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# 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]].

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.

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.'''

Weeks:

# Write prototype of abstraction layer

* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView

#* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView

* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()

#* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()

# Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer

* recycle code from Browse & Surf

#* recycle code from Browse & Surf

* implement missing functionality as needed

#* implement missing functionality as needed

# Basic browser functionality

* DOM access

#* DOM access

* html events mapped to gobject events

#* html events mapped to gobject events

# More browser functionality

* downloads, history

#* downloads, history

* user stylesheets

#* user stylesheets

* browser settings (i.e. proxy)

#* browser settings (i.e. proxy)

# Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch

* create ssb

#* create ssb

* edit userstyles/usersheets

#* edit userstyles/usersheets

* bookmarklets

#* bookmarklets

# More functionality

# Polish

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 # 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]].
+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.
+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.'''
 Weeks:
 # Write prototype of abstraction layer
-   * WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
+#* WebView GTK widget that wraps hulahop.WebView or pywebkitgtk.WebView
-   * nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
+#* nothing more than WebView.load_uri()
 # Simple Browser activity based on the abstraction layer
-   * recycle code from Browse & Surf
+#* recycle code from Browse & Surf
-   * implement missing functionality as needed
+#* implement missing functionality as needed
 # Basic browser functionality
-   * DOM access
+#* DOM access
-   * html events mapped to gobject events
+#* html events mapped to gobject events
 # More browser functionality
-   * downloads, history
+#* downloads, history
-   * user stylesheets
+#* user stylesheets
-   * browser settings (i.e. proxy)
+#* browser settings (i.e. proxy)
 # Port SSB code from Browse's ssb branch
-   * create ssb
+#* create ssb
-   * edit userstyles/usersheets
+#* edit userstyles/usersheets
-   * bookmarklets
+#* bookmarklets
 # More functionality
 # Polish