System 6 Browser Development Opinions

[porter]

http://browser6.site88.net
Cough Cough

Are you able to update this site?

Thanks.

 

[Charlieman]

However it would be possible to make it a 16bit Windows for Workgroups program on i386. From memory the only browsers for that required WIN32S.

Cello, Mosaic and Netscape all shipped in true 16 bit versions for Windows 3.1, probably not 3.0. Mosaic included some horrific hacks that allowed it to use packet drivers, so interesting hacks may have been possible for earlier Windows versions.

 

[MrMacPlus]

porter, I'll update it when I get time. I have school and stuff to deal with so I am more cramped on time. It should be real soon though.

edit: it's up.

 

[porter]

porter, I'll update it when I get time. I have school and stuff to deal with so I am more cramped on time. It should be real soon though.
edit: it's up.

What is the URL? the previous link still said browser6.zip, does that contain everything?

 

[macgreg]

Just downloaded it - contains gzipped versions of everything.

 

[~Coxy]

Do you care for bug reports for the Windows version?

 

[porter]

Do you care for bug reports for the Windows version?

The windows version has a ton of debugging stuff in it, so not really, it's for curiosity.

Do you like the "look" of the windows one?

 

[barana]

hmm i see an opportunity for a 286 version of browser(28 )6 for anyone who would take up the mantle.

Do you mean OS2 1.3? There is no winsock before Windows 3.0.

However it would be possible to make it a 16bit Windows for Workgroups program on i386. From memory the only browsers for that required WIN32S.

ah i was refering to trumpet winsock which is sixteen bit and still currently maintained, win 3.11 and a 286 @ 25mhz addressing up to sixteen meg of ram. i belive the 386 users out there are already taken care of with the arachne web browser.

 

[porter]

I've made some reasonable progress with adding OpenTransport to the carbonised version.

This means that we can use a reasonable debugger (GDB with Xcode) on Mac OS X to assist with development.

I remember using THINK C debugger on 68k and the PowerPC debugger on PowerPC, but they are truely painful to use. Since using Microsoft Visual Studio C++ my style of writing is write small, test often, stepping through the code as I write it to confirm it does what I want.

Xcode with GDB make a decent development environment for Mac OS.

 

[~Coxy]

Do you like the "look" of the windows one?

It certainly surprised the heck out of me! MDI with SYstem 7 widgets seems so strange.

 

[barana]

Browser 9 is cool, especially the colured windows.

+ i'm learning a little as the ?debugger output?

is outputting the menu resurce id's (i think thats what you call them)

 

[returningmacuser]

Someone should really sticky the other browser6 topic. It's kind of annoying to have to dig through several topics just to get to the download link.

 

[barana]

how goes it porter?

 

[porter]

Alas, I have not been able to find time to do any work on it for the last month.

 

[MrMacPlus]

How is it it coming along so far? My inbox is getting lonely again.

 

[porter]

How is it it coming along so far? My inbox is getting lonely again.

Regretfully I haven't been able to spare any time this year so far.

 

[Some_Person]

My order:

* Plain text layout

* Forms

* Can download files

* Doesn't bomb when you quit

* Beyond plain text layout (ie, bold, font sizes, etc)

* Image Support

 

[barana]

happy easter. howz it hanging porter?

 

[porter]

happy easter. howz it hanging porter?

I would love to spend more time on this but right at the moment I'm otherwise occupied. I expect to get back to it in the next month or so. Text rendering is the next job....

 

[returningmacuser]

happy easter. howz it hanging porter?

I would love to spend more time on this but right at the moment I'm otherwise occupied. I expect to get back to it in the next month or so. Text rendering is the next job....

Man, you really need to find someone else to help develop your browser when you're occupied. You've been occupied like this for several months now. Can we still download the source code? I'm sure some people on this site would really be willing to help you with the development of your browser. If we can all pitch in, we can get it done faster, instead of waiting months for you to find time to do it. :b&w: