Re: WebKit engine for default browser
 

How fast is it on Google Maps (with StreetView)?

Re: WebKit engine for default browser
 

Indeed the Javascript performance is quite impressive.

Is there already a Browser for Maemo available, using the new Tracemonkey Javascript enginge which will be introduced with Firefox 3.1? Would be interesting to see a direct comparision between Webkit and Tracemonkey on the N8x0. As far as I understand even in the new Fennec Alpha 2, Tracemonkey isn't enabled yet.

At least on my desktop computer there doesn't seem to be a big difference between the Webkit nightly builds and Firefox 3.1 as far as Javascript performance is concerned. On some pages Firefox 3.1 seems to be a bit faster on others Webkit is a tad faster... But overall the difference is barely noticable.

Re: WebKit engine for default browser
 

Just a few glitches noticed (not including the ones you already listed):

1) The keyboard doesn't come up when tapping in a password field (but does everywhere else)
2) The keyboard automatically comes up on many websites that place the curser in a field, which can be a little annoying (for example, Google)
3) The hardware buttons like Zoom +/- and fullscreen don't work (but using the menu to do these functions does)
4) The scrollbar is really jumpy and stutters a lot

Re: WebKit engine for default browser
 

I uploaded new webkit-eal package (0.0.6)

fixed problems with links opening in new window
now entering string in url field that doesn't look like url will launch google search, if it looks like web address, then http:// or ftp:// will be prepended automatically

iskarion,
now I'm trying to rebuild microb engine and then will try to update its javascript engine with latest from FF 3.1b to see how fast is it. it seems that to update engine isn't hard but I'm getting different strange errors when building even default microb-engine package

BrentDC,
I'll check issues with keyboard (I always use hardware keyboard on n810)
hardware buttons work when input focus is on browser (not web page), eg. on url field.

Re: WebKit engine for default browser
 

That's strange. For me, on my N800, the only button that works (albeit extremely intermittently) is the menu key. The zoom and fullscreen buttons are totally dead; it doesn't matter where the focus is (field, image, window, etc.)

Keep up the good work!

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BrentDC, really strange. but in any case this is still need to be fixed in proper way so I hope it will then work on any model

Re: WebKit engine for default browser
 

Fullscreen, zoom, esc, and menu are all dead on my n810 too, but it does not matter, other keys are ok.

pronvit, you are GENIUS! :D

Google Reader was painful to use with old engine, now it is really fast and useful, 12 times faster i would say ;)

EDIT: All hw keys are now working... (maybe something to do with multiple windows?)

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Meanwhile I figured out how to enable Tracemonkey for Fennec Alpha 2
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...0&postcount=16
With Tracemonkey enabled, the Javascript performance is quite comparable to Webkit.

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Thank you. This bug was very annoying to me.

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Great to see downloads, but not popping up the on-screen keyboard for password fields is a show-stopper for me and my n800 currently (although I do plan on purchasing a bluetooth keyboard...). Rendering random pages seemed to work well, though, and way faster than microb!