From e4e56ed69ceab637d3a5ac534f387bc2442b5bc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: csagan5 <32685696+csagan5@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:12:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README, added Goals --- README.md | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b4a306d0..6a657b34 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ See [open issues](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues) for the development downloads on Github downloads on XDA Labs +# Goals + +Bromite aims at providing a no-clutter browsing experience without privacy-invasive features and with the addition of a fast ad-blocking engine. +Minimal UI changes are applied to help curbing the idea of "browser as an advertisement platform". + # Donate Please donate to support development of Bromite and the costs for the build system. @@ -46,27 +51,30 @@ We cannot add add-ons to Bromite (merely some features) and anyway HTTPS everywh # Features -* adblocking (currently baked-in, no configuration options available) +* baked-in adblock engine with filters from EasyList, EasyPrivacy and others * remove click-tracking and AMP from Google search results -* allow youtube/vimeo videos to play in background +* allow videos to play in background * [StartPage](https://startpage.com/) search engine * [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/) search engine * [Qwant](https://www.qwant.com/) search engine -* Google search engines English-only with reduced tracking +* Google search engine English-only with reduced tracking * privacy enhancement patches from Inox patchset, ungoogled-chromium and Iridium projects -* removed webRTC and applied other anti-fingerprinting mitigations +* anti-fingerprinting mitigations * all codecs included (proprietary, open H.264 etc.) * built with official optimizations # Releases -A build server goes through the very lengthy build operation and then new versions are available in this project as [releases](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/releases). +All built versions are available as [releases](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/releases). Each tag corresponds to a Chromium release tag. +Bromite is currently built for ARM, ARM64 and x86 and for the Android SDKs versions 16 and 21 +Additionally, SystemWebView, Monochrome and the vanilla Chromium builds are provided. + # How to build -The [bromite main repository](https://github.com/bromite/bromite) contains tags for each corresponding Chromium release (see https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git). +The [Bromite main repository](https://github.com/bromite/bromite) contains tags for each corresponding Chromium release (see https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git). Please refer to [official Chromium build documentation](https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code) to get started on how to build Chromium; if you can build Chromium for Android, you can build Bromite. @@ -77,7 +85,7 @@ Please refer to [official Chromium build documentation](https://www.chromium.org * [Iridium project](https://github.com/iridium-browser) for some patches (taken from above ungoogled-chromium) * [Inox patchset](https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset) for some patches (taken from above ungoogled-chromium) * nochromo for the original adblock patch -* AdBlock Plus, uBlock, EasyList and EasyPrivacy for the compilation of original adblock patch +* AdBlock Plus, uBlock, EasyList and EasyPrivacy for the filters included # License