Re: [MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-05 Thread Thiago Macieira
On Thursday 5. August 2010 13.03.39 stefan hakansson wrote: > Another advantage (IMHO) would be the momentum and drive behind WebKit. And > one of the founders of Meego is a main contributor to WebKit. There's no doubt about that. But there are generic browsers and branded browsers today. Some co

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-05 Thread stefan hakansson
Another advantage (IMHO) would be the momentum and drive behind WebKit. And one of the founders of Meego is a main contributor to WebKit. On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Martin Sandsmark wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 11:18:18PM +0200, stefan hakansson wrote: > > Honestly, it is more of a guess

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-04 Thread Martin Sandsmark
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 11:18:18PM +0200, stefan hakansson wrote: > Honestly, it is more of a guess. But my understanding is that QtWebKit uses > GStreamer for media, and that GStreamer is in turn using the available > platform resources in an efficient way. In contrast (still to my > understanding

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-04 Thread Wolfgang Rosenauer
Am 04.08.2010 23:18, schrieb stefan hakansson: > "Where did you get that information from?" > > Honestly, it is more of a guess. But my understanding is that QtWebKit > uses GStreamer for media, and that GStreamer is in turn using the > available platform resources in an efficient way. In contrast

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-04 Thread Roger WANG
stefan hakansson writes: >In contrast (still to my understanding that may be wrong) browsers such >as Chrome and Fennec uses their own media frameworks that are in a much >worse position when it comes to utilize platform specific capabilities. That's not true here. At least in MeeGo Fennec we su

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-04 Thread stefan hakansson
"Where did you get that information from?" Honestly, it is more of a guess. But my understanding is that QtWebKit uses GStreamer for media, and that GStreamer is in turn using the available platform resources in an efficient way. In contrast (still to my understanding that may be wrong) browsers s

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-04 Thread Thiago Macieira
On Wednesday 4. August 2010 08.28.08 stefan hakansson wrote: > Hi, > > would not a browser built on QtWebKit have a performance advantage over any > stand alone browser since QtWebKit reuses performance optimizations and hw > acceleration in a way a stand alone browser can not do? Where did you g

[MeeGo-dev] Ang.: Re: Browser - Fennec / Webkit

2010-08-04 Thread stefan hakansson
Hi, would not a browser built on QtWebKit have a performance advantage over any stand alone browser since QtWebKit reuses performance optimizations and hw acceleration in a way a stand alone browser can not do? Can be important - especially on battery powered devices. --Stefan Den 4 aug 2010 13