Using Chrome Frame is not necessarily just to gain Vista/XP support. It would also allow web developers to avoid Win7's IE9 and instead use the webkit/v8 setup that is always improving and well supported (Chrome Frame auto-updates just like regular Chrome).
I will indeed file an enhancement request. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, it's an interesting idea but I don't know if there will be enthusiasm > for supporting Vista/XP. In any case, you should file an enhancement > request so this can be evaluated and won't be forgotten: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Jared Albers <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Not sure who the right people to talk to about this is as I understand > some > > Intel folks are the main contributors for the win32 portion of > > cordova-windows. > > > > I'm curious if anyone has looked at using Google's "Chrome Frame" plugin > as > > a way to get support for pre-IE9 based windows systems. Although Chrome > > Frame won't work out of the box with embedded webviews according to > > here< > > > http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/chrome-frame-getting-started/chrome-frame-faq#TOC-Does-Google-Chrome-Frame-support-.NET-WebBrowser-Maxthon-and-similar-browsers- > > >, > > it is open-source and under a BSD-style license. > > > > Chrome Frame feels like it would be a rather clever way to get win32 > > support for setups that don't have IE9 or greater (or for web developers > > that don't want to rely on the trident rendering engine at all). > > > > Of course keeping app distributables small is also important since we > > wouldn't want to distribute a 30MB+ dependency with each app. To solve > > this, the integration could be designed such that the Chrome Frame > > framework was downloaded and installed silently in the background and > only > > when needed/requested. Not the most desirable solution, but perhaps a > > necessary evil to gain Windows XP & Vista support. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -Jared > > > -- Jared Albers Head Coach Mines Club Tennis 303-875-5140 www.minesclubtennis.com <http://www.minesclubtennis.com/landing/index.php>
