![]() ![]() It enables typing text in a great variety of different languages. The integrated Qt Virtual Keyboard slides in whenever text input is required. ![]() The page contains options for enabling a private browsing mode that does not leave traces in the history and cookies. User SettingsĪ settings page is available by pressing the Settings button. The number of pages that can be opened simultaneously is intentionally limited to 10. The Pages button enables the user to open new pages and to switch between them using the Carousel UI pattern: Each page is represented by its name and icon, if available. The Home button lets the user browse the bookmarked pages in a multi-page grid. By pressing the same button again the page is removed from the bookmarks. Individual pages can be bookmarked by pressing the Bookmark button. Zoom in or out a particular section of the page by pinching fingers. The view of the page can be moved around by pressing and moving a finger. After the page finished loading this button is replaced by a Reload button, that forces a reload of the page when pressed. The loading can be stopped by pressing the Cancel button. When the user finishes editing, a blue line serves as a progress indicator for the page currently loading. The current text can be cleared by pressing the Cancel button on the right. Url suggestions of visited pages matching the text are suggested during typing. The input bar supports typing in either a full URL or a query that is automatically passed to Google. The Settings button (7) brings up a view of the current settings. The Pages button (5) allows the user to manage the pages currently opened. Pages can be bookmarked with the Bookmark button (6), the bookmarked pages are accessible through the Home button (4). It also allows to reload a page, or stop a page currently loading. The input bar (3) allows the user to type and edit URL's, or search for text. The Back button (1) and Forward button (2) navigate through the history of pages already visited. It appears again if the user scrolls upwards. When the user scrolls down a page, the menu bar disappears to leave more screen space for content. It uses flat icons and minimalistic transitions to provide a contemporary look and feel.Īll central actions are conveniently accessible in the menu bar at the top. The user interface of the browser is designed for embedded devices using a touch screen. Using recent Chromium, it features up-to-date HTML technologies behind a minimal but slick touch-friendly user interface written in Qt Quick. In my case in C:\tools\QTweb.The Qt WebBrowser (codename Roadtrip) is a browser for embedded devices developed using the capabilities of Qt and Qt WebEngine. Now, it doesn’t want to become default browser for Windows 7, but there is a way around it.įirst, download portable QTweb browser and unpack it. ![]() What we really need is something plain and simple (and fast) to display HTML pages.įinally I’ve stumbled upon QTweb browser. So, I decided to find something really small and “feature-poor” to assign it to the default browser.įirst of all I was faced with the problem of choice – everybody is trying to pack as many feautres as possible into their browser – social networks, download accelerators, bittorent and e-mail clients – there is NO need for that at all, it’s just increasing the number of attack vectors. But what about everything else – this is not really safe no matter how many MS security updates are published every week. For the work related activity I user portable browsers. I was thinking the other day – it’s not really safe to have MS windows default browser set to MS Internet Explorer, so any URL you accidentally click will be open with it. ![]()
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