On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 12:26:09PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-book wrote: > On 3/16/21 10:00 PM, BLFS Trac via blfs-book wrote: > > #14729: qtwebengine after 5.15.2 > > -------------------------+----------------------- > > Reporter: ken@… | Owner: ken@… > > Type: enhancement | Status: assigned > > Priority: high | Milestone: 10.2 > > Component: BOOK | Version: SVN > > Severity: normal | Resolution: > > Keywords: | > > -------------------------+----------------------- > > > > Comment (by ken@…): > > [snip] > > > I hesitate to say this, but after 18 attempts or more, I think I'm getting > > there. > > Ken, I'm impressed your perseverance. I am not so much impressed with > chromium/qtwebengine. I have run into problems with chromium in that I > cannot log on to google with that browser. I am told that it is due to > security issues. > > https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/troubleshooting > https://forum.armbian.com/topic/13921-cannot-login-google-services-using-chromium/ > > Note that Chrome is based on chromium, but they are not the same. > > If it was up to me, I'd just drop qtwebengine and the only thing in BLFS > that uses it, falkon. > > -- Bruce
Chromium itself is a nasty mess, and qt's use of it as a submodule (i.e. forking it) adds to the problems. Unfortunately, I need a second graphical browser and until now qtwebengine has usually worked adequately (seamonkey works but doesn't seem to have any way to disable adverts, e.g. in online gmail). ĸen -- On average, the Panda feeds for 15 hours a day. This is the same as an adult at home under quarantine, which is why we call it a "Pandemic". -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
