Bug 76429 - adapt WebView for flicker-free page turns on e-ink devices
Summary: adapt WebView for flicker-free page turns on e-ink devices
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Layout and Rendering (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: Unspecified Unspecified
: P2 Normal
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Reported: 2012-01-16 23:35 PST by bardo.mueller
Modified: 2012-01-17 10:02 PST (History)
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Description bardo.mueller 2012-01-16 23:35:58 PST
It would be nice, or rather crucial for the success of e-ink technology to implement flicker-free page turns and scrolling into other programs.

Replies from app authors often show that they use the standard Webkit/WebView component and do not know how to implement a better alternative, reducing annoying page refreshes on e-ink.

An alternative for flicker-free page turns and scrolling has been developped by dairyknight (dairyknight@gmail.com)
http://code.google.com/p/apv/source/browse/pdfview/src/cx/hell/android/lib/pagesview/N2EpdController.java

I would suggest that his code or a similar method to be incorporated in the WebKit, as an option for e-ink devices.
Code like this would definitiveley contribute to the success of e-ink.