Re: HtmlView vs WebView

[Fabien Bodard <gambas.fr@xxxxxxxxx>]

And if you want to give it internet capabilities you have to join
httpclient to it to download page in a cache... And have to manage this
cache too.

Light mean also less functionalities.

The problem with WebView is the weight. To many unused things loaded to
just display a single html doc. And it have no sense in the unix world who
claim keep it simple 😅.

The best is to have many specialised tools with good api to work together.

Even AI today seem to going this way again  😁.



Fabien Bodard

Le ven. 23 mai 2025 à 21:17, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Le 23/05/2025 à 21:05, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 23 May 2025 at 19:45, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Is HtmlView limited to many things online or is it meant for local
> >     files?
> >
> >     giving a URL like the following page online...
> >
> >     HtmlView1.Url = "http://138.68.116.47/index.html
> >     <http://138.68.116.47/index.html>"
> >
> >     We only get a blank page.
> >
> >     but this local version works.
> >     HtmlView1.Url = "/var/www/html/index.html"
> >     (like .Url would be better named .Path)
> >
> >     Is it broken or is that expected?
> >
> >     Many thanks for any info :)
> >
> >
> > I will add any need to know stuff to the HtmlView wiki  (and probably
> > HtmlView.Url page)
> > Like if it has zero internet capabilities at all (I assume it does not
> > as gb.net <http://gb.net> does not auto-add itself)
> >
> > Respects
> > BruceS
>
> HtmlView is not a web browser, it's a read-only HTML viewer.
>
> It is based on the litehmtl library, so you have to read its
> documentation to know what the limits are (CSS is only partially
> supported).
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.
>
>
>