IBrowse 3.0a Google

Has the development of that web browser stopped?

I'm asking because Google no longer works at all with that browser, gives an error message saying to update the browser and when you use the spoof you get the home page but any search gives the same text.

Too bad I paid for that browser though.

The latest AmiSSL updates are installed.

I even managed to make an application icon and drawers for this browser in the Infinite Icons Theme Pack.

Well, you can try https://html.duckduckgo.com/ .
Since you mentioned searching.

@DigitalDesigns

Same situation here. It worked fine last week. I don't remember if I used Google search in the last two days.

That really sucks because IBrowse is my main fast and easy web browser for OS4.

Google still works ok with NetSurf 3.11

Cheers,
redfox

@DigitalDesigns

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I talk to Oliver irregularly, and have no reason to believe that development has stopped. I do know he's found himself in a situation...either work or personal...where his free time is limited, and IBrowse has had to take a backseat. The AmiSSL updates AFAIK still come on time.

If I had working Amiga hardware (plan is to invest in a Mac Mini M4 in the next few months and run QEMU), I would try debugging Google for you. The thing is, with the exception of technologies like AmiSSL, IBrowse is mostly a 25-year-old browser. There are so many new features that have appeared in that timeframe, that nearly anything could throw IBrowse off. The issue with Google could be something simple, or it could be something invented last year and convoluted...and built on top of yet other unsupported technologies.

Maybe a web developer here will have a look and post an opinion? Oliver reads this site regularly enough, and perhaps he'll chime in shortly?

I also hope IBrowse starts seeing regular updates again soon.

I'm hitting roadblocks when I try all the spoofing things I
can think of with the latest IB beta.

Unfortunately, this is just ANOTHER example of how goggles is
simply and utterly anti-user.

It does not serve their spy on and monetize every last
thought/action model of business to allow a simple browser
just pose a question and get an answer.

Obviously we have a few other browsers to use and DuckDuckGo
has been mostly up to the task as my primary Ibrowse search
engine.

Good luck,

PJS

Thank you, i use now DuckDuckGo.

Good to know that development is not over with IBrowse3.

I'm usign last Ibrowse 3.0 Build 30.08 (22.12.2023) and not have problem using Google for search

@kikems

Living on borried time, I guess - it's probably a regional role-out, but it seems Google is dumping HTML. By default, IBrowse spoofs as an old MSIE version, which you can change in the URL Prefs settings, to access the nice looking plainer HTML version of Google. These old spoof strings are now being completely blocked.

So, switching to a newer spoof string gets us over that hurdle, but unless you are logged in to Google, you're then prompted to accept cookies, etc, which appears to be implemented entirely in JavaScript and does not appear or work in IBrowse.

Fortunately, I can still login to my Google Workspace account using IBrowse, using the JS bypass hack, and after doing so Google search does then work, but it obviously looks terrible compared to before.

I've mentioned the JS login hack before - I have


as a URL entry in my Macros menu, which I select on the page before the error page that usually pops up during attempted logins. But, I'm not sure if this still works on regular Google accounts.

Also, if you don't already have DuckDuckGo in your search bar, you can easily add it by selecting the "Add..." option and then choosing DuckDuckGo from the page on the IBrowse website (I just now updated this to use their HTML interface)

Watching a youtube-video I found this:

http://frogfind.com/

It uses duckduckgo but are made to work with old browsers.

@Futaura

Thank you for the instructions. Done.

Now I can easily choose DuckDuckGo.

Thanks,
redfox

@redfox

Oh there's also this site with a frog for people with old browsers that works in IBrowse.

Jumps around randomly without a goal. Just like certain individuals that I know of.

Bullies forever.

Oh their plan was to switch place with me. They should become me and I should become them. Because that's not insanity.

Just saying...