Re: WebKit Bounty

[Rogelio M. Serrano Jr.]

Chris B. Vetter wrote:
> On 3/2/07, Camille Bourgoin <monsieur.camille@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In my opinion, a web framewok is absolutely essential. What is the
>
> Yes.
>
>> best solution ? Starting a Framework from scratch ? Using a preexistent
>> lightweight engine ?
>
> I honestly do not know what the best solution would be. However,
> starting from scratch probably isn't as there already is work to draw
> from.
>
> The beauty of Objective-C is it's expandability. So I guess the best
> way would be to write a browser application as a stand-alone (i.e.
> WITHOUT a build-in WWW engine) providing just the basics, that is, a
> window (with tabs) that holds the documents (i.e. web pages) and the
> navigation bar. Everything else is implemented via "plugins."
>
> That way, you could use an engine based, say, off libwww, while
> another group works on porting WebKit, that can then replace the 'old'
> engine, when it's done. You could even provide both and let the user
> pick his preferred engine through a preference setting.
>
I like this idea...

I think iterm is structured this way.

>> I'm not a programmer (I'm a philosopher and I'm a poor beginner in
>> sh/lisp/C/objective-c who learn a lot but can't doing nothing :(
>> ), then I don't realize correctly the amount of work of porting a
>> Framework like WebKit... Is the project unmanageable ?
>
> I don't think so, but it will require a LOT of work.
>

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