So JIRA does not have a Win32 or Windows "Component" only a "Windows 8". What component should I file this enhancement under?
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Jared Albers <[email protected]>wrote: > Using Chrome Frame is not necessarily just to gain Vista/XP support. It > would also allow web developers to avoid Win7's IE9 and instead use the > webkit/v8 setup that is always improving and well supported (Chrome Frame > auto-updates just like regular Chrome). > > I will indeed file an enhancement request. > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, it's an interesting idea but I don't know if there will be >> enthusiasm >> for supporting Vista/XP. In any case, you should file an enhancement >> request so this can be evaluated and won't be forgotten: >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Jared Albers <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > Not sure who the right people to talk to about this is as I understand >> some >> > Intel folks are the main contributors for the win32 portion of >> > cordova-windows. >> > >> > I'm curious if anyone has looked at using Google's "Chrome Frame" >> plugin as >> > a way to get support for pre-IE9 based windows systems. Although Chrome >> > Frame won't work out of the box with embedded webviews according to >> > here< >> > >> http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/chrome-frame-getting-started/chrome-frame-faq#TOC-Does-Google-Chrome-Frame-support-.NET-WebBrowser-Maxthon-and-similar-browsers- >> > >, >> > it is open-source and under a BSD-style license. >> > >> > Chrome Frame feels like it would be a rather clever way to get win32 >> > support for setups that don't have IE9 or greater (or for web developers >> > that don't want to rely on the trident rendering engine at all). >> > >> > Of course keeping app distributables small is also important since we >> > wouldn't want to distribute a 30MB+ dependency with each app. To solve >> > this, the integration could be designed such that the Chrome Frame >> > framework was downloaded and installed silently in the background and >> only >> > when needed/requested. Not the most desirable solution, but perhaps a >> > necessary evil to gain Windows XP & Vista support. >> > >> > Thoughts? >> > >> > -Jared >> > >> > > > > -- > Jared Albers > Head Coach > Mines Club Tennis > 303-875-5140 > www.minesclubtennis.com <http://www.minesclubtennis.com/landing/index.php> > > -- Jared Albers Head Coach Mines Club Tennis 303-875-5140 www.minesclubtennis.com <http://www.minesclubtennis.com/landing/index.php>
