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Offline pek

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Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« on: July 27, 2021, 09:17:43 PM »
Hi all,
I'm looking for the
Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
that can run on the latest Tiny Core Linux
(12.0 at this time of writing).

I tried to search and also google. And found surf.tcz, but I think it only available for Tiny Core 4.x or less.

If anyone can suggest me any.. Please let me know. Thanks  :)

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2021, 03:07:32 AM »
"What javascript" is a good question too. JS of the Netscape era is all different to JS of 5 years ago, 2 years ago, or today.

Ie, Opera 9 should run fine, but you won't be able to use many modern sites with it. Opera 12 is larger and some more work, but its JS support is too old. Etc etc.
The only barriers that can stop you are the ones you create yourself.

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2021, 09:15:03 AM »
Oo.. I didn't know about that. I thought Javascript is only 1.
Well basically I plan to create an offline questionaire webpage in kiosk style (text questions).
The javascript part is for validation and alert purpose.
So it's not really have anything to do with compatibility to today's website.

I guess the first version of Javascript will do?

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2021, 12:30:50 PM »
If you're writing the webpage yourself then yeah, any JS should do.
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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2021, 08:07:40 PM »
Yes, that's the plan.

I guess for that purpose, surf browser (https://surf.suckless.org) should work and probably small enough.

Can you or anyone make a tcz for that please or guide me to make tcz for surf?

Is this the one that needed to be converted into tcz? (https://dl.suckless.org/surf/)
or do I need other files (dependencies) somewhere from their download area as well?
Thank you.
« Last Edit: July 29, 2021, 08:23:48 PM by pek »

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2021, 01:55:25 AM »
Why not try opera9?
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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2021, 10:49:15 AM »
Hi, pek!

surf.tcz will be really small, but it will depend on webkitgtk4.tcz, which is >70M size.

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2021, 06:34:37 AM »
Yes, opera 9 seems not too big.
Thanks for suggestions..  :)

I'm still curious with surf, as it's only 22kb.. I'll try sometimes later and see if any luck.

But for now, I'm happy with opera 9. Thanks.

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2021, 06:36:14 AM »
Hi, pek!

surf.tcz will be really small, but it will depend on webkitgtk4.tcz, which is >70M size.

Thanks for pointing this out..   :o
In that case opera 9 then..  :)

Thank you.

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2021, 09:22:08 AM »
Hi all,
Opera 9 seems to work fine.
Is there anywhere I can download Opera 9.tcz for 64 bit?
Or where can I download a Opera 9 64 bit version to try to convert into tcz?
Thank you.

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2021, 12:31:17 PM »
Seems a bit hard, since Opera had removed old versions from ftp.opera.com. You could go mirror hunting, but why do you need a 64-bit version? Your own web page is not going to use >4gb RAM I hope?
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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2021, 07:27:21 AM »
Because I need to run it within TinyCorePure64.
It's just because Opera9 is smaller than Opera12 and less dependencies.

I tried to run the 32 bit version but it will not run and gives this:
"/usr/local/bin/opera: exec: line 92: /usr/local/lib/opera/9.64/opera: not found"

I can still use Opera12 though.
But if Opera9 can work would be even better  :)

If you know workaround to make Opera9 32 bit tcz work in TinyCorePure64, please let me know.
Thank you.

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2021, 10:55:17 AM »
CorePure64 is 64-bit only, 32-bit code binaries will not work.

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Re: Smallest Web Browser with Javascript Support
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2021, 07:41:04 PM »
Ok.
Thank you everyone for responds, suggestions and clarification.
It's been very helpfull.  :)