[release-notes/gnome-2-28] Add Epiphany
- From: Paul Cutler <pcutler src gnome org>
- To: svn-commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-2-28] Add Epiphany
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:41:27 +0000 (UTC)
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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