How do you make a web browser thingy

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#1

how can you make a web browser in the wick editor

#2

That would require vast programming knowledge and a ton of work

#3

ok well I saw octobrowse as I said in the post before but it just went to predetermined webpages

#4

made one before

#5

no it could go to any site (I think) but most sites did not work
you also need to type https:// before the site url if it also has www. in the url you need that too

#6

which one is it

#7

wdym which one?

#8

the browser is it octobrowse?

#9

which browser did you make

#10

yeah the browser is octobrowse?

#11

oh ok then

#12

do you have the latest version

#13

I thought he meant from scratch, which:

  • Fetches external content. So you need a HTTP library or (not recommended) write this yourself. There’s a lot of complexity/subtlety to the HTTP protocol eg handling of expires headers, different versions (although it’s mostly 1.1 these days), etc;
  • Handles different content types. Theres a Windos registry for this kind of thing that you can piggyback. I’m talking interpreting content based on MIME type here;
  • Parses HTML and XML : to create a DOM (Document Object Model);
  • Parses and applies CSS : this entails understanding all the properties, all the units of measure and all the ways values can be specified (eg “border: 1px solid black” vs the separate border-width, etc properties);
  • Implements the W3C visual model (and this is the real kicker); and
  • Has a Javascript engine
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#14

octobrowse1.7.wick (71.9 KB)

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#15

Ohhhhh thats an iFrame

#16

its a bit laggy but its pretty good

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