Sorry for the vagueness concerning the "interface to create plugins." I was
actually thinking about plugins that need a UI, such as the "Saft" plugin
for Safari. They need some sort of control panel (in Saft's case, it's added
to Preferences) to use the plugin. There are also plugins that add buttons
to the browser or items to a menu.
So I'm not sure how I would provide a way to make plugins like that for my
browser - though that may be something I learn in the future.
From: "Bill Marriott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Making a browser with Rev
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 07:54:42 -0400
Plugins are actually a different matter... and not a simple yes/no. You're
going to be able to get Flash animation, for example. But the "SoThink SWF
Catcher" plug-in (which lets you decompile SWF files) won't be available.
You won't get a popup blocker; but you won't get popups either. I'm not a
user of altBrowser (I haven't needed the functionality yet), but from what
I
can see you don't get IE right-click menus, IE button bars, or any of the
other UI "chrome." What you will get is identical rendering of a web page
to
how it would be rendered in the system's browser.
"Your own interface to create plugins?" -- I really don't know what you
mean
by this but to my knowledge the SDKs for Safari and IE are not designed for
Revolution coders.
Revolution does have the ability to open a web page in a separate window
using the system browser... revGoURL <url> is the command.
In any event, altBrowser is a free download (nicely documented with
samples)
to try before you buy, and so is Revolution... should be easy enough to see
if it does what you want. And its author, Chipp Walters, is a daily visitor
to this discussion list.
"Mark Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Jack, I'm pretty sure that altBrowser uses the actual browser engine
the
> user has on their machine, so whatever browser plugins they have
> installed will also be working in altBrowser. I expect Chipp Walters
will
> fill us in on the facts in a little while.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
> On 3 Jun 2006, at 08:50, Jack Tsu wrote:
>
>> I'm still kind of worried about specific things, like how to provide
my
>> own interface to create plug-ins, since I assume my app can't use IE
or
>> Safari plug-ins. I'd like to create a serious browser for everyday
use,
>> not just a toy to hack with. But anyway, altBrowser looks very
promising
>> and I think I might try it.
>
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