Good luck, Eric :-) It likely requires non-trivial changes (which is why the GWT team hasn't done it yet).
We're currently evaluating how to handle the recent Firefox as well as Safari changes going forward. The FF change is especially onerous as it now requires engineering effort every 6 weeks to stay up to date. /dmc On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Eric Ridge <[email protected]> wrote: > So I just found the page on developer.apple.com that definitively says > the WebKit plugin API is no longer supported as of 10.7 (which I > assume also means Safari 5.1, regardless of OS version): > > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/InternetWeb/Conceptual/WebKit_PluginProgTopic/WebKitPluginTopics.html > > It says: > > Note: As of Mac OS X v10.7, the legacy WebKit plug-in architecture is > no longer supported. Going forward, you must convert WebKit plug-ins > to Netscape-style plug-ins or Safari Extensions. > > So now that I know what's going on for sure (and have documentation > reference), I'm going to attempt to convert the plugin. Wish me luck. > > eric > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's not a Lion issue - Safari 5.1 is the latest upgrade on 10.6.8, and it >> breaks as well :-( >> Jeff >> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Eric Ridge <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Darmawan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Looks like it's because the Webkit Plugin API is deprecated in Safari >>> > 5.1 >>> > ( regardless the OSX version ) ? Can anybody help to confirm this ? >>> > Thanks. >>> >>> I don't think that's the case per se. The Plugin API still exists >>> within the WebKit.framework. I saw some rumblings on the 'net about >>> the API being deprecated, but couldn't find anything definitive on >>> Apple's developer website. >>> >>> I'm no Cocoa expert, so there's probably a thousand reasons why I >>> failed, but I couldn't even get the "WebKitPluginStarter" example from >>> developer.apple.com to work. Looks like it was created long ago, so >>> maybe it's bit-rotted. Safari did load it (unlike the GWT plugin), >>> but it didn't actually work. >>> >>> I really wish somebody from the GWT development team would see this >>> thread (and issue #6601 >>> http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=6601) and >>> reply. >>> >>> Lion & Safari 5.1 are definitely brand new, but I find it hard to >>> believe that nobody on the GWT team was involved with the developer >>> previews of Lion. >>> >>> eric >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- David Chandler Developer Programs Engineer, GWT+GAE w: http://code.google.com/ b: http://turbomanage.wordpress.com/ b: http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/ t: @googledevtools -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
