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BasicBrowser Build status

A simple tabbed browser coded in Vb.Net

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You can Hold Alt to move the buttons around on the main interface. To reset, simply restart BasicBrowser.

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Download

Get the latest version here, and the latest build from commit here (note that these builds are built for the Debug config and so are not optimised)

Searching from the URL bar

You should be able to search from the URL bar out of the box. If some queries turn into URLs (e.g. http://test+search/) instead of your search engines search, use a question mark ? before the query (e.g. ?test search).

If this still doesn't work, make sure the Search in the address bar and the search box on the new tab page checkbox in the window described below is checked.

Changing your search engine

Click the menu bar Tools, then under Internet Properties... select Manage add-ons..., then click the Manage add-ons button.

In the window that pops up, click the Search Providers tab on the left. Here you can select a search provider, then:

  • Set it as default
  • Remove it
  • Enable/disable search suggestions for it (not available in BasicBrowser yet)
  • Right-click to move up or down in the listing order

When you are done, click Close at the bottom then OK.

Compile requirements

See CompileInstructions.md

Gecko (IE8 alternative)

As of November 2014, the Gecko branch can be found at Walkman-Mirror/BasicBrowserGecko. The hybrid branch is also there, since it is essentially BasicBrowserGecko with the ability to open IE tabs as well.

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basicbrowser's Issues

Switch to GeckoFX

Switch to something open-source, hence always better, switch to Gecko, switch to GeckoFX. I can do the switch easily tomorrow. I have done it a million times.

  • upload DLLs to Resources folder
  • change line on new tab that declares the browser from
Dim WebBrowser As New WebBrowser

to

Dim WebBrowser As New <whatever geckoFX uses>
  • fix anything that might have been broken (different commands e.t.c.)
  • test that it works
  • upload release

Transparency

Aside from the opacity textbox being rather irritating to use, if you set the opacity to 00% the program becomes unusable, anything you click on will be sent to the program behind it, and requires right-clicking on the item in the taskbar -> Close window in order to close BasicBrowser.

URL bar broken?

When typing in the URL bar, the text is cleared and reset back to the current URL. I am using BasicBrowser v1.2.2 Portable.

Features to add

  • Command line args
    • single instance
      • open in new tab
    • Reg key to add BasicBrowser to list of Open With programs to open .html
      • Installer script that installs reg key
  • Fix closing tabs (close selected tab & destroy webbrowser)
  • Fix tab name change updates
  • New and Close window items
    • Fix opening new window
  • Right click menu on tabs
    • Close tab
    • Open new tab
    • Duplicate tab
    • Middle-click on a tab to close
  • Fix history dropdown
  • Make Edit and help menus do something (#2)
    • Make copy, paste e.t.c. work on URL bar
  • Right-click menu on browser (included by default)
  • Middle-click: open link in new tab

Edit and Help Menus do nothing

@deavmi you can do this if you want.

Edit:
[REMOVED]

Help:

  • Contents
  • Index
  • Search
  • About

These are the default menus though, so if we can't get them to work just delete them.

Hybrid browser

I want to make a sort of browser that you can open a GeckoFX tab or a .Net IE tab.
The only problem that I think will be presented, is that they use different methods, so there will have to be some sort of identification as to what WebBrowser is in a tab.
What I have thought of, is very simply put - [G] at the end of the tab name for a GeckoFX tab, and - [I] at the end of the tab name for an IE tab.
This will be done on the Hybrid branch.
EDIT: branch moved to Walkman-Mirror/hybrid

GPL v3

Why Public Domain, it's a great browser, it's shit fast.

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