Merezhyvo browser

naz.R

Merezhyvo v0.4.8 is available in the OpenStore now.

New:

Emoji panel on the on-screen keyboard.

Changed:

Added missing « » characters to the OSK symbol layout.
Security popup now shows a counter for blocked third-party cookies.

Fixed:

Fixed a bug that prevented renaming bookmark folders.
Fixed a freeze/hang when wiping Tor data while turning Tor off and closing all open tabs.

naz.R

Merezhyvo v0.4.9 is in OpenStore now.

New:

Customisable Start Page.
Built-in Coupons engine for online shopping: a small floating button appears on supported stores to help you find available coupons and save money — with no tracking and no impact on your privacy.
Automatic cleanup of outdated temporary files to avoid cluttering the system.

Fixed:

Fixed an issue that prevented opening links in new tabs.
Minor UI fixes and polish.

naz.R

v0.5.1 is live now.

New / Improved:

Redesigned context menu (fully reworked for a cleaner, more consistent UX).
New Help section explaining tab action buttons: Pin, Add to Favorites, Clear & Close, Close.
Copy URL button added to the address bar.
Background media playback: YouTube and other media sites can keep playing when the tab is not active.
Tor updated to the latest bundled version.

Fixes:

Fixed several bugs of savings and coupons functionality
On-screen keyboard Enter handling improved: better distinction between newline vs submit in input fields.
Fixed Google Drive downloads (confirmation / popup flow now works correctly).
Text selection & copy now works in mobile mode (currently for regular page text only; not yet for form fields).

Other:

Various small UI tweaks and polish.

domubpkm

@naz.R Connexion to gitlab now possible too, thanks for that !

naz.R

v0.5.2 is in OpenStore now.

Fixes:

Text selection & copy now works in form fields.
Downloads wok in Tor mode.
Downloads fixes in Regular mode.
Emoji issues fixes.

DJac

hello,
i tried this new webbrowser. thanks for the works !
but, i don't found the button to back to the previous page... an essential feature
pearaps it is a display problem ? (i have a small sceen on my xperia X)

domubpkm

@DJac Long press in the page and you get at the bottom :

lsitongia

And it's the only web browser that supports importing bookmarks. Awesome!

DJac

@domubpkm thanks !
I was sure it exist. not very intuitive, but clear.

domubpkm

@lsitongia and one of the strong points is that it allows you to switch DNS.

mango

On my Fairphone 4 channel 24.04/daily I noticed that playback of a longer video in this browser does not block screen saver. The video and sound keeps playing on a black screen and it is necessary to manually wake the screen with a push on the power button.

I really miss the "raise-to-wake-screen" or "shake-to-wake-screen" on my Fairphone 4 in these kind of situations where the screen needs to be easily woken up.

On Android, even the cheapest Motorola with IPS screen seems to support this "raise-or-shake-to-wake-up-screen" functionality. I think it uses the accelerometer sensor to notice the raising or shaking and does the same as if power button was pushed.

I like that the text size on largest setting makes the text bigger. However, the text size in search bar on top, or in settings remains to be tiny. On my Fairphone 4, the largest text size looks as normal text size. The text could be enlarged two steps more in my opinion. It could have to do with high DPI on the screen itself (I think it has 400).

naz.R

@mango I added to my TODO list the task to add screen saver blocker.

Regarding to text size for search bar and settings, - you can adjust them too. Please open Settings/Appearance and find there "UI scale" section. There you can set scaling for browser's interface itself.
If the scaling range is not enough, please let me know and I'll extend it.

domubpkm

@mango currently you can use https://open-store.io/app/activescreen.mateo-salta to keep the screen awake. Works very well.

pparent

@naz.r

I have a quick question, is there a reason why you start your app with XWayland rather than Wayland?

Starting the app like this allows to start it in Wayland mode. It seems to work fine. Normally it should possibly allow to improve performances although I've not tested that. I also allows to have the correct icon of your app in the left taskbar.

Thank you!

export GDK_BACKEND=wayland
export DISABLE_WAYLAND=0
export OZONE_PLATFORM=wayland
export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:-wayland-0}

export GTK_USE_PORTAL=1
export DCONF_PROFILE=/nonexistent

gpuoptions="--use-gl=egl --enable-gpu-rasterization --enable-zero-copy --ignore-gpu-blocklist --enable-features=UseSkiaRenderer,VaapiVideoDecoder,ThreadedAnimation --disable-frame-rate-limit --disable-gpu-vsync --enable-oop-rasterization --enable-threaded-compositing"
sandboxoptions="--no-sandbox --disable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations " 
waylandoptions="--ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform"

 ./app/merezhyvo $gpuoptions $sandboxoptions $waylandoptions

naz.R

@pparent I've been experimenting for some time and, honestly saying I already don't remember which one, but there was some part of functionality which crashes with Wayland, and works well with XWayland.