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Archive for September, 2009

WebKit Page Cache II – The unload Event

Posted by Brady Eidson on Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Previously I touched on what exactly the Page Cache does and outlined some of the improvements we’re working on.
This post is geared towards web developers and is therefore even more technical than the last.
In this article I’d like to talk more about unload event handlers, why they prevent pages from going into the Page Cache, [...]

WebKit Page Cache I – The Basics

Posted by Brady Eidson on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

This is the first of two posts that will center around a modern browser engine feature that doesn’t usually get a lot of press: The Page Cache.
Today I’ll talk a bit about what this feature is, why it often doesn’t work, and what plans we have to improve it.
Page Cache Overview
Some of you might be [...]

Eric Carlson is now a WebKit Reviewer

Posted by Eric Seidel on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 at 3:34 am

Eric Carlson has been a long-time contributer to WebKit, first through the QuickTime Plugin, and now directly as part of WebKit’s HTML5 media support. Eric knows a ridiculous amount about video and audio and we’re very glad to have him now as an official reviewer! Please join me in welcoming Eric as a [...]