X-Git-Url: http://git.maemo.org/git/?p=browser-switch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=www%2Findex.html;h=e47c7d2d69c735ff8cd8cc941c7deb70f67c33f5;hp=4658732e8d5cfc8b1f3e937221b88446d72b771d;hb=c17db1caa3a6cda69776d40bb3292d42e112aa21;hpb=f14d07d9905e2e4c59df9d949b5f2ba8ce0ccafc diff --git a/www/index.html b/www/index.html index 4658732..e47c7d2 100644 --- a/www/index.html +++ b/www/index.html @@ -9,38 +9,83 @@

Browser Switchboard

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+ Browser Switchboard control panel screenshot on Diablo + +

Browser Switchboard (formerly browser-proxy) is a program which allows you to choose which browser to use as the default browser on Maemo devices. It supports MicroB, Tear, Fennec/Mobile Firefox, and Midori out of the box, and can also be used to launch MicroB without having browserd running.

Current Release

Version 2.2 (2009/12/14)

Version 3.1 (2010/01/15) (Diablo one-click install, Alpha-quality Fremantle package)

Rename the package to browser-switchboard
Move the config file to /home/user/.config/browser-switchboard, and -fall back to the old location if no config file is found
If no config file is found and Tear isn't installed, launch MicroB; -this avoids breaking link opening on a system with a freshly installed -browser-switchboard package and Tear not installed
Package no longer depends on Tear; should make it easier for users of -other alternative browsers to use Browser Switchboard
substantial documentation update
Fremantle: add a new, more finger-friendly GUI, based on work by Faheem Pervez
make sure reconfig signal (SIGHUP) doesn't interrupt dispatch of a request when continuous mode is off
disable autocapitalization and predictive text features for the other_browser_cmd entry in the UI

Getting Browser Switchboard

Source code and packages for Diablo can be found on the maemo Garage +

For Diablo/Maemo 4.1, the recommended way to install Browser +Switchboard is via the Maemo +Extras repository, +which is enabled by default in the Application Manager. +You should find Browser Switchboard in the Application Manager catalog under +the network category. Alternately, if you're viewing this page on your Diablo +device, opening the one-click install +will install the package from Maemo Extras for you.

Source code and packages can also be found on the Maemo Garage download page.

For Fremantle/Maemo 5, alpha-quality packages and source code +can be found on the Maemo Garage +download page. +Packages can also be installed from the Maemo +extras-devel repository +(though don't blindly enable extras-devel and install/upgrade — see +the linked page first!)

+ +

Quick Start

For Diablo/Maemo 4.1, just open the +one-click install in a browser on +your device and follow the instructions to install Browser Switchboard.

For Fremantle/Maemo 5, or if you want to install the package by hand:

Download the binary package: browser-switchboard_X.Y-Z_all.deb +(where X.Y-Z is the version number, of course).
Install the package using the Application Manager.

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Browser Switchboard control panel UI
+You can now select the default browser by using the Browser Switchboard +applet in the Control Panel. Links in most applications, locally-saved +web pages opened from the file manager, and (for Maemo 4.x) entries in +the Web sidebar panel will open in the browser that you select as the +default. If you don't configure a default browser, MicroB will continue +to be used as the default browser.

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No matter which browser you select as the default, MicroB can always be +opened via the Web menu entry in the applications menu (for Maemo 4.x, +located in the Internet menu by default), or by running "browser" from +the shell. While MicroB is open, it will receive all links from other +applications; closing MicroB will restore your chosen default browser.

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For Fremantle/Maemo 5, a restart is necessary to ensure that +Browser Switchboard is functioning. In any event, if you experience trouble +after installing the package, try rebooting your device first.

Documentation

See the -README -for instructions on how to configure and use Browser Switchboard.

+README +for further instructions on how to configure and use Browser Switchboard.

Support

You can email your question to the maintainers (see below), or you can take it to the -Tear thread +Browser Switchboard thread on the talk.maemo.org forums.

Development

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git clone https://git.maemo.org/projects/browser-switch

from a shell. You can also -browse the repository using gitweb.

+browse the repository using gitweb.

Bug reports and patches can be emailed to the maintainers, or posted on the forum thread.