Thread: Diablo Released - Say Goodbye to Firmware Flashing
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2008-06-27 , 12:17
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Not likely to happen. They're on track for Fremantle with the Gecko trunk release, but you're unlikely to see it in an SSU update before then. You're more than welcome to compile the MicroB svn, though, which definitely has more than a few improvements over the version shipped with Diablo.
Bummer. The browser is the single most-used component of the tablet and it would really benefit from the more recent development (and release quality).

Fremantle/Maemo 5.0? It's still a vague target and not expected until sometime next year.

I tried to search for some explanation for the apparent lag in releasing more recent browser code but nothing obvious jumped out.

Maybe the older versions of GTK/GLIB used in 4.x of Maemo aren't simply well-suited for building some of the latest GTK-based apps?

Whatever the reason, I hope some kind of solution, even if unofficial, could be found to bring the browser (engine + UI options) closer to the mainstream release.