Hi there.

As you're probably aware, we're working on a new version of QtWebKit
(2.2) which will be released with Qt-4.8.

This new QtWebKit version includes tons of changes since the last
stable QtWebKit release (2.0, included in Qt-4.7) and will be
supported for quite a while, as Qt-4.8 is the last planned released of
the Qt4 series.

If your application uses QtWebKit or you have plans to use it, please
consider giving this version a try while it's still in Beta. We're
intensificating the tests and feedback is very important now, before
we release it.

Personally, I consider this version, even in Beta, far superior than
2.0 due to the many improvements that happened in the webkit project
in the past couple of years (better support for new standards,
improved multimedia support, performance, tons of security fixes,
etc). This version is also up-to-date regarding security issues and we
plan to keep releasing security updates after the initial release,
something we didn't do in the past.

One of the best (simplest) ways to test it is by building Qt with
configure -no-webkit and then building QtWebKit-2.2 in standalone mode
from our git branch (updated a couple of times a week, weekly beta
releases are also made from there). Qt-4.8 includes a snapshot from
the QtWebKit-2.2 branch, but it's not always up-to-date.

The wiki page for the QtWebKit-2.2 release should contain most things
you need to know about the release (build-instructions, supported
platforms, release-criterias, release notes, etc):

* http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/QtWebKitRelease22

Feedback can be given in the QtWebKit mailing list or via IRC:
#qtwebkit @ freenode and improvements to the wiki are very welcome.

PS: I won't be subscribed to this list (kde-devel) for too long. You
can reach me (and all other QtWebKit developers) direcly on IRC or via
the QtWebKit mailing list.

Thanks a lot!
   - Ademar

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Ademar de Souza Reis Jr. <[email protected]>
Nokia Institute of Technology

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