Category Archives: Mono

HTML5 Theora Video Codec for Silverlight

I’m glad to announce the first release of our fully managed Theora audio / video decoder implementation for the Silverlight platform! The Highgate media suite will bring installation-free support for HTML5 streaming video to an additional ~40% of web users overnight. So, a few drinks will be in order to celebrate the release at the [...]

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Summer of Code projects for browser hackers

With the revised deadline for Google Summer of Code ’08 student applications looming, we’ve been getting a lot of interest in browser-related student projects. I’ve put together a list of some of my favourite ideas. GNOME ideas Epiphany Desktop integration Bookmark and history integration JavaScript debugger based on Drosera / Web Inspector Evolution Bug tracking [...]

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GUADEC: The first day

Sunday came and went in Birmingham. This was an opportunity to meet many of my colleagues face to face for the first time. Managed D-Bus talk went very well. Huge interest from the usual suspects, but also from the wider GNOME community. Packed room, engaging audience. Sundays are usually quite boring, but this one was an [...]

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WebKit/Gtk+ is coming

The WebKit Gtk+/Cairo port has recently had a burst of activity — it’s really starting to shape up. I’ve recently had the opportunity to coordinate my efforts on the port and in the last couple of weeks we’ve provided patches for over a dozen bug reports (often requests for enhancement) . Most importantly, we’ve decided to [...]

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