RE: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-02 Thread Ray Camden
widgets I needed built. > -Original Message- > From: Dave Johnson [mailto:dave.c.john...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:28 PM > To: callback-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Cordova for desktop > > Hi all, I just wanted to start a discussion about Cord

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Dave Johnson
Well we can do node in our own webkit of course :) https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit At any rate, some of the requirements in my mind are (for the sake of discussion) - (optional?) security sandbox - cross domain XHR (XHR2?) - liberal and compatible license of other components (thinking o

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Patrick Mueller
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Joe Bowser wrote: > You mean Apple doesn't want V8 in Webkit2. Unless I'm missing a thread. Correct. http://markmail.org/message/q7j5jhwp65uokiap -- Patrick Mueller http://muellerware.org

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Joe Bowser
You mean Apple doesn't want V8 in Webkit2. Unless I'm missing a thread. On May 1, 2012 2:07 PM, "Patrick Mueller" wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Denis Kormalev wrote: > > > Why not to use Qt at all Windows, Linux and MacOS X? If we are talking > > about Qt5 (which is in development now

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Patrick Mueller
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Denis Kormalev wrote: > Why not to use Qt at all Windows, Linux and MacOS X? If we are talking > about Qt5 (which is in development now) it will have webkit2 inside (Qt4 has webkit1). > I suspect some folks will want their native UI bits (buttons, lists, etc) to

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Shazron
Denis, What would be a typical filesize hit for including Qt4/Qt5? On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Denis Kormalev wrote: > Why not to use Qt at all Windows, Linux and MacOS X? If we are talking about > Qt5 (which is in development now) it will have webkit2 inside (Qt4 has > webkit1). > > -- > R

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Denis Kormalev
Why not to use Qt at all Windows, Linux and MacOS X? If we are talking about Qt5 (which is in development now) it will have webkit2 inside (Qt4 has webkit1). -- Regards, Denis Kormalev On 02 May 2012, at 00:43, Patrick Mueller wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Dave Johnson wrote: > >> H

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Shazron
Mainly it's a: 1. size issue (embedded - big, system webkit - small) 2. control issue (embedded - more control of webview features, system webkit - fluctuates with system updates) Since we are not dealing with Mobile, issue (1) should not be a problem, but we can't really have lightweight apps. Pe

Re: Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Patrick Mueller
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Dave Johnson wrote: > Hi all, I just wanted to start a discussion about Cordova as a > solution for building desktop apps and get some ideas flowing around > what people are thinking about that. > Sounds fun to me. It would be useful to talk about what the differe

Cordova for desktop

2012-05-01 Thread Dave Johnson
Hi all, I just wanted to start a discussion about Cordova as a solution for building desktop apps and get some ideas flowing around what people are thinking about that. Good idea? Bad idea? What do people think about using the OS webview vs embedding webkit? Whatever else ... Thoughts? -dave