Star Chrome: Uses Open Source Microsoft code
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Sep 2008 14:03 UTC, submitted by John Mills
Google When Google released its Chrome web browser not too long ago, it of course emphasised that the browser was an open source product. The browser contains 24 parts originating from 3rd parties, and to some surprise, one of those parts comes from one of Google's biggest enemies - Microsoft.
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They should have used Qt
by kragil on Tue 16th Sep 2008 14:20 UTC
kragil
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2006-01-04

They wanted to open source it anyway and with Qt we would be using Linux and Mac versions right now.

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RE: They should have used Qt
by Thom_Holwerda on Tue 16th Sep 2008 14:22 in reply to "They should have used Qt"
Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

No you wouldn't. Google has stated that they want to offer fully native versions for each platform, and Qt, while a very good platform, is NOT native to Windows and OS X.

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RE[2]: They should have used Qt
by _txf_ on Tue 16th Sep 2008 14:26 in reply to "RE: They should have used Qt"
_txf_ Member since:
2008-03-17

It's a shame that they couldn't make it look native then.

either way doesn't Qt use the native widgets in windows and osx? They could have done just the ui using qt instead of implementing their own.

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getaceres Member since:
2005-07-06

QT uses native widgets in Windows and OSX so QT applications feel native in those environments.

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RE[2]: They should have used Qt
by frood on Tue 16th Sep 2008 14:37 in reply to "RE: They should have used Qt"
frood Member since:
2005-07-06

No you wouldn't. Google has stated that they want to offer fully native versions for each platform, and Qt, while a very good platform, is NOT native to Windows and OS X.


That's interesting. I always thought native just meant it was compiled for that OS and now Wine type layer was in use. If not using native widgit's means it's not native doesn't that mean Google Chrome, Nero, WMP11, etc are not native either?

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RE[2]: They should have used Qt
by BSDfan on Tue 16th Sep 2008 18:14 in reply to "RE: They should have used Qt"
BSDfan Member since:
2007-03-14

So what? that'll be using Xlib on Unix platforms then?

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RE[2]: They should have used Qt
by pixel8r on Thu 18th Sep 2008 02:55 in reply to "RE: They should have used Qt"
pixel8r Member since:
2007-08-11

No you wouldn't. Google has stated that they want to offer fully native versions for each platform, and Qt, while a very good platform, is NOT native to Windows and OS X.


Er, yes it is. If its not native on windows, then its not native on Linux, OSX or any other OS either.

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antwarrior Member since:
2006-02-11

or Linux? QT is not native to Windows, OS X or Linux. From the way you use the word. Linux also qualifies. I'm not saying thats what you meant but thats what it sounds like to me. What do people mean when they say native anyway?

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