Web browser released!

Back in December 2013, we discussed our plans to develop an improved web browser for Raspberry Pi. The browser is based on Epiphany (aka GNOME Web), as a replacement for the rather venerable version of Midori in Raspbian Wheezy. Eight months and a lot of hard work later, we’re finally ready. As you can see from the video below, Epiphany on Pi is now a plausible alternative to a desktop browser for all but the most JavaScript-heavy sites. Epiphany brings a host of neat features to Raspberry Pi, including: Much-improved HTML5 support A JavaScript JIT Hardware-accelerated video decoding ARMv6-optimized blitting functions Better interactivity during page loading Faster scrolling Future releases of Raspbian and NOOBS will include Epiphany as the default browser, but the necessary packages are already in our repository. To install, type: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install epiphany-browser Epiphany for Raspberry Pi was produced by our friends at Collabora. ARM assembly language optimisations were provided (as always) by Ben Avison.

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