[rekonq] [ANNOUNCE] rekonq 0.6 stable release

Panagiotis Papadopoulos pano_90 at gmx.net
Mon Sep 13 22:25:03 CEST 2010


> > 2) Moving from WebView to GraphicsWebView.
> >
> > The second one is just a Benjamin Poulain's hint that needs more investigation before.
> 
> Actually, I am gonna backpedal a little on this one when it comes to OpenGL.
> 
> Two reasons for that:
> 1) a bug in the graphics system opengl preventing correct repaint of Canvas. It will be fixed in 4.7.1.
> 2) some inconsistent behavior with hardware acceleration. Which will require (1) more benchmarking from me, (2) a backbuffer using raster for non-accelerated content. We are actually looking into that as well for MeeGo, so hopefully a solution will come from there.
> 
> Appart from OpenGL support, it could still be interesting to move to GraphicsWebView without OpenGL at first. I can help prototyping that.
> 

What are the advantages/disadvantages of moving to GraphicsWebView for a user like me? :-P


More information about the rekonq mailing list