Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of QtWebKitFeatures22

Timestamp:

Sep 13, 2011 6:52:08 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

Ademar Reis

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QtWebKitFeatures22

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 !QtWebKit is a web content engine based on the Open Source WebKit project, the same engine used by browsers such as [http://www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome] and [http://www.apple.com/safari/ Safari] from Apple. !QtWebKit has broad support for modern web technologies and is compliant with typical web content. !QtWebKit is developed as a part of the WebKit community, which enables every new release of !QtWebKit to include the latest developments from the WebKit project.
 
-!QtWebKit has a C++ API that allows Qt applications to embed web content, and to examine and manipulate the web content. The !QtWebKit C++ API is extensively documented in the !QtWebKit documentation.
+!QtWebKit has a C++ API that allows Qt applications to embed web content, and to examine and manipulate it. The !QtWebKit C++ API is extensively documented in the !QtWebKit documentation.
 
-!QtWebKit-2.2 was branched from the WebKit trunk on May of 2011 and includes several HTML5, CSS and JavaScript improvements when compared to !QtWebKit-2.1 and !QtWebKit-2.0 (see details below).
+!QtWebKit-2.2 was branched from the WebKit trunk on May of 2011 (r85855) and includes several HTML5, CSS and JavaScript improvements when compared to !QtWebKit-2.1 (an independent release, not part of the Qt bundle) and !QtWebKit-2.0 (part of Qt-4.7).
 
-See also: [wiki:QtWebKitRelease22 QtWebKit-2.2 releases] (trackers, download, repository, etc)
+!QtWebKit-2.2 is up-to-date regarding fixes for security problems found in the WebKit codebase. Since the branch creation in May, more than fifty security fixes have been brought into the stabilization branch.
 
-=== Candidate Experimental Web Developer features ===
+See also: [wiki:QtWebKitRelease22 QtWebKit-2.2 release page] (trackers, download, repository, list of fixes, etc)
 
+== Changes since QtWebKit-2.0 (Qt-4.7.*) ==
+
+The WebKit project moves really fast and it's hard to highlight specific features of !QtWebKit-2.2. Below is a small list of some of the most important new features supported by the engine. Besides these new features, thousands of other improvements and bugfixes have been made.
+
+Please note that !QtWebKit-2.1 was an indepentent intermediary release targeted at mobile platforms only. It's not included here for simplicity.
+
+=== Web Developer Features ===
+
+These are some of the new features present in QtWebKit-2.2:
+
+  * Improved support for HTML5 media (audio/video)
   * HTML5 File API (http://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/)
   * Typed Array (http://www.khronos.org/registry/typedarray/specs/latest/)
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   * DeviceMotion (http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source-orientation.html)
   * CSSOM View Module (http://www.w3.org/TR/cssom-view/)
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-== Changes since QtWebKit-2.1 ==
-(!QtWebKit-2.1 was an independent release targeted at and supported on mobile platforms.)
-
-The main changes since !QtWebKit-2.1 are:
-
- * '''TODO:''' fill-in notable changes on trunk since 2.1 was branched (June of 2010)
- * Improved support for HTML5 media (audio/video) on desktop platforms;
-
-== Changes since QtWebKit-2.0 (Qt-4.7.*) ==
-(!QtWebKit-2.0 was the previous version supported on desktop and mobile platforms. It's the !QtWebKit version included in Qt-4.7.)
-
-These are the changes between !QtWebKit-2.0 and !QtWebKit-2.1 (combine them with the changes between !QtWebKit-2.1 and !QtWebKit-2.2 to have the full list)
-
-=== Notable Web Developer features ===
-
   * Spatial Navigation
   * Touch Events
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   * Native JSON parser
 
-Note: HTML5 and CSS3 features are based on draft specifications that are subject to change. 
+Note: HTML5 and CSS3 features are based on draft specifications that are subject to change. Some of them are still considered experimental.
 
 == See also ==