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Web is the default web browser for GNOME. Web provides a simple and minimalist interface for accessing the internet. Whilst it is developed primarily for GNOME, Web works acceptably in other desktop environments as well.
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Installation
Web can be installed by installing the epiphany package. If you want to save login passwords, install gnome-keyring.
Configuration
Blocking advertisements
You can enable filtering by unchecking "Allow advertisements" in application preferences. By default, this will enable the EasyList list and is periodically refreshed.
Managing Subscriptions
Create the file ~/.config/epiphany/adblock/filters.list
and populate it with URLs (see EasyList and Known Adblock Plus subscriptions) in a semicolon formatted list:
/home/archie/.config/epiphany/adblock/filters.list
https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt; https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylistdutch.txt; https://easylist.to/easylist/easyprivacy.txt; https://easylist.to/easylist/fanboy-annoyance.txt; https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/antiadblockfilters.txt; https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/adwarefilters.txt; https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/malwaredomains_full.txt; https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamja/Prebake/master/obtrusive.txt; https://www.fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt;
On next startup, the application fetches the subscriptions and should create a file for each entry as ~/.config/epiphany/adblock/32-hex
.
Web Apps
Web can add web app launchers to GNOME Shell. To manage and remove them, navigate to about:applications
in Web.
Plugins
See the main article: Browser plugins
To find out what plugins are installed/enabled, enter about:plugins
in the address bar.
Troubleshooting
Pixelated fonts
Some websites such as github.com tend to use a bitmap font from X11, named Clean
. To disable bitmap fonts, run:
# ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
Font hinting
Web does not respect GNOME hinting settings, but respects Fontconfig one. Check Font configuration for further instructions.
Ad-blocking does not work
Close Web and delete the current filters configuration:
rm -r ~/.config/epiphany/adblock/
On restart, the filter should be reset.