It's an evaluation right now. If it works out, it's highly unlikely that LL would maintain both however.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Nexeus Fatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So is this an official movement away from the Gecko rendering engine or > providing the user with more of a choice between the two? > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Timeless Prototype > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Generally speaking, I think if webkit is used then all webkit-related >> security vulnerabilities from the past found in other browsers should be >> revisited to make sure they don't apply or are mitigated here. >> >> http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=webkit >> http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=safari >> and any Security Updates listed here that may or may not apply to webkit: >> http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/ >> >> - Timeless Prototype >> >> http://www.timelessprototype.com/tpdc/blog/post/2008/06/A-Glimpse-Into-the-Future---SL-Browser-Wars.aspx >> >> >> Rob Lanphier wrote: >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > I've been pretty cagey about our efforts with respect to integration of >> > Webkit into the Second Life viewer, in large part because we haven't had >> > much beyond the prototype/vaporware stage. The topic came up again at >> > the public office hour. See here for the transcript: >> > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Meeting/2008-11-07 >> > >> > Not that we're really far beyond the prototype stage still, but we have >> > a little work to show you. >> > >> > We're working with Torch Mobile, a company with a pretty deep bench when >> > it comes to Webkit development (they have several committers on staff). >> > They've published a Git repository with their latest work, which you can >> > browse here: >> > http://code.staikos.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=llmozlib;a=summary >> > >> > Note that this is just source code for Webkit integrated into uBrowser >> > (which is API compatible with the Second Life viewer, and thus provides >> > a step toward integration). More details about uBrowser are here: >> > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/UBrowser >> > >> > They've done some work on QtWebkit, and are in the process of >> > prototyping Skia/Webkit. We haven't settled on an exact direction yet, >> > but we'd like to see what people who download the code and try to get it >> > working think. >> > >> > Rob >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: >> > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev >> > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting >> > privileges >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: >> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev >> Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting >> privileges > > > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
