[webkit-dev] Request for comments

Fri Aug 15 01:23:12 PDT 2008

On Aug 15, 2008, at 12:15 AM, Jonni.Rainisto at nokia.com wrote:

> Yes, we are well aware of WebKit Teams proposals:
> http://www.nabble.com/Apple's-Proposal-for-CSS-Transformations-p13615345.html
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Mar/0313.html
> http://webkit.org/specs/CSSVisualEffects/CSSTransitions.html
> http://webkit.org/specs/CSSVisualEffects/CSSTransforms.html
> http://webkit.org/specs/CSSVisualEffects/CSSAnimation.html
>
> And animation examples: http://www.the-art-of-web.com/css/css-animation/
>
> We also want to make sure that WebKit API's would remain consistent  
> between platforms. And it would be nice to see all those features in  
> the public trunk, and not only in desktop/iPhone WebKit.
> It is the best interest of all parties, that all manufacturers  
> devices would have the same advanced API set, when there are large  
> number of devices with the same API's deployed in the world, then  
> the web devolopers would be more interested of using the API's, as  
> there is no point for devolopers to make custom web pages for each  
> manufacturers device.
>
> We are not trying to make competing API, but rather cooperate and  
> maybe extend the functionality of the possibly missing features that  
> we had in mind, and we are more than happy to talk about the ideas  
> on technical side and make needed modifications.

A great place to start would be an outline of what you think is  
missing from Apple's (now standards-track) proposals. We are eager to  
have more input.

> Currently there might be some overlapping with our work and Apples  
> work especially on 2.5D/3D transformations as we haven't seen that  
> code in WebKit nightly build yet, or haven't been able to find it ;-)

We are folding more and more of the changes into the public tree.  
Recently Animations and transition events went in, and basic  
Transitions and Transforms were already present. 3D transforms are not  
yet available in the public WebKit tree.

> We have studied iPhone Safari a bit (what a surprise :-D), but maybe  
> I have missed something, does it already support for web developers  
> to receive touch and accelerometer events, like our implementation  
> of JS API's provide?

It has touch and accelerometer events. The documentation should be on  
ADC. I don't know if they are the same as yours, particularly since  
you have not given much detail about your plans.

Regards,
Maciej

>
> regards, Jonni
>
> From: ext Maciej Stachowiak [mailto:mjs at apple.com]
> Sent: 14 August, 2008 21:19
> To: Rainisto Jonni (Nokia-D/Tampere)
> Cc: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Request for comments
>
>
> On Aug 13, 2008, at 6:37 AM, Jonni.Rainisto at nokia.com wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been following the webkit-dev list for a while now, and I  
>> though that it might be good time to introduce myself and the  
>> project that we have been working on with a small team.
>>
>> First some general high level introduction jargon for managers or  
>> such ;)...
>>
>> Motivation:
>> Finger-touchable direct manipulation of 2.5D visual objects with  
>> gestures is the new emerging UI paradigm with personal navigation  
>> devices. However, the new paradigm has not reached the web yet --  
>> there is no way a web developer can embrace the new interaction. In  
>> this project we will look into bringing finger touch and gestures  
>> to the web framework in order to accelerate easy web usage with  
>> mobile devices, with the goal of mobile devices becoming the  
>> primary web access method instead of laptops.
>>
>> This project is about:
>>
>> To create innovative web representation platform
>> Multi-touch, accelerometer (rotation, shaking) and haptics based  
>> interaction mechanisms
>> Enriching the mobile web content with 2.5D graphics with hardware  
>> accelerated rendering
>> New JavaScript interaction APIs, Haptics CSS extensions
> Have you looked at the WebKit team's proposal for 2.5D graphics and  
> transitions?
>
> http://webkit.org/specs/CSSVisualEffects/CSSTransforms.html
> http://webkit.org/specs/CSSVisualEffects/CSSTransitions.html
>
> These are now on track to become W3C standards and are already  
> implemented on iPhone (2D portions only on desktop WebKit currently).
>
> Also, have you looked at how touch and accelerometer events work on  
> Safari on iPhone?
>
> I am excited to see contributions from Nokia, but we would want to  
> make sure that advanced WebKit features remain consistent in API  
> between platforms.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
>
>
>
>>
>> High Level Architecture: (disclaimer: this is only high level  
>> architecture and some aspects might change during the project)
>>
>> <<architecture.jpg>>
>>
>> What we have already up and running:
>> - Prototype implementation OpenGL ES 1.1 accelerated QT-WebKit  
>> running on ARM based Internet Tablet device (such as N810),  
>> reference implementations of the draft JS API's are somewhat  
>> working (no haptics yet tough). JavaScript test pages receives  
>> touch gesture DOM and accelerometer events quite nicely.
>>
>> I'm wondering if people in this mailing list would be interested to  
>> look and give feedback/comments to our JS API draft versions and  
>> general feedback for us to see if this would be beneficial for end  
>> users. More detailed draft architecture specifications are also  
>> available upon request.
>>
>> Our intention is to start contributing our implementation efforts  
>> back to open source, if WebKit community would be interested to  
>> receive it? :)
>>
>> You can also find me in IRC idling 24/7 on #webkit channel with  
>> nick: Jonni
>>
>> Regards, Jonni
>> -- 
>> Jonni Rainisto
>> Specialist, Nokia Devices R&D / Technology Strategy and  
>> Architecture / Technology Foresight / New Technology Initiatives
>>
>> Gsm: +358 50 3038358  Email: jonni.rainisto at nokia.com
>>
>>
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