The biggest problem I see (bigger than extensions, which I care about a lot), is security updates, will QtWebEngine be updated immediately with upstream Chromium (Blink)? "This version of Qt WebEngine is based on Chromium snapshot version 45.0.2554.101, with additional security fixes from the 46, 47 and 48 branches of the Chromium Project." [1] What about 49, 50, 51? Chrome 48, based on Chromium 48, was release on January 20, 2016, (best thing I found regarding Chromium 48 was Nov 13th, 2015 from [3]) This is several months (6~8) worth of "known" security vulnerabilities, fixed upstream in later releases. If they reach QtWebEngine in a timely manner, this should be OK, if we wait for the next QtWebEngine, this is not acceptable. Regards Mustafa [1] https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-overview.html [2] https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html [3] https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox@xxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> Extensions (especially compatibility with extensions designed for a >> specific >> browser; note that QupZilla does have an extension API, it's just that it >> is >> not currently being used by third-party developers) are not required >> functionality for a web browser. > > > Yes, however people (myself in particular) become dependent on certain > extensions: > Lastpass, Prime Player, Checker Plus, just to name a few. The unfortunate > reality is > unless projects adopt the chrome extension model (as Firefox is doing) not > many are > going to be available. > > That said, it really just depends on what is the criteria for the Fedora KDE > default web > browser. If Qt based is a criteria, I would tend to agree that one would > have a very > difficult time arguing against QupZilla. If it weren't for the extension > issue, I would use > it over Chrome/Chromium. It has many nice features... and bizarrely enough > it actually > uses Pepper Flash from Chrome if you have Chrome installed --- (which is > required for Google Music > for some weird reason). That was a pleasant surprise it worked > automagically. The integrated speed dial > and adblock are also nice. As far as speed, it seems much faster than > Firefox, especially at > startup. My firefox seems to just hang there for a few moments. Don't have > that issue with > Chrome/Chromium or QupZilla. > > > _______________________________________________ > kde mailing list > kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
