Re: [ilugd] Gecko vs Webkit
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:12:52 +0530 Priya Kumar sweetcornc...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Ankur, Sounds like a interesting and technically challenging project. If I may ask-- what exactly does your app do ? Regards, NS ^^^ A gentle reminder to people who use sock puppets on mailing lists to never go barefoot. Regards, Gora ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Gecko vs Webkit
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:12:52 +0530 Priya Kumar sweetcornc...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Ankur, Sounds like a interesting and technically challenging project. If I may ask-- what exactly does your app do ? Regards, NS ^^^ A gentle reminder to people who use sock puppets on mailing lists to never go barefoot. Regards, Gora lol, you blew his cover :D -- Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ ·-- ·- ·--- ·- ···- ·- ·--·-· --· -- ·- ·· ·-·· ·-·-·- -·-· --- -- ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Gecko vs Webkit
I am building an App using Layout engine ( Gecko or Webkit ) . The App will be tightly integrated with the browser, it would be an Addon/Extenstion . As far now, on basis of articles over internet - WebKit is an extremely lightweight renderer that is often praised for its tight and clean code base, excellent standards-compliance, and small memory footprint. Ankur, Sounds like a interesting and technically challenging project. If I may ask-- what exactly does your app do ? Regards, NS ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] Gecko vs Webkit
Hey All I am building an App using Layout engine ( Gecko or Webkit ) . The App will be tightly integrated with the browser, it would be an Addon/Extenstion . As far now, on basis of articles over internet - WebKit is an extremely lightweight renderer that is often praised for its tight and clean code base, excellent standards-compliance, and small memory footprint. - Gecko, which originated at Netscape , is often criticized for its large and infamously complex code base. Gecko has always been extraordinarily powerful, but its richest and most impressive capabilities originally came at a high cost in size, complexity, and memory overhead. - Gecko 1.9 uses the cross-platform Cairo rendering framework http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061212-8409.html. This greatly improved SVG support simplified many aspects of the code base and facilitated some cool features. The overhaul also included significant refactoring of the reflow algorithm, making it possible for Gecko to pass the Acid 2 test. (http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2008/09/mozilla-committed-to-gecko.ars) - Gecko is now very solid and no longer lags behind WebKit. From still from my study, i felt, webkit is better, but i will miss millions of users using Firefox if i dont build on Gecko. Can someone help me out in deciding or share their views on Gecko vs Webkit. Thanks - Ankur saxena ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Gecko vs Webkit
- Gecko is now very solid and no longer lags behind WebKit. Is this claim substantiated? From still from my study, i felt, webkit is better, but i will miss millions of users using Firefox if i dont build on Gecko. Depends on what your app is. If its a tool, yes, you have a problem. If it is a business app, then most people won't mind having an extra browser just to use your app. We have business customers who eagerly change browsers if their business app performance improves - these customers' business lives in their apps, so app performance is important. Can someone help me out in deciding or share their views on Gecko vs Webkit. Webkit is faster, even on slower systems. And with Chrome(ium) you no longer have to sell Webkit to potential users. My two paise worth... Saurabh ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
