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Re: Extending Safari development



Hi,

>> 
>>   It would also be a good way to integrate the new JavaScript
>> Debugger,
>> straight into Safari instead of it being a separate .app.
> 
> The debugger, at a minimum, must be in a separate process; WebCore is
> single threaded.
>
  Sure, but I see this plug-in interface could act as an interface bridge
between the 2 process, as I see this would give a good experience.
 
>>    I can think of lots great ways to extend out Safari, and while I
>> know
>> everybody loves widgets, there are great only for specific tasks/
>> information
>> not for if you want a feature to be available across of the whole of
>> web
>> browsing experience.
>> 
>>   Thinking about this more, I wonder if there's value if WebKit
>> enabled
>> applications would benefit of using these extensions as well, but my
>> primary
>> focus is for Safari.
> 
> I would encourage anyone who is interested in this to submit patches
> to WebKit.  The challenging nature of the problem is to come up with
> such an API that provides a maximal amount of control and override.
>
  Sure, but I would think there needs to some interface hooks into Safari,
to delay with adding menu's, toolbar items and preference integration.

Thanks
Mark.
 
> 
> -- Kevin

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