We are still working our way up to a proper release. The Lively Kernel itself seems pretty well ready at this point, as it now runs reasonably on Firefox, Safari, and Chrome in both SVG and Canvas variants (at least in the Beta versions that offer Canvas).
It would be nice to be able to add Canvas and SVG variants of Opera and Internet Explorer. I believe that Opera only fails due to a few runtime issues and a few syntax issues that should be fairly easy to clear up. It's a nice platform in that it supports both Canvas and SVG already, and it runs on a number of mobile devices. Internet Explorer is another matter. There is a plugin to supply SVG for IE (see http://www.examotion.com/), and I believe there are a couple of packages that will support most canvas operations in IE by using VML (see... http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2008/08/mozilla-drags-ie-into-the-future-with-canvas-element-plugin.ars http://blogs.msdn.com/sompost/archive/2006/02/22/536967.aspx ). I believe that the main hurdle for IE is their JavaScript which has several incompatibilities with our code. What I don't know is how serious theres are and/or what is needed to run al alternative JS in its place. What I read looks pretty daunting. The best solution for IE may be for us to complete a Java applet that runs LK, and then folks can (hopefully) start this up in IE. But that won't happen in time for the release. Anyone want to earn a silver star by getting Opera to run Lively Kernel? Partial credit will also be awarded for making enough progress to be clear about what more is needed. - Dan _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://livelykernel.sunlabs.com/mailman/listinfo/general
