Re: Continuing Improvements to WebKit and Dashboard

I finally fired up my widget in Web Kit and was surprised by some new

errors in the _javascript_ console, namely; NETWORK_ERR  and

INVALID_STATE_ERR, after rooting around a Dashcode compiled widget I

modified mine to work, great...

What I was wondering is 2 things:

1. Is there a list of errors available? I.e. what does NETWORK_ERR mean?

2. Is it possible to enable the widget object in webkit? It would be

great if you could since there is a lot of things I am unable to test

in web kit, namely preferences.

Thanks

-js

On 8/24/05, Matt Drance <email@hidden> wrote:

Dashboard Developers,

Since the release of Mac OS X Tiger, developers have delivered thousands of

great Dashboard widgets to users around the world.  Apple is constantly

working to improve the Dashboard experience for both users and

developers.  Apple and the Open Source community continue to advance

standards compliance in the WebKit engine behind Dashboard to

improve compatibility with the web and decrease development time for content

providers, resulting in a better experience for you and your customers.

Through the Web Kit open source project, you have a rare opportunity to test

your widget's compatibility with Web Kit before it ships to your

customers.  We're very interested in seeing you try your widget content with

a nightly build of Safari from http://nightly.webkit.org to make sure our

emphasis on standards compliance is a success.

An ADC article on working with nightly Web Kit builds is at the following

URL:

http://developer.apple.com/opensource/internet/nightlywebkit.html

This describes how to get started with nightly builds and also details

changes to the canvas object -- a big part of widget development -- as a

result of its ongoing standardization process.  Many other changes are

underway as well.  This is a great opportunity to not only prepare for the

future but also shape it by giving us feedback in the form of bug reports

before we release a product.

Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or feedback about these new

developments.  I hope you will take the time to work with us in making

Dashboard as good as it possibly can be in both the near- and short-term

future.

md

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Matt Drance

Sharing Technologies Evangelist

Worldwide Developer Relations

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