[sldev] Some initial work on Webkit integration

[Rob Lanphier]

Hi folks,

I've been pretty cagey about our efforts with respect to integration of
Webkit into the Second Life viewer, in large part because we haven't had
much beyond the prototype/vaporware stage.  The topic came up again at
the public office hour.  See here for the transcript:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Meeting/2008-11-07

Not that we're really far beyond the prototype stage still, but we have
a little work to show you.

We're working with Torch Mobile, a company with a pretty deep bench when
it comes to Webkit development (they have several committers on staff). 
They've published a Git repository with their latest work, which you can
browse here:
http://code.staikos.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=llmozlib;a=summary

Note that this is just source code for Webkit integrated into uBrowser
(which is API compatible with the Second Life viewer, and thus provides
a step toward integration).  More details about uBrowser are here:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/UBrowser

They've done some work on QtWebkit, and are in the process of
prototyping Skia/Webkit.  We haven't settled on an exact direction yet,
but we'd like to see what people who download the code and try to get it
working think.

Rob