Introducing OWB, an open-source browser for consumer devices

The Origyn Web Browser (OWB), created by Pleyo, was designed for use in a wide range of consumer electronics (CE) devices, such as mobile phones, portable media players, GPS devices, PVRs and other set-top boxes, home-gateways, Web-radios, and so on.

OWB makes use of the latest Web standards. It provides access to external Web services, enabling the implementation of functions such as user interface administration and animation.

Pleyo recently released OWB on an open source basis at Sand-Labs.org, under a BSD License.

Architecture

OWB is based on Apple’s WebKit open-source Web browser engine, which has set a worldwide standard for Web browsing. To the standard WebKit architecture, Pleyo has added an abstraction layer, known as the “OWB Abstraction Layer” (OwBal).

The OwBal architecture dramatically eases the task of integrating OWB in CE devices, resulting in fast and easy implementation on targeted platforms. The aim of this abstraction layer is to allow CE software manufacturers to leverage existing libraries, instead of having to port the browser along with its full set of dependencies.

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