Hi, Webkit is an open source web browser engine. It is the name of the Mac OS X system framework version of the engine used by Safari, to make a long story short. It is used for Dashboard, Mail and other such Mac OS X HTML-based applications. Of course, it installs as a separate app when you download it. The fact that it is separate from Safari but at the same time ties in with all your current Safari settings, bookmarks and so-forth makes it easy to use. In fact, you can't tell the difference whether you have launched Safari or not, except for the Webkit home page. Everything will be exactly the same, though some things will act differently on web pages. In some cases, things will even behave more reasonably than they might in Safari, due to it actively being developed. There is nearly an update every day to enhance the experience.
Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: [email protected] AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Nov 13, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > > What is Webkit? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Rowe > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 7:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Couple of safari questions > > > > Hi all. > > I've noticed that on some webpages such as Wikipedia that vO speaks both > the onscreen text and the title of the webpage when reading links. i realise > you can turn off either of those settings but then you get some links that > have only one of those attributes then you run into problems. Are Apple > aware of this? Maybe they could implement so that VO searches for on-screen > text and if that doesn't exist, it speaks the title? > > Is there a reason why VO doesn't remember where you were on a webpage when > you go back a page? I've also noticed this happening sometimes when I hope > a page in a new tab then ctrl tab back to the previous page or close down > the new tab. Is this an issue that effects sighted users too? > > > Although I think the web rotor is a wonderful feature, I'd prefer it if it > didn't start from the top when you start using it, It would be better if > it took into account where you are on the page and went from there. The > item chooser is sometimes too slow to jump around a page but I find it more > convenient than the rotor, depending on what I'm doing. > > I have mainly been using webkit, so this next one could well be a bug with > that, but, more often than not, when I search for text using the VO find > command, it interacts with whatever it has found. IS this because I have > interact when I press the tab key turned on? Speaking of webkit, I have also > encountered the bug where it says selected on every edit box I come across. > > Finally, VO has started to read the whole line when I delete the previous > word with option backspace. I think it started after I upgraded to 10.6.2. > Has anyone else noticed this? It happens in any edit box in any program. > > Dannie > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
