Hi All! Balsa has for some years offered WebKitGTK+ widgets for viewing HTML message parts. Current WebKitGTK+ development, including response to security issues, is only in the webkit2 API, meaning that the original widget may have vulnerabilities. The new widget presents some problems for an email client: unlike the original, it is intrinsically scrollable. Consequently, you get a scrolled window containing the headers and the widget, and a second set of scroll bars for the widget itself. Blocking the loading of images from outside hosts is also less dependable. In a recent bug[1], Jeremy Bicha has asked that we remove support for the original webkit widget in Balsa. I've been using the new widget in builds from git (gtk3 branch) for a year or two with no issues other than those described above. I'm inclined to follow Jeremy's advice, and remove support for the old widget, at least in the gtk3 branch. Would this cause problems for anyone? Thanks for any thoughts! [1] <URL:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770500>
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