On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Soh Kam Yung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> (
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080818-nokia-helps-port-firefox-to-qt.html
> )
>
> This makes me more keen to try out KDE (and Kubuntu).  I found Firefox
> running in KDE ugly.
> =====
> Nokia helps port Firefox to Qt
> By Ryan Paul | Published: August 18, 2008 - 08:10AM
>
> The Firefox web browser has been ported to the Qt widget toolkit
> through a collaborative development effort by Nokia and Mozilla. This
> port will facilitate much stronger visual integration between Firefox
> and KDE-based Linux environments and will also simplify the process of
> bringing Firefox to mobile platforms that support Qt.
>
> [...]
>
> Although the Qt toolkit already includes Apple's powerful WebKit HTML
> rendering engine, Nokia still sees a lot of value in supporting
> Firefox. During the recent Akademy conference, Nokia developer Oleg
> Romaxa told KDE's Dot news site that Firefox offers a better browsing
> experience and that Nokia might have some competitive concerns about
> Apple's control over WebKit.
>
> [...]
>
> Qt is already supported on several flavors of mobile Linux and gained
> support for Windows Mobile in its latest release. Nokia is also
> bringing Qt to Maemo, its Linux-based software platform that's used on
> Internet Tablet devices.
>
> [...]
> =====
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> Soh Kam Yung
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Actually there's a better screenshot which looks much much nicer than the
article
http://browser.garage.maemo.org/news/10/
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