Comments on: WebRunner 0.7 – New and Improved http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: WebRunner 0.7 … un navegador destinado a las aplicaciones de la web : http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-4266 WebRunner 0.7 … un navegador destinado a las aplicaciones de la web : Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:27:10 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-4266 [...] sido lanzado WebRunner 0.7, un navegador destinado exclusivamente a las aplicaciones de la web, donde muchas empresas lo [...] [...] sido lanzado WebRunner 0.7, un navegador destinado exclusivamente a las aplicaciones de la web, donde muchas empresas lo [...]

]]> By: Bookworm Dragon http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3898 Bookworm Dragon Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:38:41 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3898 Oh yeah, and I forgot to add that I would love a way to change the font size. Having the Ctrl++ & Ctrl+- keyboard shortcuts in Webrunner would be great for me. I'd like to use Webrunner to read locally hosted HTML ebooks, but not unless I can adjust the fontsize on the fly. Oh yeah, and I forgot to add that I would love a way to change the font size. Having the Ctrl++ & Ctrl+- keyboard shortcuts in Webrunner would be great for me. I’d like to use Webrunner to read locally hosted HTML ebooks, but not unless I can adjust the fontsize on the fly.

]]> By: Bookworm Dragon http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3897 Bookworm Dragon Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:28:46 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3897 I absolutely love Webrunner. The uses for it are endless. It's exactly what I was looking for to display the portal site for my private home network, for example. I also use it for Google Calander, Gubb, and some Gmail. But there are a few things missing: 1) Inline spell checking - I've gotten so used to this in Firefox that I really miss it in Webrunner. Gmail just isn't the same without it. And if you're using it with an online office suite, wouldn't inline spell check be essential? 2) The ability to have a basic navigation bar (back/forward/refresh). Perhaps this can be done and I just haven't figured out how yet. Not all sites need this, but when a site does, the Alt+mouse navigation isn't intuitive for novice users. 3) A way to hide the Status Bar at the bottom. I would rather have the little menu thingy somewhere else, and no status bar at all for most of my uses. 4) Some way to have a (not external) link open in a new window. I absolutely love Webrunner. The uses for it are endless. It’s exactly what I was looking for to display the portal site for my private home network, for example. I also use it for Google Calander, Gubb, and some Gmail. But there are a few things missing:
1) Inline spell checking – I’ve gotten so used to this in Firefox that I really miss it in Webrunner. Gmail just isn’t the same without it. And if you’re using it with an online office suite, wouldn’t inline spell check be essential?
2) The ability to have a basic navigation bar (back/forward/refresh). Perhaps this can be done and I just haven’t figured out how yet. Not all sites need this, but when a site does, the Alt+mouse navigation isn’t intuitive for novice users.
3) A way to hide the Status Bar at the bottom. I would rather have the little menu thingy somewhere else, and no status bar at all for most of my uses.
4) Some way to have a (not external) link open in a new window.

]]> By: Mark Finkle’s Weblog » WebRunner Followup http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3770 Mark Finkle’s Weblog » WebRunner Followup Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:05:33 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3770 [...] been just over 2 weeks since we released WebRunner 0.7 and lots of people have tried it out (over 6500 downloads). We have been following blog posts, [...] [...] been just over 2 weeks since we released WebRunner 0.7 and lots of people have tried it out (over 6500 downloads). We have been following blog posts, [...]

