Questions tagged [webbrowser-app]
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Browsing the internet from the command line
How can I browse the Internet from the command line in Ubuntu?
user12025
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Why does Ubuntu use Firefox by default if it has its own web browser?
I was changing my default browser from Firefox to Chrome when I saw an unknown option called "Browser", so I opened it and saw it was called "Ubuntu Web Browser".
So why use Firefox and not the one Canonical built?
SomeoneOfEarth
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What is "Ubuntu Web Browser"?
Even though Firefox is the default browser on the desktop version of Ubuntu, there's another option included in System->Default Applications.
Enabling this option brings up "Ubuntu Web Browser" with no titlebar menu and only a number of options in…
tudor -Reinstate Monica-
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How can I uninstall ubuntu web browser?
I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 and find ubuntu web browser as pre-installed web-browser. I find it useless as Mozilla is far superior than this.
How can I remove it from Ubuntu?
Pankaj Kumar Gautam
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Ubuntu web browser app crashes on execution
I'm using 16.04 and whenever I try to open Browser app, it crashes.
I've tried uninstall/reinstall the app but the problem still remains.
Here is the output when I run webbrowser-app via terminal:
(webbrowser-app:29022): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable…
Yashar
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Are all bookmarks saved in Ubuntu Web Browser lost?
During hours of research I regularly bookmarked some important URL's by clicking the star in URL field. But how to find the saved bookmarks back?
Johan
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How to install the LibreWolf Browser (incl. DRM support)?
There is a newer browser, called LibreWolf, an independent fork of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. It is the community run successor to LibreFox.
LibreWolf uses more than 500 privacy/security/performance…
Filbuntu
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Ubuntu web browser in 16.04 makes my system hang
I have a Dell precision tower 3620 desktop, with Ubuntu 16.04 installed. It has already annoyed me so many times that Ubuntu web browser (webbrowser-app) in 16.04 makes my system hang.
The problem is that whenever I open Ubuntu web browser, the…
L.K.
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How to zoom webpages in Browser?
There is an application called Browser(webbrowser-app) in Ubuntu 14.04. Is there any way to zoom the pages which are viewed in it?
jumbli
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How to clear history in Ubuntu Web Browser
I'm using Ubuntu Web Browser (webbrowser-app) in 14.04, and I can't find a way to clear history. Can someone tell me how to clear history?
Ko Char
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Website launcher in Nautilus, Ubuntu 22.04
I would like to create a file that when double clicked launches a website in the default web browser. I have found that .desktop files can do this, but apparently they no longer work in Ubuntu 22.04.
How can this be done?
user171780
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Unable to locate package brave-browser on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (lubuntu)
Trying to install the Brave web browser, I ultimately arrive at the error, "Unable to locate package brave-browser". How should I proceed?
Here is my LXTerminal output:
username@username-Latitude-D620:~$ curl…
Internet User
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How to install Brave Web Browser for ubuntu 16.04
I want to install Brave Web Browser . I went to the website's download section but it has a method which is less user friendly , difficult to understand . I want to know a Simple easy way to install Brave Web Browser on Ubuntu 16.04
user779051
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How can i increase mouse scrolling speed on Ubuntu Web Browser?
The Ubuntu Web Browser scrolling speed (With mouse wheel) is very slow. How can i make it faster?
Arynn
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Default font size in default web browser of Ubuntu-Touch
How to increase default (QWebSettings::MinimumFontSize??) font size for
web pages in WWW browser built in Ubuntu Touch? (for end-user)
Vladimir
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