Questions tagged [web-browsers]
Questions regarding the installation and use of web browsers.
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What can I use as a fast performing and stable browser for my Raspberry Pi 3?
What is a good choice of browser for the Raspberry Pi 3?
I'm looking for something stable and fast, I am not browsing content heavy websites.
What I have tried so far and its limitations:
Chromium: ...
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Latest Firefox/Chrome possibilities
I have a project that requires me to run Selenium. For this I need webdriver to interact with browsers.
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running the latest Raspbian.
Currently I was only able to get Chromium ...
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Chromium broswer doesnt open google and says its untrusted
Hello I need to install an extension for chromium for my project on raspberry pi but chromium says that the google extensions and pretty much any google sites are untrusted I tried reinstalling ...
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Where is the epiphany browser history?
I am running a Epiphany on Raspberry Pi 2 and I would like to check the browser history.
Where is the epiphany browser log?
Do I Have to enable it somewhere?
If doesn't exist, how can I create it?
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Cannot Surf the Web Through Chromium
It's weird, I can reach google.com, perform a search and see the results, pull up Gmail, I can go to raspberrypi.org, but anything past that I cannot reach.
In the Terminal I cannot ping google.com. ...
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Run application in Raspberry Pi with a web browser
I would like to build an application Raspberry Pi for controlling a 20 Inch monitor it will display some images.
Long story
Each user have an account (Web based application) and he/she is logged ...
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Epiphany doesn't load webpage entirely, get stuck at 90%
I have a script on a Raspberry Pi 2 that launch a webpage on Epiphany at startup and sometimes the progress bar get stuck at 90% approximately and doesn't show the entire webpage.
¿How can I detect ...
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Raspberry pi 3 does't work with internet
I have a raspberry pi model 3 B using Raspbian. When ever I go on an internet browser, it is a few seconds before it crashes. I have tried
Epiphany, Chromium and NetSurf. It has no errors, it just ...
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firefox audio very noisy and garbled
My firefox version is:
firefox:armhf 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
I have an issue of very poor/very noisy/ audio when I play any video files.
(be it from youtube or mp4 files itself.)
Video is good.
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WebGL via remote desktop in latest Jessie on Raspberry Pi 3 [duplicate]
Hello Raspberry Pi enthusiasts!
I have a problem, I can't seem to get a webgl context running on a chromium browser instance using latest Jessie on a Raspberry pi 3.
I have enabled experimental GL ...
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How to update QupZilla on Ubuntu Mate?
The lightweight browser QupZilla is fairly outdated on Ubuntu Mate.
I wonder how I can update/compile QupZilla from source?
Upstream, there is no ARM package available for download.
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Unable to connect to the internet via web browser
I use raspberry pi model b+
I'm able to update and install software using command line, but I'm unable to access internet through web browser.
The message says
Could not connect: Network is ...
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Running a webpage on startup
I have a touchscreen based kiosk application running on my raspberry pi. In this application I need to load a webpage , which once opened will load a user interface. Now, my question is how do the ...
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Noob questions - login to websites and MacOS
Why does my Raspberry Pi 2 identify on websites as MAC OSX? (which prevents me from downloading the correct versions of software/debian?)??
Why can't I login to ANY website (Google, etc.)? Are there ...
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How can I install web components in firefox?
I want to show in Firefox my cameras (Hikvision) but web components are needed, I've tried enabling it in the Firefox configuration page but it doesn't work.
I've seen some support for another Linux ...
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Whenever I install Iceweasel it installs Firefox instead
I used the following command to install Iceweasel.
sudo apt-get install iceweasel
However, instead of Iceweasel, I get Firefox. Not that I'm complaining much, I love Firefox.
If you click on Menu >...
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Using Raspberry Pi to remotely view a website
I'm trying to use a Raspberry Pi to remotely view a website. For example, if I have a printer I want to interact with, that hosts a browser user interface and outputs it via USB, I want to be able to ...
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Can I install Chromium or Iceweasle onto my Pi
In the new distro of Raspbian? I have done searches here but cannot find anything about whether or not I can use Chromium or Iceweasle on Raspbian Jessie. I would like to test browsers and find out ...
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Iceweasel very slow when running youtube fullscreen
I am using RPi3, with Raspbian minimal + i3wm + iceweasel, with a 1080p monitor. When I watch youtube (720p, about 1.5 hour long), if not full screen everything runs just fine. However, once I switch ...
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How do I disconnect from wireless after exiting the browser?
When I launch the browser, it activates a wireless connection, but it doesn't disconnect when I quit the browser.
How do I turn wifi off after a session?
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Css3 animation don't go well with Raspberry Pi 3
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 with Chromium installed. I am trying to load my web application which has simple fadeIn and fadeOut animation but it's lagging on screen.
Any ideas on how to better support ...
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Can you run 32-bit IceCat or IceWeasel on Raspberry Pi 3?
I just got my RPi3 loaded, Raspbian (NOOBS) and tried node-red, but found a problem typing in function. I found out it was the browser's fault. Now I would like to install Firefox (AKA IceCat or ...
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Installing Google Chrome [duplicate]
I have just got a Raspberry Pi and I want Google Chrome on it. I've downloaded the Chrome file from the Google download page, but I don't know how to open it.
I have no clue about how Raspberry Pis ...
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web.skype.com for Raspberry Pi Zero
Stumbled upon skype in browser, decided to try it on Raspberry Pi Zero. However, it told that I need to update my browser, so I've tried logging in with the following browser:
Epiphany browser
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Raspberry Pi 3 Web Browsing
New to RPi but I'm seeing a lot of stuff about how it has struggled in the past to web browse -- particularly on heavy-js sites and with video and such.
