[bt-devel] QtWebKit version

[Gary Holmlund]

Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> Gary Holmlund wrote:
>>
>> The version with QtWebKit rendering the window is feature complete. 
>> It is not yet turned on by default, but I think it is ready. Is there 
>> any reason to wait on doing this?
>>
>
> Apparently not, because it's the default now:)
>
> With quick testing I found one fault: the hover delay doesn't work 
> reliably. If I move the mouse pointer over KJV text the Mag is updated 
> all the time. I can't easily get orientated to javascript (I have 
> barely used it once) but it looks like the timer is not cleared when 
> the mouse is moved. In the original code it happens like this: Every 
> time when the mouse move event happens the timer is killed and started 
> again from 0. It means that only after the mouse has been stopped for 
> <delay>ms the timer event is sent and handled. Maybe this could be 
> reached by putting some code back to c++ file: killing the timer, 
> timer id, timer event. Only when the timer event is triggered and 
> handled in timerEvent the signal would be emitted to the js code. But 
> I don't know how to handle the node then.
>
> Otherwise it looks great. The first natural reaction when hearing 
> about using javascript is that "it's too much overhead, it's bloat", 
> but reality may be different. Probably the overhead is negligible 
> compared to rendering the html text from the modules. With my fast 
> dual-core I see no difference; I would like to try with a very slow 
> machine.
>
> --Eeli Kaikkonen
I see that it has been turned on. Thanks Martin.

Eeli, thanks for catching this issue. I could not get to it tonight, but 
I should be able to fix it in the next day or two.

Gary