[wplug] Google Chrome?

Patrick Wagstrom patrick at wagstrom.net
Tue Sep 2 20:54:06 EDT 2008


Joshua Solomon wrote:
> On the other hand, it'll be nice to have a WebKit option for GTK
> desktops without having to run Qt libraries.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Ed Stewart <edstewart1 at verizon.net
> <mailto:edstewart1 at verizon.net>> wrote:
>     Zach Uram wrote:
>     > Has anyone tried it? I hope it is ported to Linux soon. Wonder if it
>     > will eat into Firefox's market share? I hope FIrefox and Chrome can
>     > work together to eat away at Internet Explorer's 80% market share!
>     >
>     > Zach
>     >
>     I want to give it a try also. I have XP pro running in Innotek
>     Virtualbox and downloaded IE8 to have a look. Nothing impressive
>     with it. Ed

This actually has nothing to do with providing a GTK webkit option.  Such
an option has been around for a while, Epiphany switched to webkit a while
back.  OpenedHand has been doing some interesting hacking with WebKit/GTK
too.  Much of the great work has been done by Alp Toker.  In fact, the GTK+
port of webkit scores 100/100 on the Acid3, while the current QT version
does not, although Holger Freyther has made some good progress toward that
goal.

--Patrick


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