XUL support in Konqueror/KHTML.

[George Staikos]

On Thursday 18 November 2004 13:36, Paul Sprakes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to try and add xul support to Konqueror and after looking around
> khtml source I think I have a good idea for progressing with it.

   You mean you want to add it into KHTML itself?

[...]

> Obviously the next step is to actually create a plugin xul implementation
> and possibly others (xaml?)
>
> So, is it doable? And if so anyone want to help flesh out the design?
>
> P.S. It was pointed out to me on #kde-devel that kaxul exists in kdenonbeta
> (must explore that module more). I'm going to look into it and see what its
> capabilities are. Coincidentally, my first thought was to create a xul
> app/kpart and call it kaxul. But eventually came to the conclusion that
> khtml already supports most of the functionality (javascript, embedded html
> etc) and would be easier to implement that way.

   I wrote most of that code.  The idea is that XUL can be implemented with 
native widgets as opposed to rendering.  It's much faster and more 
aesthetically pleasing I think.

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