#netsurf — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #netsurf, aggregated by home.social.
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@nina_kali_nina I got my Iyonix on the net last night.
We have changed routers since the last time it was in use so I had to fiddle with the networking configuration.
Then I had the problem that none of the browsers installed would connect to https sites, due to a lack of support for modern encryption standards.
By accident I discovered a newer version of #Netsurf on an old ADFS IDE disc which did allow me to get to netsurf-browser.org and download the latest version.
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@sarahjamielewis @cupz I think this is the most viable way forward. Favor all those simpler protocol such as #geminiprotocol #gopher #spartanprotocol scorpion and many others. There are tons of independent browsers there, someone could even build their own in a relatively short time. The maintenance burden would never be as insane as those "modern" web browsers.
And in the meantime, as @foolishowl said, push for simpler websites that can work on truly independent browsers such as @dillo and #netsurf. Make sure they work well with #offpunk as well (it also works on gemini and gopher along with the web). And as a bonus, if your website is simple, cross publishing to other simpler protocol becomes trivial.
You need web apps? Go back to native (they usually tend to be faster and less resource intensive than those electron apps anyway). Not only that but there are also great FOSS game engines that can definitely be used to build apps as well such as #raylib #love2d and @godot.
I didn't realize it's gotten that bad that fast with the browser situation... But it was a long time coming with the consolidation of engines within a small number of corporations. I think we slept on it for too long, maybe instead of struggling to hardfork and maintain an insanely complex web browser, we should start actively pushing for a great digital transition by leaving the modern web behind and building a saner and less centralized ecosystem on top of internet. I think that if there is a coordinated effort for this, this is more achievable and will result in a much brighter future for the internet.
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MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs back Online
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MacSurf 1.68 – NetSurf on OS 9 Released
https://github.com/mplsllc/macsurf/releases/tag/v1.86
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820022
#HackerNews #MacSurf #NetSurf #OS9 #Release #MacOS #RetroComputing #WebBrowser
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#Surf l'UI est inexistante mais ça peut faire le job, je suis 145Mo de mémoire donc bof.
#Servo le rendu est plutot propre mais il manque des images. Niveau mémoire on est sur 900Mo pour une seule page donc c'est pas encore au point.
Conclusion je dirais soit #Dillo soit #NetSurf ou alors peut-être #Firefox sans Javascript
cc @IhoaNn
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#NetSurf ça marche mais pas javascript et sur ma version j'avais une image sur 2 par contre le rendu css est plutôt bon. Wikipedia reste difficile utilisable car le bouton de langue ne marche pas. 160Mo de mémoire pour un onglet environ, donc bof.
#Qutebrowser tout marche mais 400Mo de mémoire donc non.
cc @IhoaNn
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Just happen to see this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48283099
https://github.com/mplsllc/macsurf"MacSurf, a web browser port of Netsurf for Mac OS 9 with native TLS"
Downloaded it to the #iBook running #MacOS9 and started MacSurf. I could browse sites like #osnews pretty well actually.
#PowerPC #G3 #Retrocomputing #VintageMac #Apple #Macintosh #PPC #MacSurf #Netsurf
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Hello from smolfedi on #NetSurf!!
This is the lightest browser I could get working (had auth problems with every other #smol browser I tried).
It kinda lacks keyboard navigation badly (NetSurf, that is), but I'm still liking #SmolFedi a lot, and am looking forward to trying it on my sixteen-year-old #OpenBSD #Thinkpad. ;)
Maybe the excellent #Dillo browser dev can poke at it? ;) @dillo
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New version of #SmolFedi, a lightweight, no-JavaScript Fediverse client written in PHP. It respects #smolweb specs.
It works fine with all basic browser such as #netsurf So you can access Fediverse on #retro computer have a basic browser (need cookies feature).
You can install it on a simple web server with php8.x / pdo_sqlite / php_curl
https://codeberg.org/adele/smolfedi
Test it on https://smolfedi.pollux.casa/ and log to all your fediverse instances (tested on #gotosocial and #mastodon). You can connect to multiple account and switch between them easily.
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #sega #dreamcast #KallistOS #NetSurf
FrogFind's "Catch of the Day": The Dreamcast is alive! (Homebrew Edition) 🌀🎮
Hey Retro Fans!
Today's Catch of the Day proves that some consoles just refuse to die. We had the pleasure of welcoming a very special guest to the pond:🏆 NetSurf 3.12 on KallistiOS
For those scratching their heads right now: KallistiOS is an open-source operating system developed specifically for the Sega Dreamcast! Instead of using the old, official browser from 1999, someone tricked out their Dreamcast with modern homebrew software and is using the lightweight NetSurf browser to read today's web via FrogFind. It's a fantastic achievement by the community and pure console love. Sega does what Nintendon't – even in 2026! 😉
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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Hey bud, IIRC, I couldn't get it working. :/
Looking at my past statuses with the #brutaldon hashtag, it looks like I got it working with #NetSurf and #w3m, but I don't see anything from (nor recall getting it working with) #Dillo. :/
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Servo 2025 Stats
https://blogs.igalia.com/mrego/servo-2025-stats/On this curve we clearly see the drop in contributions following the abandon by Mozilla and the incredible rise since.
2023 was already a better year than 2020, and it was x3 in 2025 compared to Mozilla's period. A beautiful square-root shaped curve : √
Ok it's not ready yet, but a lot of people are rushing toward this goal.
#Servo #webbrowser #browser #firefox #chrome #chromium #mozilla #GoodByMozilla #librewolf #zenbrowser #falkon #waterfox #TorBrowser #vanadium #thorium #vivaldi #helium #brave #edge #opera #safari #orion #ladybird #angelfish #netsurf #dillo #iridium #lynx #w3m
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Web browser: MUI version of NetSurf 3.11
Version 3.11 of the NetSurf web browser is available for AmigaOS 3.x in a ReAction variant by Chris Young and in an SDL-based variant by Artur Jarosik. The latter has now also started work on a MUI version, the first releases of which have already been made available in their current state of development. -
#Dillo is an interesting lightweight alternative #browser, like #NetSurf – no #JavaScript support though:
https://dillo-browser.org/
https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo -
Whats going on with #Netsurf? Web and git servers are not reachable
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Just found out, after some time away, that new #marginalia uses #anubis, which I understand but find infuriating when accessing via #netsurf or #lynx . Fury directed at #ai grifters tho.
Thankfully they have a link to old search portal and lemme tell ya, i find that stuff quite delightful these days. Esp on windy autumn days.
Go #resistance!
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Heute ist ein guter Tag, dem #NetSurf-Projekt dabei zu helfen, einen besseren Browser weiterzuentwickeln. #Ladybird möchte nicht unbedingt. https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/115272693237698193
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Beautifully so! Also #dillo and #miniflux!
I wasn't able to get #brutaldon working, though. It does work with #Netsurf, however.
