[release-notes/gnome-2-28] Add Epiphany



commit 5cc29ea47fe07c8f2536f63bce544a01fc3e628b
Author: Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>
Date:   Wed Sep 2 08:41:29 2009 -0500

    Add Epiphany

 help/C/rndevelopers.xml |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 help/C/rnusers.xml      |   14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/rndevelopers.xml b/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
index 3c03ec1..68d09a5 100644
--- a/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
+++ b/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
 	 to move to a Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 license, which all GNOME documentation
 	 will be moving to in the future.
 	 </para>
+	 
 	</sect2>
 
 	<sect2 id="rndevelopers.bluetooth">
@@ -230,6 +231,29 @@
 	 <para>Modern Bluetooth device selection widgets, including a button and chooser,
 	 have been added.
 	 </para>
+	 
+	 </sect2>
+	 
+	<sect2 id="rndevelopers.epiphany">
+	 <title>Epiphany Webrowser</title>
+
+	 <para>
+	  With Epiphany's change to Webkit, a number of enhancements are available for developers in Epiphany.
+	 </para>
+	 
+	 <para>WebKitGTK+ includes extremely fast Javascript processing, a smaller footprint, a GoBject API,
+	 and a built-in web inspector.  Epiphany also includes new support for Seed (JavaScript) extensions, and 
+	 with this addition Python support has been removed.  
+	 </para>
+	 
+	 <para>Epiphany also uses <classname>libsoup</classname> for HTTP implementation and proxies now
+	 work the same way across GNOME now.  Missing features in <classname>libsoup</classname> include 
+	 HTTP cache and content-encoding.
+	 </para>
+	 
+	 <para>Lastly, the context menu in the web view is not customized for Epiphany yet though the defaul
+	 Webkit view is used and accessibility support in Webkit needs some improvements.
+	 </para> 
 
 	</sect2>
 	
diff --git a/help/C/rnusers.xml b/help/C/rnusers.xml
index 31c14a1..d30eb1a 100644
--- a/help/C/rnusers.xml
+++ b/help/C/rnusers.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,20 @@
 	 
 	 </sect2>
 	 
+	<sect2 id="rnusers.epiphany">
+		<title>Epiphany Web Browser</title>
+
+		<para>
+		 The GNOME Web Browser, <application>Epiphany</application>, has switched from to Webkit from Gecko for 
+		 its rendering engine.  While this change should be invisible to users with the exception of a few
+		 performance enhancements, long term the switch to Webkit will have significant benefits to Epiphany users.
+		</para>
+		
+		<para>With the change to Webkit, one bug users may experience is Epiphany not being able to save
+		logins and passwords in forms.  This bug will be fixed during the 2.30 development cycle.</para>
+
+	</sect2>	 
+	 
 	<sect2 id="rnusers.video">
 		<title>Media Player Improvements</title>
 



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