[haiku] Re: Google and Haiku Browser
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:35:11 +0100
Hi,
On 2010-02-03 at 11:08:23 [+0100], Giuseppe Gargaro
<giuseppe.gargaro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello community, I appreciate very much your work all your commitment and
> vision demonstrated over the years.
>
> With Haiku I can say I never stopped using BeOS, and for me the system is
> already a big step forward compared to BeOS 5.
>
> I would like to hear your opinion on an issue which I think you probably
> have already discussed within the project and there are readings on the
> ml and the forum on the need for a modern browser.
Thanks to the dedication of Maxime Simone, our Google Summer of Code
student who worked on the WebKit port to Haiku last summer, that port has
been kept in sync with the WebKit source code. Recently, I have started to
look into various issues with the port and have now a browser shell that is
capable of rendering the Haiku website without visual errors.
Currently I am stuck at making input fields work, but I hope to overcome
the obstacles as I encounter them. Unfortunately, I don't know how much
longer I will be able to work on this port. If all goes well, I hope to
come up with a NetPositive style browser. I.e. no features except Downloads
window and browsing history as well as other persistent storage needed at
the bare minimum.
Help would be much appreciated, but that requires my changes to become
visible first. For the moment, I am struggling with the Gitorious
repository that was setup for the Haiku port, but I have gained commit
access and should be able to sort this out soon.
Best regards,
-Stephan
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