Welcome to the Dooble Open Source Web Browser Project!
Dooble is a Secure and Open Source Web Browser that provides solid performance, stability, and cross-platform functionality.
One of the application's most important goals is to safeguard the privacy of its community with a group of integrated privacy features of the browser: search engine, secure messenger, and e-mail client. The installer also provides a means of installing the Dooble browser component.
Getting Involved with Version 0.07...
There are several ways to get involved:
- Download the latest version.
- Contact the Dooble team via the forums and/or mailing list.
- Install and/or evaluate the software. Be sure to join the community and send feedback!
- Ask your friends to test Dooble.
- Try to improve the language translations.
- Report bugs and submit bug resolutions. Request features and submit ideas.
More Information: Where are you doobling today?
Additional information pertaining to Dooble may be accessed via the menus on the left.
Dooble's Privacy and Security Commitment to the Community
Dooble Project provides a modern approach to the Communication, Web and Privacy: Dooble contains features for privacy and security seamlessly integrated into a user-friendly web & communication experience. For users who are simply interested in browsing the Web, Dooble provides the compact browser.
Since Dooble is a community effort, the Dooble team welcomes all sorts of contributions:
- Help us improve the Dooble project and be part of our community.
- Add new features to the user interface or redesign it altogether.
- Join the WebKit engine development group.
- Join the secure chat messenger RetroMessenger development group.
- Join the Java YaCy distributed search engine development group.
- Join the PGP Nuntius Leo e-mail development group.
- Write documentation.
- Spread the word about Dooble.
History and Background: Starting to surf the Internet with Dooble...
It's September 8th, 2008. A small team of developers around Gunther van Dooble launch http://dooble.sf.net. History is made.
The Dooble Web browser is an intuitive application: However, what is a browser without a search engine? Hence, the integrated, distributed search engine YaCy. Each and every Dooble user, under their supervision, contributes to a high capacity search engine. Thousands of free user-nodes use the established and distributed search engine of Dooble. The built-in RetroMessenger allows users to communicate with friends in a secure and pleasant manner. And encrypted e-mails are sent with Nuntius Leo, integrated in the suite.
Screenshot of Dooble Search: Where are you doobling today?
To reiterate, Dooble comes with several security-focused features in order to provide users the freedom to enjoy the World Wide Web. Our claim: 4S-4U (Surf, Search, Send, Speak for You)! The Web browser that you, and only you, control.
December 04, 2008 the fist release of Dooble Web Browser v. 0.01 has been made for Windows.
Technically, Dooble uses QtWebKit, Chrome's skin-like theme, the Nuntius Leo e-mail client function, the RetroMessenger chat messenger, and the distributed search engine YaCy to explore the web!
Dooble is an Open Source software project and is licensed under the GPLv2. Complete license and copyright information can be found within the source code of the Dooble project.
January 24, 2009, Dooble v. 0.04 is under the Top 90 projects of SF.net and already 6% of this dooble website visitors use Dooble Web Browser.
Why the name? Dooble is a play on words. As Dooble refuses to track a user's Web activity, the user assumes a "dooble" identity. Be free, get a Dooble. Second, Dooble makes the user-to-user communication over the Web safe and secure. It's as safe as communicating with someone face-to-face. Therefore, the "face in the mirror" logo. Third, Dooble is, of course, a homage to the founder Gunther van Dooble.
Dooble Web Browser Screenshot for Mac OS X:
Dooble Web Browser compiles as well on Mobile Internet Phone Maemo and Nokia N 900:
Maemo is the open source linux platform for mobile devices, internet tablets and phones, which is not tracking users. Thus open linux mobile needs an open source web browser: Dooble.
Dooble Web Browser compiles as well on Openmoko QtMoko Freerunner
Openmoko or QtMoko is the open source linux platform for mobile devices, internet tablets and phones, which is not tracking users. The Freerunner is the hardware mobile phone, which uses Openmoko. Thus this open linux mobile needs an open source web browser: Dooble.
Compiled and tested on Debian Lenny (armel architecture). Install dependencies first:
# apt-get install libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libqt4-network libqt4-webkit libc6 libgcc1 libstdc++6
GERMAN SUMMARY:
Browser? - was sind denn jetzt nochmal Browser?
Dooble ist ein quelloffener Webbrowser mit dem Hauptaugenmerk auf dem Sichern der Privatsphäre: installiert (bald) auf Wunsch neben dem Browser auch die Suchmaschinenfunktion "Dooble-Search", den Instant Messenger "RetroMessenger" sowie den E-Mail-Client "Nuntius Leo", welcher ausschließlich verschlüsselte E-Mails versendet. Dooble ist somit ähnlich der altbekannten Netscape-Suite, zusätzlich sicherer und Privatheit schützend und basierend auf modernster Browser-Technik (Webkit).
Gunther van Dooble is illustrated by Merli
Aren´t we all a little bit dooble?
Overview of Browser Engines:
We are Webkit! - Dooble with Webkit is most modern...
| Browser Engine | NSCA MOSAIC | TRIDENT | PRESTO | GECKO | WEBKIT |
| Browser | e.g. Netscape Suite | e.g. MS IExplorer | e.g. Opera | e.g. Firefox | e.g. Dooble |
| Development since | 1993 | 1995 | 2001 | 2002 | 2008 |
| Source | Open Source | closed | closed | Open Source | Open Source |
| Suite | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| RAM Usage* | 52 MB | 127 MB* | 94 MB* | 94 MB* | 32 MB |
| Active | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Rendering Speed | slow | middle | middle | slow | fast |
| GUI | C++ | VC++ | C++ | XUL | Qt |
* Source: Chip Magazin 02/2009:53
Dooble - The Secure and Open Source Web Browser
Protecting Privacy and Security the world over.
The Dooble Logos.
