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**This document is licensed under the LGPL 2.1.** | **This document is licensed under the LGPL 2.1.** | ||
- | This is a list of frequently asked questions about the Midori Web Browser. Anyone feel free to improve | + | This is a list of frequently asked questions about the Midori Web Browser. Anyone |
====== Getting started ====== | ====== Getting started ====== | ||
=== What is " | === What is " | ||
- | Midori is a Web Browser, | + | Midori is a Web browser |
=== How to pronounce Midori and what does the name mean? === | === How to pronounce Midori and what does the name mean? === | ||
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=== On which platforms does Midori run currently? === | === On which platforms does Midori run currently? === | ||
- | Midori is basically very portable and should run on all platforms that its dependencies support. | + | Midori is portable and should run on all platforms that its dependencies support. Releases exist on various Linux distributions, |
=== Under which license is Midori distributed? | === Under which license is Midori distributed? | ||
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=== Why does Google Mail/ Calendar/ Maps, Facebook not work or show mobile version? === | === Why does Google Mail/ Calendar/ Maps, Facebook not work or show mobile version? === | ||
- | Some websites | + | Some websites |
- | If you have Midori older than 0.3.5, go to Preferences > Network > Identify As, and choose Custom. Paste this into the entry: | + | You can change the browser name sent to web sites at Preferences > Network > Identify As |
- | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux) AppleWebKit/531.2+ Midori/0.3 | + | Either choose a predefined user-agent or choose Custom and find a suitable string in [[http://useragentstring.com/pages/ |
- | + | ||
- | If this doesn' | + | |
Many other websites use similar means of detecting the browser. | Many other websites use similar means of detecting the browser. | ||
- | Ideally | + | Google [[http:// |
=== There are missing icons/ warnings === | === There are missing icons/ warnings === | ||
- | The set of themed | + | Midori uses a wide variety |
+ | |||
+ | if you need to set a custom path for these to be " | ||
+ | |||
+ | XDG_DATA_HOME=/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | will add an extra path for the icons/... directory | ||
+ | |||
+ | In addition, GTK3 may remove icons from menus. This may be changed by placing < | ||
=== Tweaking Midori on the Gtk level === | === Tweaking Midori on the Gtk level === | ||
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Enable changing hotkeys while hovering menu items: | Enable changing hotkeys while hovering menu items: | ||
< | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Disable middle click pasting === | ||
+ | As of GTK+ >= 3.4 one can disable it globally in ~/ | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Otherwise by adding a line to ~/ | ||
+ | < | ||
=== Midori crashes shortly before pages are loaded === | === Midori crashes shortly before pages are loaded === | ||
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export XDG_CACHE_HOME=/ | export XDG_CACHE_HOME=/ | ||
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===== Security features ===== | ===== Security features ===== | ||
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=== Certificate Handling === | === Certificate Handling === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Midori uses the system' | ||
Midori >= 0.4.7 supports [[http:// | Midori >= 0.4.7 supports [[http:// | ||
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== Error granting trust: Couldn' | == Error granting trust: Couldn' | ||
- | No key store is available or it's incorrectly setup. By default GNOME keyring can do this. Under Xfce it is recommended to enable "GNOME services" | + | No key store is available or it's incorrectly setup. By default GNOME keyring can do this. Under Xfce it is recommended to enable "GNOME services" |
== A testcase for self-signed certificates == | == A testcase for self-signed certificates == | ||
https:// | https:// | ||
- | |||
===== Flash doesn' | ===== Flash doesn' | ||
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<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper | sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper | ||
- | sudo nspluginwrapper | + | # On Debian/ Ubuntu |
- | nspluginwrapper -v -a -n -i | + | sudo apt-get install |
+ | # cd into the folder where the plugin was installed | ||
+ | nspluginwrapper -v -a -n -i libflashplayer.so | ||
</ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ~/.mozilla can also be used with Adobe' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another remedy is using WebKit2 - starting with Midori 0.4.9 experimental support is available, [[https:// | ||
=== HTTPS URLS won't load === | === HTTPS URLS won't load === | ||
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) | ) | ||
) | ) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Overriding settings and loading extensions ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | As of Midori 0.5.0 the --execute command line switch got more powerful: | ||
+ | |||
+ | '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '' | ||
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====== Proxy servers ====== | ====== Proxy servers ====== | ||
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=== Are SOCKS proxy servers supported? === | === Are SOCKS proxy servers supported? === | ||
- | The coming | + | As of Midori 0.5.0 and libSoup 2.40 SOCKS proxies |
libSoup < 2.40 only supports HTTP proxy servers directly. A way to use SOCKS on Unix is to use tsocks with SSH as follows: | libSoup < 2.40 only supports HTTP proxy servers directly. A way to use SOCKS on Unix is to use tsocks with SSH as follows: | ||
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By default the right mouse button initiates gestures. | By default the right mouse button initiates gestures. | ||
- | You can change the button using a hidden option: | + | You can change the button |
- | - Create a text file ~/ | + | - Create a text file ~/ |
- Type the following in there: | - Type the following in there: | ||
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button=2 | button=2 | ||
- | For a quick and dirty overview | + | As of Midori 0.5.0 individual |
- | Further information is available | + | Consult " |
- | Additionally, | + | [gestures] |
+ | Quit=W;E; | ||
+ | TabPrevious=SW; | ||
+ | TabNext=SE; | ||
+ | Additionally, | ||
====== User scripts and styles ====== | ====== User scripts and styles ====== | ||
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Customize as needed: | Customize as needed: | ||
- | < | + | < |
text-decoration: | text-decoration: | ||
} | } | ||
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z-index: 9999; | z-index: 9999; | ||
}</ | }</ | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Tweaking fonts via CSS === | ||
+ | |||
+ | If changing system-wide font settings isn't bringing the desired results or rendering should be tweaked only for websites CSS can be an alternative. Add the following to **~/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Customize as needed: | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code css>* { | ||
+ | font-smooth: | ||
+ | -webkit-font-smoothing: | ||
+ | text-rendering: | ||
+ | }</ | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Understanding WebKit Version Numbers ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | WebKit is the core of the Midori browser and often shows up in bug reports. Because WebKit is a complex piece of software and compatible with various libraries, its version numbers and naming schemes are not always clear to end-users. Read on and be enlightened: | ||
+ | |||
+ | WebKit itself is a library which works in many environments, | ||
+ | |||
+ | WebKitGTK+ can be compiled against either GTK+2 or GTK+3. This will result in library filenames like libwebkitgtk-1.0.so or libwebkitgtk-3.0.so, | ||
+ | |||
+ | WebKit has a "new API layer ... designed from the ground up to support a split process model" | ||
+ | |||
+ | The version of WebKitGTK+ is only interesting from the standpoint of which API features were available and which bugs were present in that particular release; it's best checked by visiting about: | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Version Number Interactions === | ||
+ | |||
+ | WebKit2 can be built even with quite old WebKit versions, though Midori' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Midori' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Midori and mediaHerald ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | mediaHerald is a dbus service (/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you want to get the video title and the uri is easy more than easy :-) . | ||
+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | #!/bin/sh | ||
+ | |||
+ | eval $(dbus-send --session --print-reply --dest=org.midori.mediaHerald / | ||
+ | / | ||
+ | while (1) { | ||
+ | getline line | ||
+ | if (line ~ /string "/) | ||
+ | sub(/ | ||
+ | print line | ||
+ | break | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | / | ||
+ | while (1) { | ||
+ | getline line | ||
+ | if (line ~ /string "/) | ||
+ | sub(/ | ||
+ | print line | ||
+ | break | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | ') | ||
+ | echo " | ||
+ | </ |