Is this a problem of the past? Especially now ...
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Epiphany Browser Kiosk/Full Screen but has a 1px white border
I've got a Raspberry Pi 2 running Epiphany Browser in fullscreen mode by running the following in a shell script on startup.
sudo matchbox-window-manager -use_cursor no -use_titlebar no &
sudo -...
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Full screen browsers vanish randomly?
We use several Pis for signage.
The usage is simply full screen browsers pointing to a web page that rotates images every X seconds (done via JavaScript with fades, etc. provided by jQuery; 1920x1080 ...
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Non-crashing web page display?
At my work, I was asked to set up a monitor to display a 6-page slideshow from Zoho Reports. The setup I created works, but poorly, as the browser frequently crashes. I'm not in the office every day, ...
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Reliable browser/OS for use of showing webpage?
I recently got a Raspberry Pi 1 Model B Revision 2 with the intention of using it as a kiosk-type device which refreshed a webpage every 2 minutes. It seems that every time I attempt to keep it ...
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Starting Browser from terminal and being able to control it via Python
I've got a Pi with a Adafruit TFT LCD installed.
I'm using omxplayer and fbcp to stream videos at startup using python, like so:
# Start Loop
ct = 1
video_list = glob.glob('videos/*')
os.system('...
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Which software packages would allow my RPi to alert me to mentions on "The Bakery" RPi chatroom? [closed]
I make use of the chat-room facilities provided on Stack Exchange, in particular I visit the main one specifically for the Raspberry Pi, i.e. "The Bakery". It is possible to be notified when someone ...
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WebMIDI on Chromium?
I'm doing some WebMIDI programming for fun, and I'd like to get it running on a RPi. As I understand it, the WebMIDI API should be implemented on recent versions of Chromium, but could any of you ...
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I want to boot to Epiphany and have a dropdown list of webpages to choose from
I have a web server with pages that display basically kiosks of different types. I want to create a boot image that will let me select what kiosk this terminal is and then launch its specific page in ...
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Epiphany crashes
I have the Epiphany web browser running 24/7 to display up-to-date weather on a monitor from WeatherUnderground but it keeps on crashing by next morning.
I am not sure how to figure out what is ...
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Epiphany browser error [duplicate]
I am trying to run epiphany browser in fullscreen mode. I tried using this command in terminal ;
epiphany-browser -a --profile http://www.google.com
--profile must be an existing directory when --...
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How can I enable javascript in the integrated Epiphany web browser?
Javascript worked just fine on my Raspberry Pi 2, but after the browser silently crashed, it no longer works. I can still browse, but javascript no longer works.
I tried rebooting, no effect.
I ...
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Build a web program with raspberry pi,offline [closed]
Hi I would like to ask if I want to build a web program with my raspberry pi and this web program runs offline, is it possible? I put everything in localhost so the raspberry literally runs back the ...
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Open Web browser on OSMC
Is there a way to open, chrome browser for example, on OSMC?. That way to open live video streams not available sometimes with plug-ins of Kodi.
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How to always allow share camera in iceweasel?
When I visit some online camera call website with webRTC by iceweasel on Raspberry PI 2, it will ask me share camera and microphone.
No meter I select 'Share Selected Devices' or 'Always Share', ...
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Epiphany browser auto refresh
I am trying to have a webpage open 24/7 using my raspberry pi2 running raspbian. I want the epiphany browser to auto refresh the page it is on every 200 seconds.
Is there any thing I can do to make ...
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RPi web browsers that work on YouTube
Have tried about 4 different web browsers for the RPi2 as of 7/25/15.
When you go to the YouTube web site with Chromium, it says needs Flash plug in and has install bar. Clicking on the install bar ...
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How can the playback button on YouTube videos, be eliminated during playback?
On Raspbian OS, Epiphany browser, the video plays fine, even the sound is in sync, on a Pi 2, however that nasty play button (centered on the screen in white & red )never disappears.
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How to resize epiphany web-browser
I would like to automatically resize the window just after starting the system. Until now I achieve to start the browser automatically after the start just by adding the following code.
/etc/xdg/...
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Setup microphone stream and turn your raspberry pi into a baby phone
I have a "simple" question. I would like to turn my Pi into an audio streaming device for a game, where I need to hear what is going on in a room.
So I connected a USB microphone to the Pi and would ...
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GPU accelerated Video decoding on a browser. Is it possible?
Let's say I have a Rpi (B+) and want it to act as Kiosk, where a video will play on a loop in fullscreen. The video will change programatically, so I need an API to control it. I've done this before, ...
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Which Midori to download?
Trivial question, but I am uncertain. I have a Raspberry Pi running NOOB, and I was curious as to (Q:) which Midori to download? I've looked across the internet couldn't find it. The current browser ...
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View raspberry pi screen in web browser
Is there an easy way to view a remote Raspberry Pi screen in my web browser? Kinda like VNC, except view-only. And, you know, in the browser.
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Which web-browser in Raspbian works best with GitHub?
Is there a web-browser for Raspbian that works with the GUI at https://github.com/? One should be able to create a repository with a license and create and edit files using the web GUI. I've tested ...
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RPi b+ randomly close the browser on a few
I use RPi B+ with epiphany and chromium installed. I get very strange behavior when I browsing through both these browsers. When I open 4-5 tabs and switch between them, browsers crashes and closes. ...
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Pi not reading file using Bash script on startup
I made a bash script to open a certain webpage after my Pi 2 has booted.
To do so, I use Bash to read a file on my system containing an ID, and append it to an existing URL. This full URL then gets ...
