[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Webkit

[From: Philippe De Swert]

Hi!

> I would like to propose something. I don't know if it can already be
> done or if someone is working on it, but i would like to see Webkit
> running inside Maemo/Nokia 770. Opera, I think, consumes a lot of memory
> for simple browsing, and since Nokia contributes to the Unity/Webkit
> platform maybe there are plans for including it in future versions of
> the Internet OS as there is for the S60 series mobile phones.

Well gpe-mini-browser actually uses a derivative of Webkit called gtk-webcore.
Unfortunately gtk-webcore is in some weird *maybe* we continue development
state atm and I haven't made the effort yet of getting gpe-mini-browser to
work on the new OS edition so you cannot try it yet. (It worked relatively
well on the old version of the software despite the relative unstability of
gtk-webcore). 

I heard that the webkit developers were actually adding some gtk code, but it
is relatively new and barely usable (I could personally not find out how the
little gtk related code that was added could be used). If that happens nothing
will stop people from making a webkit browser for the 770. So if somebody
would push that in the right directions that would be really nice.

Regards,

Philippe
 
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