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Re: questions on WebView for Mac apps
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Re: questions on WebView for Mac apps


  • Subject: Re: questions on WebView for Mac apps
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 11:59:10 -0700

> On Sep 30, 2015, at 10:43 AM, Conrad Shultz <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> WKWebVew is the preferred API.
>
> If WKWebView is missing API that prevents you from adopting it (on either iOS or OS X) please file a bug at https://bugreport.apple.com <https://bugreport.apple.com/>.

Really? WKWebView has like ¼ the API surface area of WebView. It’s abundantly obvious that it provides significantly less functionality — surely Apple doesn’t need developers to tell it that. I realize that WKWebView is more secure, and it's a step up from UIWebView, but it is in no way a replacement for WebView. It’s like Garage Band vs Final Cut Pro.

(Speaking of apps, this reminds me uncomfortably of what Apple’s done to the iWork apps (and before that, to iMovie and Aperture) — update them by removing massive amounts of functionality. Two years later I still can’t use the latest version of Pages, because it’s missing independent left/right-page margin settings.)

—Jens
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