[Discuss] WebRunner on Ubuntu

[Ronald Schouten]

I think you are talking about XULRunner. And yes, many people are
disappointed that Mozilla is not pushing this to be a common runtime
for XUL based applications. I would agree with the Mozilla perspective
that creating a common runtime is not a trivial task and would divert
resources from a still very competitive browser market. I would also
agree that the browser is more important than a common runtime as we
are seeing a significant trend away from desktop applications toward
web applications.

But this is a bit of a digression. WebRunner is a more than XULRunner
(although based on it) and aims to provide a browser for web
applications that don't need all of the UI features that come with a
full-blown browser. More info here:

http://wiki.mozilla.org/WebRunner

Rlon

On 03/10/2007, Lloyd Budd <foolswisdom at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/2/07, Ronald Schouten <ron at atomeo.com> wrote:
> > Has anybody played with WebRunner (the mozilla web application
> > platform) on Ubuntu (or any Linux distro)? If so I would like to hear
> > how it is working for you as I can't seem to configure it right.
>
> I don't have first hand experience trying to work with it, but I know
> many people that have been disappointed with its progress and
> Mozilla's position that Firefox is the platform. Some of these people
> have found WebKit to be a better foundation for their work.
>
> Hope that helps,
> --
> I can't grow without light,
> Lloyd
> http://foolswisdom.com/
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