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Trolltech Expands WebKit...

In the minds of many, WebKit is just an Apple technology used to power its Safari browser on Macs, iPhones and Windows.

But the reality is that the open source Web browser engine is far more, with a broader range of uses and a number of vendors besides Apple participating in its development.

WebKit is now poised to grow even further in importance thanks to the efforts of Trolltech, which makes Qt 4.4, a C++ application development framework that enables developers to write applications once for deployment on multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux/UNIX and Mac OS X.

Qt also is well-known as the application development framework behind the open source KDE Linux desktop.

If the framework's supporters are right, integrating WebKit could become the catalyst that spurs Qt (pronounced "cute") to mobile and desktop dominance as it melds the offline and online into a seamless user experience.

"When you look at Qt 4.4, the most exciting feature is the WebKit integration," Benoit Schillings, Trolltech's CTO, told InternetNews.com. "It's a model that reconciles the DHTML, AJAX-type of development and the more traditional C++ development." ...

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Source: internetnews.com