Refusing to accept that QtWebKit is really dead and being bored last evening,I looked through Github if there is anything happening related to QtWebKit.
Surprisingly,I found this repository rather quickly: GitHub - movableink/webkit: Unofficial mirror of the WebKit SVN repository
I’m not really an expert for Qt stuff,so I can’t say exactly how useful it is,but if we have some good luck and that really is a drop-in replacement for our current QtWebKit port based on the latest upstream Webkit code from Apple,it may give Otter Browser and other Qt-based browsers on Haiku a nice boost.
Imagine having all websites in Otter Browser work as good as in GNOME Web,but with a lot more features in the browser itself and a nicer UI,that would be awesome.
Maybe someone with a more powerful machine than mine can try building this and see what happens?
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- QtWebkit was phased out for QtWebEngine. Qt6 moving forward.
- HaikuWebKit is migrating to WebKit2 (WebKit 618).
- Safari 17.1 (WebKit 616.2.9) is higher than mentioned QtWebkit fork (WebKit 616.1.11).
- Epiphany (Gnome Web) is already on a recent WebKitGTK.
So… it would become a step back in the upkeep - in lieu of web server maintainers keeping compatibility with the major web browser developers (i.e. Safari) and web security concerns.
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