Hi David, If that API is not recommended for mobile platform then what are other possible options to get the job done on such a platform? Does there exist an alternate API or scheme to accomplish this task? Thanks.
Regards, Javed On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 7:39 AM, David Hyatt <[email protected]> wrote: > That API is more about desktop zooming. I wouldn't really recommend using > it as a model for zooming on a mobile platform. > dave > ([email protected]) > > On Jun 25, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Javed Rabbani wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I was trying to zoom a web page (text + images) through WebKit API: > frame->setZoomFactor(). The call forces WebKit to recalculate the page > layout and send repaints to the application via Chrome Client. What I have > noticed is that zooming takes considerable time and that effect becomes more > evident running on an embedded platform. The number of repaint calls that > are routed to the application through Chrome Client are far more than for > the case when the page is displayed without zooming. > > As a result, from the user point of view, the zooming operation takes > considerable time that is proportional to the content length of the page > being displayed. For instance if *BBC mobile* is displayed, the page is > zoomed quickly from zoom factor of 1.0 to 1.2. However, for * > edition.cnn.com*, it takes quite a few seconds to complete and there are > far more repaint calls sent to the application. Is this the normal behavior? > Is there a way to get this done in a much quicker way, even for sites with > more content? Any suggestion in this regard will be greatly appreciated. > Thanks. > > Regards, > Javed > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > > >
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