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		untog on April 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern Web Development AFAIK it also doesn't make any difference to apps that use webviews. I mean, it's just as well- if you changed the underlying engine without notifying devs insanity would ensue. But it would be good to be able to set a flag that says "use the decent engine".

monteslu on April 23, 2012 [–]

You're correct. But no reason google couldn't add a ChromeWebView lib as part of the install of the new browser for PhoneGap to wrap.

xzzulz on April 24, 2012 | [–]

Or google could integrate chrome web-apps/NaCL into android, as first class apps.

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