{"id":4747,"date":"2015-03-09T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2015-03-09T13:48:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:48:25","slug":"webby-browser-web-apps-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/webby-browser-web-apps-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Webby: A GTK3 Browser Specially For Creating Web Apps in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-browser-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-browser-icon.png\" alt=\"webby web app browser\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-browser-icon.png 245w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-browser-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Webby is an open-source project similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/fogger\" target=\"_blank\">Fogger<\/a>, it allows to use Facebook, Youtube, or any web app as a normal desktop app in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Chrome, Firefox, Opera, IE&#8230; all these are web browsers with a big toolbar and tabs. In the new era of web apps, it doesn&#8217;t makes any sense. Webby allow to use Facebook, Youtube or any web app as a regular desktop apps, integrated with the OS, without tabs and using the default system launcher.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/webby-browser\" target=\"_blank\">Webby browser<\/a>, you can turn any web page into a regular desktop app via 4 steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>paste or type in the url<\/li>\n<li>give a name<\/li>\n<li>set a launcher icon.<\/li>\n<li>finally click the <b>Create app<\/b> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-new.jpg\" alt=\"Webby create new web app\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-new.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-new-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once Webby successfully created the app, <i>you are able to launch it from the Unity Dash or App Menu immediately<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the GMail and Facebook web apps created by Webby:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-web-apps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-web-apps-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"Webby web apps\" width=\"610\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-web-apps-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-web-apps-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/webby-web-apps.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><u>How to Install Webby in Ubuntu:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The developer has created an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~erasmo-marin\/+archive\/ubuntu\/webby-browser\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a> for this web app browser, currently available for Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 14.04.<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal from the Dash or by pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard. When it opens, run commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:erasmo-marin\/webby-browser\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install webby-browser<\/pre>\n<p><b>NOTE for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS user:<\/b> Since the app depends on GTK >=3.12, 14.04 Trusty needs Gnome 3 PPA and Gnome 3 Staging PPA <i>(might broken your desktop)<\/i> for the dependencies. <\/p>\n<p>If you still want to try this browser in Ubuntu 14.04, run below commands to add the PPAs before running previous 3 commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team\/gnome3\n\nsudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team\/gnome3-staging<\/pre>\n<p>Once Webby is properly installed, remove Gnome 3 staging PPA to avoid issues:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:gnome3-team\/gnome3-staging<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webby is an open-source project similar to Fogger, it allows to use Facebook, Youtube, or any web app as a normal desktop app in Ubuntu. 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