DOS ain't dead - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS

New release of the Dillo browser for DOS (Announce)

posted by georgpotthast , Germany, 25.03.2013, 22:00

> Hi, I just tested your new Dillo release and I'm quite satisfied with it. I
> discovered that strange text color rendering problem occured only in 16bpp
> mode - maybe some bug in color downscaling (original textcolor is 240, 240,
> 240 and dillo render it as 240, 24, 128). When I switched to 32bpp it
> renders OK. I used 16bpp because it's little bit faster but not so serious
> I can use it well too.
> * Czech fonts render OK.
> * Local file open dialog (and setting local file as homepage) works fine.
> * Dillo still creates "/etc/fltk/fltk.org" directory in rootdir of drive
> where it's installed. I used hexaeditor to patch dillo.exe where I replaced
> "/etc/" by "./etc/" (cut the end of string) and now it create etc in dillo
> directory.
> * It seems to be quite stable, renders even complex webs an I got only one
> crash when downloading a file from FTP and pressed cancel button. Download
> window closed and followed by immediate crash. But it didn't happened when
> I tried again.
> * Download speed is significantly slower than from windows/linux - I DL
> from ftp.debian.org and got only 50-60kB/s. I suspect it maybe slowed down
> by updating the progress bar too often. Maybe you should place some
> limitation there to update it only about 5-10 times per second.
> * Is there a possibility to inc./dec. font size?
> * Is there a possibility to enable background images on webpage?
> * Mouse wheel suppor would be very valuable.
> * Aslo would be nice to make possible middle mouse button to open links as
> tabs and close tabs by mid-click on tab bar.
>
> Thanks for your effort!

Hi Rayer,

thank you for testing Dillo. I will look at implementing what I can in the next release.

Georg

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Complete thread:

New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 17.03.2013, 18:23 (Announce)
- New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - glennmcc, 17.03.2013, 23:41
  - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - ron, 18.03.2013, 00:56
    - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 18.03.2013, 08:23
- New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - Japheth, 18.03.2013, 11:35
  - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - ron, 18.03.2013, 12:56
    - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - Japheth, 18.03.2013, 14:13
      - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 18.03.2013, 17:58
- New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - Laaca, 18.03.2013, 13:15
  - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 20.03.2013, 16:47
- New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - Wengier, 18.03.2013, 20:35
  - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 18.03.2013, 21:36
- New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - RayeR, 25.03.2013, 00:11
  - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 25.03.2013, 22:00
- New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - DOS386, 27.03.2013, 07:07
  - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS (SHOT) - DOS386, 27.03.2013, 07:11
  - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 29.03.2013, 08:45
    - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - DOS386, 29.03.2013, 09:54
      - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - georgpotthast, 29.03.2013, 12:19
        New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - DOS386, 04.04.2013, 04:53
    - New release of the Dillo browser for DOS - RayeR, 29.03.2013, 12:47