Software : : Third public beta of Sputnik web browser
Posted By: ASiegel. on 2007/8/14 14:02:50
Third public beta of Sputnik web browserA new public beta version of the web browser Sputnik has been released. Sputnik is based on KHMTL / Webcore, thus shares a substantial amount of source code with Apple's Safari and KDE's Konqueror. Despite its beta status, Sputnik features by far the most modern browser engine available to MorphOS users today.


Changes in the third beta include but are not limited to the following items:
  • greatly enhanced stability
  • reduced memory usage
  • upgraded to a more recent browser engine version
  • improved overall speed
  • added context menus
  • websites featuring dynamic content work much better now
  • improved download manager
  • added toolbar graphics
  • added support for favicons
  • improved frames support
  • improved support for CP-125X
  • fixed a large amount of bugs (redirections, SSL, settings, JavaScript, image rendering and a lot more)
  • added a new about:info page
  • added lamps that indicate the current loading status when accessing data on the internet
  • extended the included ARexx port

Download the latest Sputnik binaries
Download the sources for the LGPL part of Sputnik


Visit the developer's website

 
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    takemehomegrandma
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    This is great! :-D

    Quote:

    # reduced memory usage
    # improved overall speed


    To those who might know - How does it perform on an Efika?
    MorphOS is Amiga done right! :-)
    MorphOS NG will be AROS done right! :-)
  • »2007/8/8 21:03
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    Phantom
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    Superb! I will test it immediately :-D

    Yes... with what Pegasos :-( :-( :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :-( :-( :-(

    [ Edited by Phantom On 2007/8/10 15:17 ]
  • »2007/8/8 21:07
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    Stevo
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    Great one master; it's pretty good..I might even have to ditch IB for this release. Though...try news.bbc.co.uk : almost there ;)
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  • »2007/8/8 22:18
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    jahc
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    Sounds like great progress.. but whats left to do before work on the OS4 bounty version can start? I'm hoping the 3000 EURO will help motivate you!

    P.S. its great to hear that stability is getting better. It can be tough writing stable software. I KNOW!!
  • »2007/8/8 23:39
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    analogkid
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    Great :) it works much better than the previous betas :)
  • »2007/8/9 2:33
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    wali7
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    Hi,
    I saw 2nd Sputnik beta working on Efika during our Amimajowka 2k7
    party in Krakow. It was running under MOS2.0 on Jacek Piszczek's Efika
    and its speed seemed to be OK.
    Here http://tdolphin.org/amikrak/ (soory - only polish) you can find
    some photos, one is with Sputnik (site with text "Exec") on Efika.
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    MorphDelf
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    I am writing this on newest Sputnik. Its fast and
    I havent seen it crash or freeze yet, so thats a
    great start :)

    Keep up the good work!
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    Framiga
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    hey Marcin! just in time! switched to MUI4 just yesterday .... thanks!

    Edit! impressive job Marcin! is useable even on PowerUP system ... and
    then favicons also :-)

    Congratulations!

    [ Edited by Framiga On 2007/8/9 11:37 ]
  • »2007/8/9 8:08
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    VooDoo
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    wohoo..meep meep :-) great job ..just dal and install this
    Sputnik to MOS PowerUp..and work great...now type mees from Sputnik :)

    ...ag great reason for beer ;-)
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    Zylesea
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    Great news! I really like it. It now seems to have reached the state to be used as standard browser on MOS.

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  • »2007/8/9 12:55
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    Awesome :-)

    I know what I'm going to now when I get home from work ;-)
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  • »2007/8/9 13:04
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    samo79
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    This is an awesome news :-)

    P.S.

    The source code availible on PPA is the old one (Beta 2) please upload the source of Beta 3 ;-)
  • »2007/8/9 13:11
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    Marcik, you are still my hero :-P, let?s see if the MOS team can
    follow you, could be a good "race" for us 8-).

    And now edit with beta 3, very good.

    [ Edited by DDJ On 2007/8/9 23:52 ]
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    Very cool it definitely crossed the border from impressive- but-dont-touch-it to actually usable.

    Thanks Marcik.
  • »2007/8/9 17:06
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    magnetic
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    Great work marcik. Can't wait to try it. Can someone do a comprehensive test of Sputnik with key websites such as yahoo, ebay, etc? To check compability..
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  • »2007/8/9 17:47
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    WOW! I can fire up my peg again and see somethig new!!! Great job. i cant wait to get home from work now.
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    Working really nice so far, marcik!

    I had to keep my promise, I said I would have donated again as soon as
    Sputnik could handle PayPal, and that time has come (I had to login in
    another tab before clicking on the donate button, but it worked -
    hopefully soonish the bounties will be updated and will be operative
    again). And that's just one of the improvements.

    Kind regards,
    Andrea
  • »2007/8/9 20:47
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  • many thanks marcik. sputnik gets better and better.
    great work :)
  • »2007/8/10 14:20
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    Thanks Marcik !
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    warface
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    Hats off for this release. Keep on going!
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    warface
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    Made a quick and dirty alternate icon for Sputnik (b means thinner tail). Not a miracle, so if and when I will have some more time I'll give it another shot. Pick it up if interested at:

    http://emeric.dema.hu/sputnik/

    [ Edited by warface On 2007/8/12 11:20 ]
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    Great! :-)
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    warface
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    Also based on the stability of this betea release, donated an additional $10 to the bounty. :-)
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    really great job, havnt used my peg for quite a while but this sputnik
    news forced me to re-animate my peg. great work marcik thx a lot!
  • »2007/8/17 12:04
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    MacFly, can you work on Papyrus some while you have the Peg going? :)
  • »2007/8/18 20:28
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