# SDL-based web browser

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-based-web-browser/15506>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [July 24, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-based-web-browser/15506 "2008-07-24T17:03:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_Kendrick](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Bill\_Kendrick](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Bill_Kendrick)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-based-web-browser/15506/1 "2008-07-24T17:03:56Z")

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I just saw this newsbit 🙂

OPEN SOURCE WEBKIT-BASED BROWSER REV’D  
[http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9883020354.html](http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9883020354.html)

Pleyo and [Sand-Labs.org](http://Sand-Labs.org) have released a third-generation beta version of  
their Webkit-based, open source browser for consumer-electronics  
devices. Supporting generic GTK, Access Linux Platform, or SDL (simple  
direct layer), Origyn Web Browser (OWB) targets consumer devices such as  
phones, portable media players, and set-top boxes.  
[http://ct.enews.deviceforge.com/rd/cts?d=207-338-2-28-3966-29497-0-0-0-1](http://ct.enews.deviceforge.com/rd/cts?d=207-338-2-28-3966-29497-0-0-0-1)

There’s more here:  
[http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5894497943.html--](http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5894497943.html--)  
-bill!  
“Tux Paint” - free children’s drawing software for Windows / Mac OS X / Linux!  
Download it today! [http://www.tuxpaint.org/](http://www.tuxpaint.org/)

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**Author:** ![Oliver\_Dole](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Oliver\_Dole](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Oliver_Dole)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-based-web-browser/15506/2 "2008-07-28T15:06:02Z")

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Hello,

I am an OWB developer. I’d like to add some details and also to  
apologize about the enormous mistake in the linux devices article  
about SDL acronym… Of course SDL is Simple Direct media Layer 😛  
So OWB is actually a very minimalist browser. In fact our first goal  
is to provide a better abstraction layer to webkit to ease webkit  
portage and our reference implementation is SDL as it is portable.  
Currently OWB is available on Linux and Mac (with mac port system). I  
know that a guy is currently working on a Windows implementation and I  
hope we’ll be able to quickly integrate his work.  
The second thing to know is that webkit is not a browser. It is just a  
web rendering engine. So thanks to OWB API (based on webkit windows  
API), you should be able to display any web pages in your SDL  
application. Note that I have a lot of work to do about that in order  
to simplify link mechanism.

Best regards,On 7/24/08, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> I just saw this newsbit 🙂
> 
> OPEN SOURCE WEBKIT-BASED BROWSER REV’D  
> [[200+] Linux Wallpapers | Wallpapers.com](http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9883020354.html)
> 
> Pleyo and [Sand-Labs.org](http://Sand-Labs.org) have released a third-generation beta version of  
> their Webkit-based, open source browser for consumer-electronics  
> devices. Supporting generic GTK, Access Linux Platform, or SDL (simple  
> direct layer), Origyn Web Browser (OWB) targets consumer devices such as  
> phones, portable media players, and set-top boxes.  
> [http://ct.enews.deviceforge.com/rd/cts?d=207-338-2-28-3966-29497-0-0-0-1](http://ct.enews.deviceforge.com/rd/cts?d=207-338-2-28-3966-29497-0-0-0-1)
> 
> There’s more here:  
> [[200+] Linux Wallpapers | Wallpapers.com](http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5894497943.html)
> 
> –  
> -bill!  
> “Tux Paint” - free children’s drawing software for Windows / Mac OS X / Linux!  
> Download it today! [http://www.tuxpaint.org/](http://www.tuxpaint.org/)
> 
> * * *
> 
> SDL mailing list  
> SDL at [lists.libsdl.org](http://lists.libsdl.org)  
> [http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org](http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org)

–  
Olivier DOLE  
Pleyo  
Software Engineer

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Kendrick](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Bill\_Kendrick](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Bill_Kendrick)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-based-web-browser/15506/3 "2008-07-29T00:28:07Z")

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This is kind of exciting to me, because I thought it’d be cool to tie  
in Wikipedia and Wiktionary information into Tux Paint. A kind of  
“learn more about…” button for the 100s of stamp imagery we have.

One day… :)On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 05:06:02PM +0200, Oliver Dole wrote:

> I am an OWB developer. I’d like to add some details and also to  
> apologize about the enormous mistake in the linux devices article  
> about SDL acronym… Of course SDL is Simple Direct media Layer 😛  
> So OWB is actually a very minimalist browser. In fact our first goal  
> is to provide a better abstraction layer to webkit to ease webkit  
> portage and our reference implementation is SDL as it is portable.  
> Currently OWB is available on Linux and Mac (with mac port system). I  
> know that a guy is currently working on a Windows implementation and I  
> hope we’ll be able to quickly integrate his work.  
> The second thing to know is that webkit is not a browser. It is just a  
> web rendering engine. So thanks to OWB API (based on webkit windows  
> API), you should be able to display any web pages in your SDL  
> application. Note that I have a lot of work to do about that in order  
> to simplify link mechanism.

–  
-bill!  
“Tux Paint” - free children’s drawing software for Windows / Mac OS X / Linux!  
Download it today! [http://www.tuxpaint.org/](http://www.tuxpaint.org/)