From 8e3a4fcc4380c26c466d49fc07356816c69b13f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Hofmann Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 13:07:05 +0100 Subject: README: A word about this branch --- README | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 8124c6e..c80be73 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,11 +15,41 @@ Features: - Optimized hotkeys: Left hand on keyboard, right hand on mouse - Keyword based searching: Opening "wi foo" will search wikipedia - Global content zoom - - View source mode - Cooperative instances using FIFOs - Support for Java +============================================== +IMPORTANT: Current state of the WebKit2 branch +============================================== + +WebKit1 is essentially dead. Sooner or later, we have to jump to +WebKit2. See also: + +http://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2014/08/01/webkitgtk-2-5-1-good-bye-webkit1/ + +There's a number of issues on this branch: + + - No adblock support. As stated in commit f1174ff, this has to be + implemented as a "WebKit2 web extension". Maybe do this in a + project of its own? + - Java appears to work but Flash looks very broken. In fact, there's + a number of crashes of "WebKitPluginProcess2" when pages using + Flash are opened. + - "View source" mode is not yet ported. This feature has been + removed from WebKit2, so we have to invent some way to re-create + this... + - There's an annoying border around the WebView widget. + - There may be a hell lot of other issues that I have not yet + encountered. + +However, important issues of the original WebKit1 lariza have been +fixed: + + - Those pages that crash all WebKit1 browsers do work now. + - The "back" button works reliably. + + ============== About the name ============== -- cgit v1.2.3