Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)19h ago

For a long time I've been intrigued by #Epiphany taking 3 to 20 seconds to load most websites on startup or in Incognito Mode.

Today I tested a bunch of configurations to report a bug, profiled… and it turned out to be 2 bugs in 1 

* The adblocker (and similar features) makes things slower  : https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/work_items/2880#note_2766101

* WebKitGTK is doing some shenanigans with the system's fonts: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315135

#GNOMEWeb #WebKitGTK #GNOME #Sysprof #profiling #performance #Linux

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Apr 21

Today in IPv6 nerdry, filed a papercut issue on Epiphany, as its addressbar URL beautification heuristics apparently don't understand IPv6 addresses: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/2868

#IPv6 #GNOMEWeb #Epiphany #network #GNOME

Addressbar URL prettification does not understand IPv6 addresses (#2868) · Issues · GNOME / Epiphany · GitLab

As you can see in the screenshots below, Epiphany's addressbar widget's URL styling heuristic does not understand IPv6 addresses, it grays out (or truncates) parts of the IPv6,...

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Paolo RedaelliApr 3
@DataKnightmare the research talks about #Chrome;
1) are those nasty behaviours limited to #Chrome?
2) are #browsers_based_on_chromium affected?
3) are other #modernbrowsers involved?
For example, is #Firefox is affected? #Brave? #Vivaldi? #Webkit such as #Safari, #Epiphany (aka #GnomeWeb)?
Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Mar 26

Stumbled upon another good example of a simple WordPress website theme causing scrolling performance problems in the latest version of GNOME Web (Epiphany), so I profiled the heck out of it with about 3.6 gigabytes of @WebKitGTK debug symbols installed: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310814

#QA #Sysprof #performance #profiling #GNOMEWeb #Epiphany #GNOME #WebKitGTK #WebKit

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Mar 22

Made two small keyboard shortcuts enhancement merge requests today, in Epiphany and Nautilus:

* For Epiphany's tabs overview toggle: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/2066

* For Nautilus' global search: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/1988

Those merge requests could also be nicknamed, "Tell me you're a Dvorak typist without telling me you're a Dvorak typist." 

#accessibility #a11y #GNOMEWeb #GNOMEFiles #Epiphany #Nautilus #Dvorak #GNOME #UX

Allow F8 keyboard shortcut to toggle tabs overview (!2066) · Merge requests · GNOME / Epiphany · GitLab

This makes it easier to quickly show/hide the overview with one hand, if the user has a keyboard with the F keys row. Particularly, this key...

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Show threadFossmanJan 15

@utopify_org @janvlug @thibaultamartin
Screenshot of #SignalDesktop I took last year on #Librem5.

Regarding browsers, the default #FirefoxESR does not need any zooming in, and neither does #GnomeWeb, #Kumo or #AngelFish. On #BraveBrowser, I zoom in 125%.

Btw, being able to use desktop apps on #LinuxMobile is generally considered one of its advantages!

#MobileLinux

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Jan 11

Discovered today that Epiphany (and presumably any application using #WebKitGTK) will experience slow scrolling after resizing the webview (or window) on some websites, particularly when you drag the scrollbar using the mouse (instead of using the scrollwheel), as can be seen in the video below.

I have reported it here: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305290

Wondering if anyone experiences this on web pages other than this article: https://thewalrus.ca/return-to-office-mandates/

#GNOMEWeb #GNOME #Sysprof #performance #profiling

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Jan 7

Woohoo, the next version of Epiphany will no longer flashbang you when creating a new tab at nighttime in dark mode! https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/2027

#GNOMEWeb #GNOME #DarkMode

Fix dark style on blank new tab page (!2027) · Merge requests · GNOME / Epiphany · GitLab

Rui Nibau noticed that we are adding the style attribute in the wrong place, so it doesn't work at all. Fixes

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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Jan 4

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It is a chillingly dangerous technique indeed. Here is a video of Epiphany restoring tabs on startup: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hmoLf1Jh6SQ

#GNOMEWeb #HokutoNoKen #FistOfTheNorthStar #北斗の拳

Fist of the Non Non Star | Ren-chon goes atatatata

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Straybun Dec 25

Okay, so elementary OS 8.1 is installed on my laptop and I'm gonna try and see if I can use the web browser the web browser that comes with elementary, which is Epiphany, aka GNOME Web, as my main. I have a feeling it's gonna be rather complicated but I want to give it a real shot.

If @elementary or anyone else has any piece of advice to give, I'd love to hear it.  

#elementaryos #epiphany #gnomeweb #linux