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[Luke Bryan <luke32j@xxxxxxx>]

In my opinion webkit would be a fairly buggy base for a JS+QML interface. Even the jQuery folks have said there are more workarounds in their code for odd webkit behavior than other browsers. Mozilla technology is already making great leaps in the os integration area (Boot2gecko, asm.js which optimizes js up to around half the speed of native), which would be very beneficial in a web/javascript app-centered OS.

I do hope Ubuntu phone will be able to run Firefox, or at least the Android version of Firefox?

Best wishes
Luke

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:06:27 -0500
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] browser does not support webgl
From: coder543@xxxxxxxxx
To: luke32j@xxxxxxx
CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WebKit is rapidly becoming the standard for the internet, and I'm not sure what quirks you're talking about. However, if they're developing their own browser, then by definition it cannot be Firefox. If someone develops an alternative browser, nothing will stop you from using it.

Right now, no one offers Firefox for mobile through the Ubuntu UI, so making it even optional would prove to be extremely difficult.
Sincerely,

Josh



Please don't tell me default web browser is webkit?
Won't Firefox be default, or at least have an option to install Firefox on the Ubuntu-phone, like the desktop Ubuntu? I've had enough experiences trying to track down weird webkit quirks that I would prefer not to use it exclusively on a phone.


Best regards,
Luke

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:25:59 -0400
From: pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] browser does not support webgl


  
    
  
  
    On 06/20/2013 05:07 PM, Zisu Andrei
      wrote:

    
    
      I'm not sure webkit linux supports webgl. 
      
        
          Zisu Andrei

          
        
      
    
    This report seems pertinent, will look into it further.

    Pat

    
    https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-30405

    
      
        

        

        On 20 June 2013 20:39, Wim de Vries <wsvries@xxxxxxxxx>
          wrote:

          
            Hi,

            Just tested the Web browser on WebGL ... no support.

            Is there a reason for this?

            I would say a basic feature for mobiles.

            

            Thanks.

                

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