QupZilla is a lightweight and very fast QtWebKit browser. It has been originally started only for educational purposes. But from its start, QupZilla has grown into a feature-rich browser.

The latest version 1.6.1 added option to enable tab switching using the mouse scroll wheel; a toggle to disable inline URL completion in the address bar; and the ability to launch full-screen mode using the command line.

There are also other changes and a few bug fixes in QupZilla 1.6.1:

• added undo/redo context menu actions in editable web elements
• speedup loading rules from subscriptions in AdBlock dialog
• fixed speed dial with disabled javascript
• fixed showing tooltips on tabs when tab previews are disabled
• fixed search shortcuts longer than one character in locationbar
• fixed building issues on OS X and OS/2
• fixed disabling tab previews from preferences
• fixed building new Gnome/KDE keyring passwords
• fixed building StatusBarIcons plugin on Windows
• win: add new jumplist option to open private window

Install QupZilla in Ubuntu:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nowrep/qupzilla

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install qupzilla

These commands will install the QupZilla from its official PPA. Supports Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives.

BTW: The developer announced in the release note that:

QupZilla will in future be ported to QtWebEngine, which will (amongst other improvements) bring multi-process architecture.
With QtWebEngine comes dependency on Qt 5, which means older platforms may not be supported.
QupZilla on QtWebEngine will be new major version 2.x.x and I hope it will be ready with Qt 5.3 (or Qt 5.4), depending on Qt devs.

QtWebKit browser QupZilla 1.6.0 has been released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives.

This release comes with new TabBar implementation that supports scrolling through all tabs when tabs don’t fit at all into TabBar. So it means, no more overflowing of tabs!

LocationBar received new completion feature – inline completion. You can now write only first letter and the most used domain will be completed. Once you see the completion, you can just press Enter and load the site.

For details, see the changelog:

• added support for Proxy Auto-Config (PAC)
• added option to open another private window from private window
• added option to detach tabs from window
• added delete action in edit context menu on page
• added possibility to remove EasyList from AdBlock
• added inline domain completion to urlbar
• added KWallet password backend plugin
• added Gnome-Keyring password backend plugin
• added StatusBar Icons plugin that adds extra icons to statusbar
• added support for POST method in search engines manager
• added context menu for translating webpage
• added possibility to export bookmarks to html file
• great performance improvement for matching basic rules in AdBlock
• themes can now be loaded from profile directories
• pagescreen can now save output into number of formats, including PDF
• proxy exceptions now supports wildcards (*, ?)
• cancel upload when trying to upload non-readable files
• select previous / next engines with ctrl+up/down in websearchbar
• ask user first before closing all but the current tab from tabbar
• last 2 sessions are now backuped in profile directory
• always show tab previews after a small delay
• GreaseMonkey: added icon in statusbar
• GreaseMonkey: added support for GM_Settings
• GreaseMonkey: fixed userscripts when first loading plugin
• GreaseMonkey: run userscripts in all frames on page
• oxygen: set rounded corners for tooltips
• oxygen: workaround for transparent background of tooltips
• X11: Set correct WM_CLASS property to windows
• fixed: size of preferences dialog on low-res screens
• fixed: loading plugins with relative paths in portable build
• fixed: displaying a lot of RSS feeds in RSS widget in locationbar
• fixed: enabling disabled rules in AdBlock now works everytime
• fixed: parsing OpenSearch files with XML declaration
• fixed: don’t show urls multiple times in url completer
• fixed: drag & drop moving folders under bookmarks toolbar
• fixed: files with relative paths can now be opened from command line
• fixed: issues with overflowing tabs, it is now possible scroll through all tabs

Install QupZilla Browser:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nowrep/qupzilla

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install qupzilla

For Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty, the latest version is available in Ubuntu Software Center.