Hi Patrick, Glad to hear the positive feedback on Safari/WebKit performance on Windows.
IMHO, this performance is due much more to the WebKit portion--much less to the Safari layer. Please note that if you would like to use WebKit on Windows, the mainstream version requires non-redistributable Apple libraries. This means you cannot use it in a commercial application. However, there is an effort underway to replace the Apple libraries with opensource alternatives. See http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/wiki/BuildingCairoOnWindows. This should give you a solution that you can use with your commercial application. Best, Dan On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Patrick Gostovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List. > > > > My company is developing an in-store kiosk application using DHTML/Ajax, > etc. It has to be Windows for a variety of reasons. The goal is to have a > nice looking interface with lots of tasteful, fancy animations. We were > initially planning to use Internet Explorer to maximize hardware peripheral > integration (i.e. card reader, proximity sensor, etc.) and most kiosk > management software vendors assume IE; but needless to say IE's performance > is suboptimal. Firefox is much better. But Safari blows them all away in > every respect – JavaScript performance, rendering speed of animations, > overall prettiness, etc. My big question… How much of Safari's prowess can > be attributed to WebKit? I ask because I have tried both Adobe Air's WebKit > port and the latest QT QWebView widget and I just don't see the same results > – they are both good, but not nearly as smooth and pretty. Why is Safari so > much better, and is there any way to get that Safari experience in locked > down fullscreen mode? > > > > Thanks for indulging. > > > > Patrick > > > > p.s. apologies if this is not the appropriate forum for this question J. > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > >
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