On 05/02/2016 08:54 PM, E. Liddell wrote:
Hi Paul,
I also think the KHTML needs an update, but the dev team behind TDE is really small and the priorities and focus are a bit different ATM. I think the best would be to file a bug, so that we keep an eye on it and whenever possible do something. I personally was thinking that it would be perhaps easier to use some third party web engine, but never had time to look into this any further. Perhaps someone from the developers knows more about the KHTML and the plans around it.
There was some discussion at one point about replacing or supplementing KHTML with a different engine, most likely Webkit. Lack of developer manpower kept the idea from being tackled at the time. To my knowledge, no one is currently working on this.
E. Liddell
I think this pretty much summarizes the situation... Updating (and keeping updated) Konqueror as a web browser is way beyond the current developers' possibility at the moment. Honestly I can't see this happening, not even in the long term unless someone else comes along and starts working on it. But again it would be a rather daunting task.
Cheers Michele