Monthly Archives: November 2007

In the last month, we’ve started to look more seriously at the WebKit public API and how it fits with GLib/GTK+ principles. Some of the fixes have been obvious: #16174: Use “URI” not “URL” in public API #15691: The main widget should be called WebView, not Page Policy changes have been made to ensure consistency: [...]

In my talk at LCE 2007, I touched on the issue of proprietary branches and their effect on developer morale. On the WebKit/GTK+ team, we’ve had to deal with this issue a few times. A year ago, Adobe promised great new graphics features from their AIR fork of WebKit that never materialised. We chose to [...]