]]> By: Eric http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 Eric Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:21:40 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3769 Mark - Thanks for your reply, I actually did that change, however : - On Windows (tried under XP and Vista), XulRunner crashes as soon as the webapp uses gears. It says "Error while loading gears.dll" (I tried gears v.0.1.54.0 and v.0.1.56.0) It seems XulRunner cannot find some dlls (the ones in xulrunner directory). I then copied all the dlls into the windows/system32 : it still crashes (without any error this time...) - On MacOS : Is this trick possible ? Since we cannot use the registry, I tried to copy the gears extension into WebRunner/extensions, or profile/WebRunner/extensions, but the extension is not loaded :( Mark – Thanks for your reply, I actually did that change, however :

– On Windows (tried under XP and Vista), XulRunner crashes as soon as the webapp uses gears. It says “Error while loading gears.dll” (I tried gears v.0.1.54.0 and v.0.1.56.0) It seems XulRunner cannot find some dlls (the ones in xulrunner directory). I then copied all the dlls into the windows/system32 : it still crashes (without any error this time…)

– On MacOS : Is this trick possible ? Since we cannot use the registry, I tried to copy the gears extension into WebRunner/extensions, or profile/WebRunner/extensions, but the extension is not loaded :(

]]> By: Mark Finkle http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3764 Mark Finkle Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:23:24 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3764 Eric - Yes, Firebug will not work in WebRunner as is. Google Gears can work in WebRunner if you follow the blog post you linked - With the following changes: Step #1 - same Step #2 - change <code><em:id>webrunner@webapps.org</em:id></code> to <code><em:id>webrunner@developer.mozilla.org</em:id></code> Step #3 - no longer needed - WebRunner 0.7 does this already Eric – Yes, Firebug will not work in WebRunner as is. Google Gears can work in WebRunner if you follow the blog post you linked – With the following changes:

Step #1 – same
Step #2 – change <em:id>webrunner@webapps.org</em:id> to <em:id>webrunner@developer.mozilla.org</em:id>
Step #3 – no longer needed – WebRunner 0.7 does this already

]]> By: Eric http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3761 Eric Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:28:31 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3761 Hi again ! I just saw that Webrunner 0.7 doesn't support extension overlay, so there is now way Firebug would work. However, Google Gears schould be able to run without overlay... Have you tried the link in my previous comment before ? Thanks Hi again !
I just saw that Webrunner 0.7 doesn’t support extension overlay, so there is now way Firebug would work.

However, Google Gears schould be able to run without overlay…
Have you tried the link in my previous comment before ?

Thanks

]]> By: Eric http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 Eric Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:19 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3760 Hi ! Like Robert, I tried to add various extensions to webrunner without success. (I tried with firebug, and google gears, http://www.iosart.com/blog/2007/06/05/install-google-gears-in-a-xulrunner-app-in-3-quick-steps/) But it seems neither of this extensions loads successfully. Any idea ? Hi !
Like Robert, I tried to add various extensions to webrunner without success.
(I tried with firebug, and google gears, http://www.iosart.com/blog/2007/06/05/install-google-gears-in-a-xulrunner-app-in-3-quick-steps/)

But it seems neither of this extensions loads successfully.
Any idea ?

]]> By: Dylan http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3747 Dylan Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:58:43 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3747 This is really great. There really needs to be some kind of easy distribution system set up for the webapp bundles. Some kind of portal in tandem with a Firefox extension which automatically installs them and allows you to launch Webrunner with the newly installed webapp and make some kind of platform specific shortcut. On another note, its pretty sweet to get a look at the new native-appearance GTK+ form widgets rendered by the updated Gecko which is included with the bundled XULRunner. This is really great. There really needs to be some kind of easy distribution system set up for the webapp bundles. Some kind of portal in tandem with a Firefox extension which automatically installs them and allows you to launch Webrunner with the newly installed webapp and make some kind of platform specific shortcut.

On another note, its pretty sweet to get a look at the new native-appearance GTK+ form widgets rendered by the updated Gecko which is included with the bundled XULRunner.

]]> By: aleksandar http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-3736 aleksandar Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:56:24 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/09/webrunner-07-new-and-improved/#comment-3736 Is it possible to make WebRunner portable (Wishlist: The profiles in WebRunner folder, not in Application Data folder (Windows))? Regards. Is it possible to make WebRunner portable (Wishlist: The profiles in WebRunner folder, not in Application Data folder (Windows))?

Regards.

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