WebPositive
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WebPositive is the graphical
web browser
included as part of the Haiku
operating system since version R1 / Alpha 2. It was created to replace the aging BeZillaBrowser (a port of Firefox 2
) with a native WebKit-based browser.
Currently, there is no support for HTML5, due to a lack of code in the Media Kit. WebPositive does not currently support any form of plugins, although developer Stephan Aßmus has suggested that he may look into plugin support in the future.
2009, Maxime Simon, mentored by Ryan Leavengood, was commissioned to work on the WebKit port, initiated by the work Leavengood had done for a bounty on the Haikuware website. This led to the development of the HaikuLauncher prototype browser, which demonstrated the functionality of the WebKit rendering engine but did little else.
In February 2010, Stephan Aßmus took on the task of improving the HaikuLauncher web browser to a usable state. This led to many preview releases before a relatively stable version (r488) was integrated into Haiku R1 / Alpha 2.
The name WebPositive came as a combination of 'Web-', from its WebKit roots, and '-Positive', as it is the Haiku replacement of the NetPositive
browser found in BeOS
.
As of late 2010, Ryan Leavengood is taking over as the lead developer of WebPositive.
Graphical user interface
In computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...
web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
included as part of the Haiku
Haiku (operating system)
Haiku is a free and open source operating system compatible with BeOS. Its development began in 2001, and the operating system became self-hosting in 2008, with the first alpha release in September 2009, the second in May 2010 and the third in June 2011....
operating system since version R1 / Alpha 2. It was created to replace the aging BeZillaBrowser (a port of Firefox 2
Mozilla Firefox 2
Mozilla Firefox 2 was a version of Firefox, a web browser released on October 24, 2006 by the Mozilla Corporation.Firefox 2 uses version 1.8 of the Gecko layout engine for displaying web pages...
) with a native WebKit-based browser.
Currently, there is no support for HTML5, due to a lack of code in the Media Kit. WebPositive does not currently support any form of plugins, although developer Stephan Aßmus has suggested that he may look into plugin support in the future.
History
In the Google Summer of CodeGoogle Summer of Code
The Google Summer of Code is an annual program, first held from May to August 2005, in which Google awards stipends to hundreds of students who successfully complete a requested free or open-source software coding project during the summer...
2009, Maxime Simon, mentored by Ryan Leavengood, was commissioned to work on the WebKit port, initiated by the work Leavengood had done for a bounty on the Haikuware website. This led to the development of the HaikuLauncher prototype browser, which demonstrated the functionality of the WebKit rendering engine but did little else.
In February 2010, Stephan Aßmus took on the task of improving the HaikuLauncher web browser to a usable state. This led to many preview releases before a relatively stable version (r488) was integrated into Haiku R1 / Alpha 2.
The name WebPositive came as a combination of 'Web-', from its WebKit roots, and '-Positive', as it is the Haiku replacement of the NetPositive
NetPositive
NetPositive is the default browser that comes with the Be Operating System . It has partial support for JavaScript, but no Java or CSS support. NetPositive originally was the only web browser available for BeOS, but that is no longer the case. The last official version of NetPositive before the...
browser found in BeOS
BeOS
BeOS is an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. BeOS was optimized for digital media work and was written to take advantage of modern hardware facilities such as symmetric multiprocessing by utilizing...
.
As of late 2010, Ryan Leavengood is taking over as the lead developer of WebPositive.