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termin
June 20th, 2011, 02:53 PM
Okay, so I want to make my own webkit based browser (please note that I don't have any programming knowledge.) I went to webkit.org, downloaded the latest nightly, and compiled and installed it. I can now run the "GTKLAUNCHER" browser window. The problem is that it looks like netscape 5 used to look like, it's fast and simple, but missing a lot of things. Like for example, a home button, and search bar. Also you have to type the "http://xxx.com" whenever you want to go to a URL which is annoying.I looked on how to make your own interface and found this:

http://macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/01/23/webkit.html

The problem is that this is only for mac. I don't know programming so I don't know if there is a similar program like xcode for linux. Can anyone help a noob here?
thanks!

cgroza
June 20th, 2011, 07:47 PM
Webkit is a framework and you must build your own browser and your code around it. It looks like that because the people who made that demo coded it like that. You can add it whatever you want and make it look however you want.

I have seen toy browsers with webkit and written in python so it is not Mac only.
As far as I know XCode is just an IDE.

Also, in what language do you wish to program it in?