The qutebrowser 2.3 web browser is released, providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from viewing content, and a Vim text editor-style navigation system built entirely on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source texts are distributed under the GPLv3 license. The use of Python does not affect performance, since content is rendered and parsed by the Blink engine and the Qt library.
The browser supports tabbed browsing, download manager, private browsing mode, built-in PDF viewer (pdf.js), ad-blocking system, browsing history interface. To watch YouTube videos, you can set up to call an external video player. Moving around the page is carried out using the "hjkl" keys, to open a new page you can press "o", switching between tabs is done using the "J" and "K" keys or "Alt-tab number". Pressing ":" brings up a command line prompt where you can search the page and execute typical commands like in vim, such as ":q" to quit and ":w" to write the page. For a quick transition to page elements, a system of "hints" is proposed, which marks links and images.
In the new version:
- Added "content.prefers_reduced_motion" setting to inform sites via the "prefers-reduced-motion" media query to disable animated effects that can aggravate the condition of users with migraine and epilepsy.
- Added "colors.prompts.selected.fg" setting to override the text color of selected items in file path prompts.
- An ad blocker that uses domain redirection via /etc/hosts (content.blocking.hosts.lists) now blocks all subdomains of blocked hosts.
- The "fonts.web.*" setting allows the use of URL patterns.
- When executing the ":greasemonkey-reload" command, all loaded scripts are shown (disabled by specifying the "-quiet" option).
- Resolves an issue with signing in to a Google account on macOS.
Source: opennet.ru