[webkit-dev] Is WebKit's javascript subpar?

[Justin Haygood]

JavaScriptCore definely works on Windows (x86 only, no x64 support due to no
inlining of assembly) :). You can even embed it in other apps and it works
fine.

On 5/26/06, Kevin Newman <CaptainN at unfocus.com> wrote:
>
> Cool! I'll check that out.
>
> Also, I think you are right, that people are complaining about the
> browser specific bugs, not the core JavaScript implementation. Aside
> from a scoping issue in a very old version of Safari that I once had, I
> haven't run into any problems specifically related to JavaScript.
>
> Kevin N.
>
>
>
> David Hyatt wrote:
> > No nightlies yet, but you can build Spinneret - the test viewer app on
> > Win32.
> >
> > http://wiki.opendarwin.org/index.php/WebKit:Building_On_Windows
> >
> > Hopefully we'll get nightlies of Spinneret going soon so that people
> > can download it, try it out and report bugs.
> >
> > dave
> > (hyatt at apple.com)
> >
> > On May 26, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Kevin Newman wrote:
> >
> >> Speaking strictly as a web site/JavaScript developer, I can tell you
> >> that it is most difficult to develop in Safari's JS implementation.
> >> It does seem to have it's quirks, and they are difficult to debug for
> >> two primary reasons. The JavaScript output in Safari 1.3 is terrible,
> >> and frequently useless. This problem may have been fixed in later
> >> versions of Safari/WebKit, however, that is the second problem. I
> >> develop on Windows primarily, and have limited access to Safari and
> >> Mac OS X (like many other JS hackers I would imagine).
> >>
> >> My suggestion - if you want more people to use and become familiar
> >> with the quirks of Web-Kit's JS runtime, port it to Windows. Then it
> >> can be tested more easily by people using that platform - even if
> >> it's ugly. It took me a long time to get familiar and comfortable
> >> with Mozilla's quirks (yes it has them too), but I was only able to
> >> do so, because it runs on my preferred platform (Windows). This would
> >> also help me create test cases for bugs that I know exist in Safari,
> >> but can't find both the time and the access to a recent enough Mac OS
> >> X machine to create.
> >>
> >> BTW, if there is some way to test sites out in Web-Kit on Windows -
> >> even if that means VMWare running Linux, I'd be willing to give it a
> >> try.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Kevin N.
> >>
> >>
> >> Abhi Beckert wrote:
> >>> I've seen several blog posts recently (eg:
> >>> http://rentzsch.com/code/dashcodeForAjaxAppDevelopment) that boldly
> >>> state WebKit's "ajax support" is vastly inferior to FireFox. All of
> >>> them have been very vague and haven't specified exactly where WebKit
> >>> is lacking, so I thought I'd ask you guys: Is WebKit inferior, or is
> >>> it just because FF is cross platform/has more users, and the companies
> >>> are focusing on FF first, and other engines later?
> >>>
> >>> If these claims are unfounded, lets chop them off at the head.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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