Optimization for Webkit

[Raging Dufus]

Sorry to hijack this thread , but both on omniweb and roccat I get SSL error. On lwk and tenfourfox it doesn’t happen. How do I solve that?

Omniweb uses its own proprietary webkit framework that hasn't been updated since (I think) 2012 at the latest. And Roccat just uses the webkit framework that came with Leopard, and hasn't been updated since what, 2011? If LWK works on the websites that give an SSL error in Omniweb/Roccat, then what you need to do is relink Omniweb/Roccat against Leopard Webkit. Instructions and a script for doing that are included with the LWK download. It's very simple to do, just a matter of dragging & dropping applications onto the script and voila! - you're done. Once relinked, Omniweb/Roccat will be using the same updated Webkit framework that LWK uses, and you shouldn't get any more SSL errors.

So if leopard webkit is newer, then how come certain sites like NPR's webcast and a local radio station will not load the audio stream players at all? I have to use VLC for my local NPR station, I'd like to at least be able to listen to www.radiomilwaukee.org, it seems it won't load in leopard webkit correctly.

Leopard Webkit will never be the equivalent of the newest version of Safari or any other Webkit-based browser. The release notes for a recent update (604.4.5) to LWK say as much:

"up to date with Safari 11, but lacking some features (more and more)"
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Leopard Webkit is based on Safari 5, and has the feature set included there, nothing more. What LWK does for Safari 5 is bring it up to date with the most current security & compatibility standards available; but it's not going to make it capable of doing everything the latest version of Safari does. There's just too many differences under the hood for that.

 

[CYB3RBYTE]

Leopard Webkit is based on Safari 5, and has the feature set included there, nothing more. What LWK does for Safari 5 is bring it up to date with the most current security & compatibility standards available; but it's not going to make it capable of doing everything the latest version of Safari does. There's just too many differences under the hood for that.

Makes sense, you can't ask a decade old browser to do everything. I'd still like to find a way to play that station, sadly they don't check their email and I've asked for their stream address twice now. At least NPR puts there stream addresses on their website LOL.

 

[timidpimpin]

The most functional browser for OS X PowerPC is TenFourFox. That's what you need to use to have the best modern web capability, but it's a resource hog. As a PowerPC user in 2019... you need to keep every browser mentioned in this thread and then some in yours applications folder. Each one has its strengths.

But on my Intel Macs, I pretty much only use Firefox.