Maybe RunRev could implement a safari or firefox component, so RunRev will gain a true cross-platform and one could use a lot of existing plugins (even flash players, real player, svg viewer, etc...)
Finally one could get some info to interact RevTalk and javascript?
Thank you.
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hliljegren
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Have you had a look at revBrowser? From the user guide:
There is an example stack at runrev's site also.
Download the demo and se how easy it is to implement a browser in your rev stacks.
As such flash works, svg works. (well if you have the correct plugins of course.)RevBrowser uses WebKit (Safari) on Mac OS X and Internet Explorer on Windows.
There is an example stack at runrev's site also.
Download the demo and se how easy it is to implement a browser in your rev stacks.
Yes, I red it (and tried it!).
There are two problems in that revBrowser implementation:
1) Linux is NOT supported (not real cross-platform)
2) Since they use native browsers, the final behaviour could be different (Safari and IE arise the (in)famous problem of cross-browser html problems). Furthermore in this way one must even consider problems related to different installed versions.
It is true that a plugin (like Flash) is so much browser-independent, but I know a lot of people that still use "old" browsers like IE 6.
I think RunRev should definitively implement a native library (if I know that RunRev implement Gecko engine Version "xyz" I can make a real cross-platform viewer).
However, since our alternative for SVG viewer is... nothing, then I think I could try to use revBrowser
(but I don't like this solution).
Thank you!
There are two problems in that revBrowser implementation:
1) Linux is NOT supported (not real cross-platform)
2) Since they use native browsers, the final behaviour could be different (Safari and IE arise the (in)famous problem of cross-browser html problems). Furthermore in this way one must even consider problems related to different installed versions.
It is true that a plugin (like Flash) is so much browser-independent, but I know a lot of people that still use "old" browsers like IE 6.
I think RunRev should definitively implement a native library (if I know that RunRev implement Gecko engine Version "xyz" I can make a real cross-platform viewer).
However, since our alternative for SVG viewer is... nothing, then I think I could try to use revBrowser
(but I don't like this solution).Thank you!
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hliljegren
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Linux is of course a problem if you need to support it. I can also see the disadvantage of using WebKit on Mac and IE on Windows as they are quite different in the DOM and how they treat CSS-files. (Have you seen a single CSS file that does not contain an IE fix somewhere??? 
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I also think several other built-in browser objects do the same (RealBasic works in the same way for sure)
But my original thought was that if you just want to show an SVG-file and feed it directly to the browser the differences should be very minor.
If RunRev implemented it's "own" true browser (maybe based on Gecko) we would have a consistant browser experience on all platforms, but you would also have to ensure that the plugins needed was installed for your revBrowser...
) I also think several other built-in browser objects do the same (RealBasic works in the same way for sure)
But my original thought was that if you just want to show an SVG-file and feed it directly to the browser the differences should be very minor.
If RunRev implemented it's "own" true browser (maybe based on Gecko) we would have a consistant browser experience on all platforms, but you would also have to ensure that the plugins needed was installed for your revBrowser...