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Date/Time:2012-Mar-01 20:18:57
Subject:Re: Re: android pano?

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PanoTools NG: Re: Re: android pano? Isaac Garcia 2012-Mar-01 20:18:57
Well, Chrome for Android requieres ICS (Android 4), so I won?t see it as a
realistic "mainstream" update anytime soon :(


Cheers from Madrid.


On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Roger Howard <#removed#> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:29 AM, Ian Wood <#removed#>wrote:
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>> On 28 Feb 2012, at 19:22, texas360dave wrote:
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>> > Not sure what WebKit is maybe it is a subset of Mozilla or something
>> like that.
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>> Not quite. It's the open source web browser engine primarily developed by
>> Apple. ;-)
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> It originated outside of Apple as part of Konquerer/KHTML; Apple put a lot
> of work into it to create WebKit, which continues to be open source, Safari
> (which is based on WebKit) which istheir browser, and all the other
> components of Apple products which require a browser engine (like iAds,
> WebViews, etc).
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> Google later got involved in WebKit, which is the heart of Chrome (on
> desktops), and both the original Android Browser and now the new Chrome for
> Android. Google puts a lot of work into WebKit, just like Apple (and
> others); it's one reason why developed for Chrome and Safari together is
> fantastic - they share so much heritage that their behaviors (at least in
> HTML/CSS rendering) are very, very similar; though Apple and Google are
> often on different versions of WebKit (since Chrome is a bit more
> aggressively updated), and they use different JavaScript engines.
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> Back to Flash on Android - as people update their Android devices,
> particularly people installing Chrome for Android (a much better browser
> than the stock Android browser), they will progressively be losing Flash
> Player - the upgrade cycle in mobiles is working *against* Flash
> penetration, not in its favor.
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