Software:rekonq

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rekonq
Rekonq-0.3.svg
Rekonq.png
rekonq 0.7.0 running on Kubuntu 11.04
Developer(s)Andrea Diamantini and other KDE developers[1]
Initial release2 December 2008 (2008-12-02)[2]
Final release2.4.2[3][4] (12 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-12)) [±]
Written inC++
EngineWebKit
PlatformKDE Platform
Size~1.1 MiB [citation needed]
TypeWeb browser
LicenseGNU GPL v3[5]
Websiteuserbase.kde.org/Rekonq

rekonq was a lightweight, QtWebKit-based web browser developed inside the free software project KDE. It is the default web browser of Chakra GNU/Linux,[6] and was formerly of Kubuntu (between versions 10.10[7] and 13.10[8]). rekonq has been officially included in KDE Extragear since 25 May 2010.[9] In contrast to Konqueror, a web browser and file manager also developed by KDE, rekonq aims to be a standalone and simple web browser. Its code was initially based on Qt Development Frameworks' QtDemoBrowser and is developed on KDE Projects' Git repository.[10]

As of January 2014, there has been no further development of rekonq, and there is no manpower or sponsorship to restart development.[11]

Features

rekonq integrates into the KDE desktop, e.g. downloading files through KDE download system, sharing bookmarks with Konqueror, KIO support, etc. rekonq possesses most of the features of a modern web browser, specifically:

  • Tabbed browsing
  • Unique loading address bar
  • Ad blocker
  • Support for plugins (Flash, Java)
  • Proxy support

rekonq uses the WebKit HTML rendering engine provided in QtWebKit.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "rekonq authors". https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/rekonq/repository/revisions/master/entry/AUTHORS. 
  2. ↑ Andrea Diamantini (2 December 2008). "rekonq 0.0.1". Kde-announce-apps (Mailing list). Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  3. ↑ "rekonq: Files". 12 January 2014. http://sourceforge.net/projects/rekonq/files/2.0/. 
  4. ↑ Diamantini, Andrea (12 January 2014). "rekonq 2.4.2". http://adjamblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/rekonq-2-4-2/#more-525. 
  5. ↑ Andrea Diamantini. "rekonq license". https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/rekonq/repository/revisions/master/entry/COPYING. 
  6. ↑ "Chakra Edn 2011.11 review". LinuxBSDos. 2011-11-11. p. 1. http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/11/11/chakra-edn-2011-11-review/. "Unless you chose to install Firefox and/or Chromium during the installation process, the lone installed browser will be reKonq, a native Web browser for KDE." 
  7. ↑ Kubuntu.org (2010-10-10). "Kubuntu 10.10 Release". http://www.kubuntu.org/news/10.10-release. 
  8. ↑ "Kubuntu 14.04 LTS". Kubuntu.org. http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14.04. 
  9. ↑ adjam (2010). "rekonq 0.5 beta, in extragear!". http://adjamblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/rekonq-0-5-beta-in-extragear/. 
  10. ↑ "rekonq.git - rekonq is a web browser for KDE based on WebKit." (in en). https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/rekonq. 
  11. ↑ "Lead developer's blog, adjam.weblog()". 12 January 2014. https://adjamblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/rekonq-2-4-2/#comments. 




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