[Qt5-feedback] Will there be browser plugins?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Friday, 3 de June de 2011 16:25:37 Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:
> >> What's the problem with supporting NSAPI?
> > 
> > Several, but all solvable. It's mostly about Qt not playing very well
> > being a plugin to something else. Qt prefers to be in control and has
> > been designed to do that.
> 
> Could you please elaborate?

Not really. I just remember old bug reports that Qt Support used to have. I'm 
guessing some problems are involved in how to obtain a surface to draw on, the 
event loop integration, the definition of "main thread", etc.

Whoever takes up this project will have more information.
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