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#45 Use of chromium as browser instead of gecko

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2016-08-10
2016-08-08
Andrej Hribernik
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Suggestion to use chromium as the web browser that kiosk application starts on all desktop versions.

  • use same browser on windows & macOS
  • macOS already uses this
  • better proxy support (uses OS controls, allows proxy.pac)
  • easier cross platform testing

Discussion

  • Daniel Schneider

    Daniel Schneider - 2016-08-09
    • status: open --> pending
     

  • Daniel Schneider

    Daniel Schneider - 2016-08-09

    This is anyways planned for SEB on Windows, as the current embedded browser engine which we're using, Mozilla Gecko, will be discontinued by Mozilla sooner or later (there is no fixed deadline communicated).

    We are planing to evaluate which Chromium embedding solution we can use after we release SEB 2.2 (so later this year). CEF 3 and Electron are currently on the list of solutions to evaluate.

    SEB for macOS is using WebKit 1 which is only partly compatible with Chromium (but much closer than Mozilla Gecko). We will evaluate if it makes sense and if it is feasible to switch SEB for macOS to Chromium.

     

  • Andrej Hribernik

    Andrej Hribernik - 2016-08-10

    Thanks Daniel, good to know. Think the work the SEB team has done is great. We currently use this for various assessments, reducing differences between platforms would help minimise operational issues.
    Cheers
    Andrej