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# Design and implement a browser engine abstraction layer in Python with two backends: hulahop/xulrunner and pywebkitgtk/webkit.
 
# Design and implement a browser engine abstraction layer in Python with two backends: hulahop/xulrunner and pywebkitgtk/webkit.
 
# Port Browse to this new abstraction layer, complete with [[Webified|SSB support]].
 
# Port Browse to this new abstraction layer, complete with [[Webified|SSB support]].
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Since recent efforts to empower browsers like HTML5, Jetpack and the Chrome extension API are minimalistic in nature, the web development world is moving towards engine-independent extensions. Thus, implementing Jetpack/Chrome extensions/similar homegrown API for Browse should be both feasible and would benefit from a wealth of existing code.
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SSBs are becoming less "web app to replace desktop apps" and more "internet apps to fit better in the desktop". I will design Browse's new SSB support to match this trend.
    
* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''
 
* '''What is the timeline for development of your project? The Summer of Code work period is 7 weeks long, May 23 - August 10; tell us what you will be working on each week. (As the summer goes on, you and your mentor will adjust your schedule, but it's good to have a plan at the beginning so you have an idea of where you're headed.) Note that you should probably plan to have something "working and 90% done" by the midterm evaluation (July 6-13); the last steps always take longer than you think, and we will consider cancelling projects which are not mostly working by then.'''
 
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Weeks:
 
# Write prototype of abstraction layer
 
# Write prototype of abstraction layer
## WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
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#* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
## nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
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#* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
 
# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer
 
# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer
## recycle code from Browse & Surf
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#* recycle code from Browse & Surf
## implement missing functionality as needed
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#* implement missing functionality as needed
 
# Basic browser functionality
 
# Basic browser functionality
## DOM access
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#* DOM access
## html events mapped to gobject events
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#* html events mapped to gobject events
 
# More browser functionality
 
# More browser functionality
## downloads, history
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#* downloads, history
## user stylesheets
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#* user stylesheets
## browser settings (i.e. proxy)
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#* browser settings (i.e. proxy)
 
# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch
 
# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch
## create ssb
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#* create ssb
## edit userstyles/usersheets
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#* edit userstyles/usersheets
## bookmarklets
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#* bookmarklets
 
# More functionality
 
# More functionality
 
# Polish
 
# Polish
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Since I was using a lot of open source at home, I tried to push it in school as well. I managed to make students and teachers aware of GCC as a replacement for Borland C/C++, Mono and SharpDevelop as a replacement for the not-quite-free Visual Studio. With the help of a friend, I even managed to convince the head of school to install Ubuntu in one of the labs.
 
Since I was using a lot of open source at home, I tried to push it in school as well. I managed to make students and teachers aware of GCC as a replacement for Borland C/C++, Mono and SharpDevelop as a replacement for the not-quite-free Visual Studio. With the help of a friend, I even managed to convince the head of school to install Ubuntu in one of the labs.
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I've also participated in last year's GSoC, adding SSB support to Browse. See [Webified].
      
====You and the community====
 
====You and the community====
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