Last version of Surf was released in 2021, Midori is actually a Gecko browser which I need to check out [1]. I guess someone could contribute and update Surf or Uzbl or fork the old Midori.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38047006

BeijingerOP2y ago

Not sure why my original post was downvoted.

By looking into it, I found this browser:

qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It’s based on Python and Qt and free software, licensed under the GPL. It was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and Vimperator/Pentadactyl. https://qutebrowser.org/

It is fast!

jraph2y ago

This one is based on Qt Web Engine, which uses Blink (behind Chromium). Similarly, you also have Falkon, from the KDE project.

> Not sure why my original post was downvoted.

I didn't downvote, however I initially found your message a bit off-topic. The article is about a brand new browser engine, for fun, in js, and you are saying that you wish the dev worked on this abandoned browser UI. These things are actually quite far, in the intent, motives and technically.

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