It's unclear to me how these contributions would further the project goals:
http://webkit.org/projects/goals.html The closest goal seems to be the following: [[ Web Content Engine The project's primary focus is content deployed on the World Wide Web, using standards-based technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the DOM. However, we also want to make it possible to embed WebKit in other applications, and to use it as a general-purpose display and interaction engine. ]] Adam On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Chinmaya Sn <chinm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Let me put it this way, I am working on a new standard, which > leverages some of HTML5 standards but tries to extend them > (not enhance) to answer some of the Cable industry challenges. > > I started by analysing WebKit layer, it has very strong assumption of > layering browser-engine, and mostly has APIs which helps you > build a html browser, why not, WebKit is a browser-engine. > > In my first case, of rendering a special kind of "app" on top of HTML5 video; > these apps don't speak html/javascript, they speak primitives such as > drawRectangle, drawLine etc. and has own events and processing > functions (its a language in itself) which needs to be translated into > either C++ or HTML/JavaScript. > > My primary requirements is to add new modules which represent new > standards which work in conjunction with HTML5 (very closely) without > any changes inside WebCore. > > > > Today WebKit would not gain anything, this is new standard work in > progress. Tomorrow things might change, and if someone says I > want this Cable specific feature, one could easily tell 'hey build > WebKit with this flag and you will get that feature for free', > that is my motto. > > I am driving this as as future proof solution. > Currently I'll be performing these changes only in my own branch. > > Makes sense? > > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Ariya Hidayat <ariya.hida...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I guess you also need to supply the justification: what would WebKit >> gain from such modules? Are the modules part of HTML5 and other web >> standards? >> >> >> Regards, >> > > > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Simon Fraser <simon.fra...@apple.com> wrote: >> I'll be the first to ask this question: what do you need to do that you can >> do >> with existing WebKit APIs, and existing web technology? >> >> With video, you could use http streaming to deliver custom content, >> and make sure of accelerated compositing to ensure that you can >> efficiently layer HTML content on top of video. >> >> If your platform does not have support for these, then the "right" >> way to address this is to add support for these missing pieces, >> rather than hacking at WebCore internals. >> >> Simon >> >> On Aug 24, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Chinmaya Sn wrote: >> >>> The current module I have implemented works closely with >>> RenderingEngine/GraphicsContext and HTML5 video player, which >>> tries to deliver some special interactive Apps (In Cable World) as an >>> overlay over HTML5 Video, >>> the apps themselves are delivered as one of the private streams in the >>> Video, so some work has gone inside implementation >>> of video player itself. >>> >>> In near future, I will be poking around a lot with HTML5 player. I >>> will be implementing lot more modules like above, >>> which will be linked to WebCore. Each of the new enhancements I >>> provide needs to be use WebCore and should be >>> accessible to HTML page author. So I will be drilling some holes to >>> expose these modules as a finite set of JavaScript objects. >>> >>> -- >>> Chinmaya >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Peter Kasting <pkast...@google.com> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Chinmaya Sn <chinm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have special case in my hand; currently I maintain a custom branch >>>>> of WebKit, I already have >>>>> implemented a module which sits closely with WebCore and it works just >>>>> fine. One of my >>>>> goals is to deliver these changes back to community and even may be >>>>> back to WebKit repository. In near >>>>> future I will be implementing at least 2-3 such modules, which work >>>>> closely with WebCore and >>>>> JavaScriptCore but they may not have to anything to do HTML browser >>>>> engine as such. >>>> >>>> Why don't you say more about what you're trying to do. It's hard to answer >>>> in the abstract. >>>> PK >>> >> >> > > > > -- > Chinmaya > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
