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Firefox 3.5/Gecko 1.9.1 engine for Songbird 1.3 for better speed/features
G'day,
I have noticed that Songbird 1.3a (the nightly) uses the Firefox 3.0 engine still. As it is only an alpha still, I'm just wondering if there's any chance that 1.3 final will use the Firefox 3.5 engine (Gecko 1.9.1)?
It would certainly make a HUGE difference to the performance of Songbird (as it has to firefox), accelerate as well as add significant new features to rendered webpages.
I have noticed that Songbird 1.3a (the nightly) uses the Firefox 3.0 engine still. As it is only an alpha still, I'm just wondering if there's any chance that 1.3 final will use the Firefox 3.5 engine (Gecko 1.9.1)?
It would certainly make a HUGE difference to the performance of Songbird (as it has to firefox), accelerate as well as add significant new features to rendered webpages.
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Inappropriate?This is not likely to appears on Songbird 1.3 who is based on Gecko/XR 1.9.0.11 (Firefox 3.0.11)
This bug track Gecko/XR 1.9.0.12 (Firefox 3.0.12) update for Songbird 1.4 :
http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show...
This bug track Gecko/XR 1.9.1 (Firefox 3.5) update (but not Songbird target) :
http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show...
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Inappropriate?I did create a specific bug for that :
http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show...
Now waiting for preed to reply
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a little secret inside information: preed is stuck on jury duty this week. ;-) -
Inappropriate?I've been thinking that if it takes a while, it might be worth skipping 1.9.1 and going straight to 1.9.2, which I believe will come with a 3D context for <canvas>. This could mean an OpenGL powered coverflow, which would be awesome.</canvas>
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yeah .. pretend that last canvas isn't there
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LOL. But if it wasn't it wouldn't be HTML compliant?
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Hehe. That's the sign of a true programmer- you couldn't leave any tag left open.
That sounds like a great idea if it would ease the process of upgrading Songbird's engine. Is there a website where you can read about the new features and changes to Gecko? -
There's this one:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-1030...
and here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Fire...
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