Comments on: Windows 7 and the REALbasic HTMLviewer http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2009/08/windows-7-and-the-realbasic-htmlviewer/ Software Development Using REAL Studio Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Keeney http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2009/08/windows-7-and-the-realbasic-htmlviewer/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Bob Keeney Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:30:54 +0000 http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/?p=445#comment-69 I received this note from Geoff Perlman via my FaceBook account: "Our ultimate goal is to use Webkit (if it's installed) on all platforms and drop back to the platform default (GTK HMTL on Linux, the IE renderer on Windows) if WebKit is not installed. We could include WebKit, but it's huge so I don't think that's a good option. When we reach this point, if someone really needs WebKit, they can make sure their own Windows Installer installs it." I received this note from Geoff Perlman via my FaceBook account:

“Our ultimate goal is to use Webkit (if it’s installed) on all platforms and drop back to the platform default (GTK HMTL on Linux, the IE renderer on Windows) if WebKit is not installed. We could include WebKit, but it’s huge so I don’t think that’s a good option. When we reach this point, if someone really needs WebKit, they can make sure their own Windows Installer installs it.”

]]> By: Aaron Ballman http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2009/08/windows-7-and-the-realbasic-htmlviewer/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Aaron Ballman Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:55:39 +0000 http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/?p=445#comment-68 The platform native is a hard choice though. On Linux and now Windows, the platform may not HAVE a consistent default. Personally, a single html rendering engine solution would be acceptable even if it's not native. HTML rendering isn't like a lot of other user experience choices in that native vs non-native doesn't affect the user. At least, not nearly as much as it would with controls such as buttons or listboxes. The platform native is a hard choice though. On Linux and now Windows, the platform may not HAVE a consistent default. Personally, a single html rendering engine solution would be acceptable even if it’s not native. HTML rendering isn’t like a lot of other user experience choices in that native vs non-native doesn’t affect the user. At least, not nearly as much as it would with controls such as buttons or listboxes.

]]> By: Brad Rhine http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2009/08/windows-7-and-the-realbasic-htmlviewer/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Brad Rhine Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:43:47 +0000 http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/?p=445#comment-67 As far as which rendering engine it uses, maybe the best solution would to have an option at design time: use platform-native engine or use Gecko/Webkit/Whatever. Just a thought... As far as which rendering engine it uses, maybe the best solution would to have an option at design time: use platform-native engine or use Gecko/Webkit/Whatever. Just a thought…

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