release of the web browser , providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from content browsing and a navigation system inspired by the Vim text editor, entirely built on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source code under the GPLv3 license. The use of Python does not affect performance since rendering and parsing content are handled by the Blink engine and the Qt library.
The browser supports a tab system, download manager, private browsing mode, built-in PDF viewer (pdf.js), ad-blocking system (at the host blocking level), and an interface for browsing the history. For viewing videos on YouTube, an external video player can be configured. Navigation through the page is accomplished using the "hjkl" keys, opening a new page can be done by pressing "o", and switching between tabs is done using the "J" and "K" keys or "Alt-tab number". Pressing ":" brings up a command line prompt where page search and standard commands can be executed, just like in vim, for example, ":q" to quit and ":w" to save the page. A system of "hints" marks links and images for quick navigation to elements on the page.
In the new version:
- Initial support for Qt 5.15 has been implemented;
- By default, when building with QtWebEngine from Qt 5.14, local search now loops (jumps back to the start after reaching the end of the page). To revert to the old behavior, the setting search.wrap is provided;
- New settings added: content.unknown_url_scheme_policy to control launching external applications when opening links with unknown URL scheme; content.fullscreen.overlay_timeout to set the maximum duration for showing the fullscreen overlay;
hints.padding and hints.radius for customizing hint styling; - By default, the substitution {} no longer escapes slashes. New substitutions for url.searchengines added:
{unquoted} — search phrase without escaping characters,
{semiquoted} — escaping only special characters except for slashes,
and {quoted} — escaping all special characters; - Performance optimization has been conducted.
At the same time, the new version of the browser , offering a minimalist interface built around address bar manipulation. The browser is built on the , allowing the creation of standalone applications based on the Chromium engine and Node.js platform. The Min interface is written in JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. The code is licensed under Apache 2.0. Builds are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Min supports navigation through open pages via a tab system, providing features such as opening a new tab next to the current one, hiding inactive tabs (which the user has not accessed for a certain amount of time), grouping tabs, and viewing all tabs as a list. There are tools to create lists of deferred tasks/links for future reading, as well as a bookmarking system with full-text search support. The browser includes an ad-blocking system (using the ) and code to track visitors, with the option to disable image and script loading.
The central control element in Min is the address bar, through which you can send requests to the search engine (default is DuckDuckGo) and search the current page. As you type in the address bar, a summary of relevant information for the current query is generated, such as links to articles on Wikipedia, selections from bookmarks and browsing history, as well as recommendations from the DuckDuckGo search engine. Each page opened in the browser is indexed and becomes available for subsequent searches in the address bar. Commands can also be entered in the address bar to quickly perform actions (for example, "!settings" to go to settings, "!screenshot" to create a screenshot, "!clearhistory" to clear the browsing history, etc.).
In the new release:
- The user interface has been modernized in builds for the Linux platform. The top window title bar has been removed (it can be restored in settings). The window control buttons have become more compact and better integrated with other elements of the browser.
- Support for autofilling authentication parameters using the 1Password password manager has been added (in addition to the previously supported Bitwarden);
- Files with translations into Uzbek have been added. The Russian translation has been updated;
- Support for sites that use HTTP authentication has been added;
- Tab opening animation has been improved;
- The ability to change hotkeys for creating new tabs and tasks has been added;
- Scroll position restoration has been ensured when reopening a tab after it has been closed;
- The capability to drag and drop a tab onto the new task button to create a task with that tab (a reminder to return to the tab in the future) has been added;
- Moving windows in Windows and Linux has been simplified;
- The performance of the content blocker has been enhanced.
Source: opennet.ru
