Epiphany 3.9.2 Drops Support for WebKit1, Embraces Wayland | Linux Today

Epiphany 3.9.2 Drops Support for WebKit1, Embraces Wayland

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Marius Nestor
Jun 6, 2013

The good news in this release is that the developers removed the support for the WebKit1 API layer, in favor of WebKit2, which is far more advanced. Moreover, Epiphany 3.9.2 is now able to start up with Wayland, and it allows users to run a standalone instance with a custom profile.

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Marius Nestor

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