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. > > [...] > ===== > -- > Soh Kam Yung > my Google Reader Shared links: > (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) > my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: > (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > 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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