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If this is built into webkit + phonegap/cordova, is that mean we can write mobile app with web/css faster than best optimized native one? What would be limita

by tkinom 11y ago

If this is built into webkit + phonegap/cordova, is that mean we can write mobile app with web/css faster than best optimized native one? What would be limitation for html/css mobile app at that time compare to best of native app?

glibgil 11y ago
webkit is something else. Servo will not be built into webkit. To the rest of your question, if Apple allowed alternate JS engines (they don't) then a web renderer like Servo would be very fast would be competitive with native applications.
- steveklabnik 11y ago
  I believe that your parent was asking if WebRender could be used in WebKit, not Servo.
  - glibgil 11y ago
    The obvious answer is no. This is an video about heroics by the Mozilla team to make WebRender and Servo very fast. I bet $5 that the people trying to make webkit very fast are taking an entirely different approach. There are probably zero whole people in the world that want to work on porting the Mozilla approach to webkit
- tkinom 11y ago
  I read somewhere react native/phone gap base type js app are allowed in app store already. Supposedly, the authors can dynamically update the GUI/js code base on the client without going through the app store update process too.
  - glibgil 11y ago
    Dude, all that stuff runs on webkit. This thread is about Servo. At present, something like Servo cannot be embedded in an iOS app. Yeah, yeah react native or anything else can use web views and downloaded javascript or whatever you want to call it. You can't have Servo and it's 100 FPS though which is what this discussion is about
- mamcx 11y ago
  I don't follow this. I understand the parent op say the ability to embed Serve as the front-end of the app. In this case, Apple is ok (the only limitation left is JIT). I will love a way to have a fast html-rendered for app development, currently look like the only game is http://sciter.com http://sciter.com
  - Brakenshire 11y ago
    iOS does not allow alternative rendering engines. Firefox and Chrome on iPhone are just reskinned versions of the inbuilt browser.
    - mamcx 11y ago
      Yeah, but for the browser used for the user. But for distribute as embebed inside a app?

by tkinom 11y ago

glibgil 11y ago

webkit is something else. Servo will not be built into webkit. To the rest of your question, if Apple allowed alternate JS engines (they don't) then a web renderer like Servo would be very fast would be competitive with native applications.

steveklabnik 11y ago
I believe that your parent was asking if WebRender could be used in WebKit, not Servo.
- glibgil 11y ago
  The obvious answer is no. This is an video about heroics by the Mozilla team to make WebRender and Servo very fast. I bet $5 that the people trying to make webkit very fast are taking an entirely different approach. There are probably zero whole people in the world that want to work on porting the Mozilla approach to webkit
tkinom 11y ago
I read somewhere react native/phone gap base type js app are allowed in app store already. Supposedly, the authors can dynamically update the GUI/js code base on the client without going through the app store update process too.
- glibgil 11y ago
  Dude, all that stuff runs on webkit. This thread is about Servo. At present, something like Servo cannot be embedded in an iOS app. Yeah, yeah react native or anything else can use web views and downloaded javascript or whatever you want to call it. You can't have Servo and it's 100 FPS though which is what this discussion is about
mamcx 11y ago
I don't follow this. I understand the parent op say the ability to embed Serve as the front-end of the app. In this case, Apple is ok (the only limitation left is JIT). I will love a way to have a fast html-rendered for app development, currently look like the only game is http://sciter.com http://sciter.com
- Brakenshire 11y ago
  iOS does not allow alternative rendering engines. Firefox and Chrome on iPhone are just reskinned versions of the inbuilt browser.
  - mamcx 11y ago
    Yeah, but for the browser used for the user. But for distribute as embebed inside a app?