{"id":37,"date":"2006-03-15T11:54:54","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T10:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raphael.slinckx.net\/blog\/2006-03-15\/epiphany-is-hype-get-over-it"},"modified":"2012-07-03T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:26:40","slug":"epiphany-is-hype-get-over-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raphael.slinckx.net\/blog\/2006-03-15\/epiphany-is-hype-get-over-it","title":{"rendered":"Epiphany is hype, get over it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ploum.net\/\">Ploum<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ploum.net\/post\/100-why-you-should-try-epiphany-as-your-default-browser-with-gnome-214\">writes about epiphany 2.14<\/a>, and explain why it&#8217;s the best browser <em>for gnome<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To make it short, here is a summary of the killer features in epiphany 2.14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy RSS subscription, integration with gnome programs (liferea, blam, straw)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tagged&#8221; Bookmarks management (very Web 2.0)<\/li>\n<li>Adblock extension working out of the box<\/li>\n<li>HIG and gnome integration everywhere<\/li>\n<li>Simple and easy to understand preferences<\/li>\n<li>Light and responsive<\/li>\n<li>Very few popups, unobtrusive error pages are used instead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;but he missed the deskbar integration, which i will fix now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deskbar will index and allow to search through bookmarks<\/li>\n<li>Deskbar will index and allow to search through your browsing history<\/li>\n<li>Deskbar will allow you to quickly search using epiphany smart bookmarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raphael.slinckx.net\/images\/ephy-deskbar-1.png\" alt=\"Epiphany smart bookmarks\" \/><br \/>\nThis is my epiphany toolbar, i have three smart bookmarks, one to search for gnome bug number, another one to search stock quotes by ticker symbol, and the last one is google.be search<\/div>\n<div class=\"screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raphael.slinckx.net\/images\/ephy-deskbar-3.png\" alt=\"Epiphany url bar\" \/><br \/>\nThis is the epiphany dropdown when i stype somehting in epiphany URL bar, allowing me to use one of my smart bookmark with the query. Here i&#8217;m searching for a random bug number<\/div>\n<div class=\"screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raphael.slinckx.net\/images\/ephy-deskbar-2.png\" alt=\"Deskbar uses epiphany smart bookmarks\" \/><br \/>\nAnd finally, i can use deskbar, even if the browser isn&#8217;t running, a keyboard shortcut away, to use my smart bookmarks. Here i&#8217;m going to search for yahoo quotes for GOOG symbol. Also note how i have history pages, and bookmarks appearing too, allowing me to quickly open them.<\/div>\n<p>There is also a way to associate a keyboard shortcut to search engines, and\/or a &#8216;keyword&#8217; in deskbar preferences:<\/p>\n<div class=\"screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raphael.slinckx.net\/images\/ephy-deskbar-4.png\" alt=\"Deskbar has shortcuts\/keywords\" \/><br \/>\nIn deskbar preferences, when you select &#8216;Web searches&#8217;, you can click the &#8216;More&#8230;&#8217; button to get more smart bookmarks preferences.<\/div>\n<p>As you can see, i have the &#8216;g&#8217; letter for google, which means i can type in deskbar <code>g test<\/code> to search in google the term &#8216;test&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Even better, i can directly use the shortcut to open the term in google without even selecting it in the list: I type &#8216;test&#8217;, then hit <code>Alt-g<\/code>, and it fires up a google search (this of course only works when you have a one-letter keyword)<\/p>\n<p>This is also a feature we want to extend for every possible action in future versions of deskbar.<\/p>\n<p>Now, use epiphany, and be happy !<\/p>\n<h3>One last thing&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>And finally a quick tip: if you want to open a command-line program and see it&#8217;s output, type it&#8217;s name and instead of selecting it in the list, hit <code>Alt-t<\/code>, it will start the program and redirect it&#8217;s output in a text window using zenity, useful for example to see if the command executes successfully.<\/p>\n<div class=\"screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raphael.slinckx.net\/images\/ephy-deskbar-5.png\" alt=\"Deskbar open in terminal\" \/><br \/>\nAfter launching a sitecopy command with alt-t, i receive the output of the command in a nice window, useful for quick commands like that.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ploum writes about epiphany 2.14, and explain why it&#8217;s the best browser for gnome. 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