[Users] LiteHTML

Jerry jerry at seibercom.net
Thu Feb 27 11:40:43 CET 2020


On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:56:35 +0100, Johan Vromans stated:
>On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:07:49 +0100, Michael Schwendt
><bugs.michael at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> Not an option, because the needed webkitgtk2 version is unavailable
>> due to unfixed security issues.  
>
>That's the official statement. It seems that e.g. Ubuntu has no
>problems fixing the issues.
>
>Anyway, I always build webkitgtk2 as well.
>
>After trying fancy, dillo and liteHTML I must conclude that fancy is
>far superior.
>
>Dillo is an embedded web browser that shows your HTML mail. It has its
>own user interface (different from Claws' native UI). When you click a
>link it stays inside dillo.
>
>LiteHTML displays most of the HTML but page layout is screwed up.
>External images are not shown (just big gaps) unless set in the
>preferences. Clicking a link passes it to the external browser.
>
>Fancy displays the HTML correctly. External images can be shown with
>the click of a button. Clicking a link passes it to the external
>browser. That's just the way I like it.
>
>-- Johan

I totally agree. "fancy" is far superior to these other substitutes. I
would love to see 'fancy' updated.

Just my own 2₵.

-- 
Jerry


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