French software developer sues Apple, seeking improvements in iOS browser
Software developer Nexedi is so keen to see Apple improve the rendering engine in its iPhone browser that it's filed suit against the company in a French court.
Nexedi develops cross-platform business apps in HTML5 that can run unchanged on Windows, Linux and Android.
On Apple's iOS, however, it runs into a problem: The browser-rendering engine on iOS, WebKit, doesn't have the same HTML5 capabilities as the rendering engines used on other platforms.
Among the HTML5 capabilities missing in the iOS version of WebKit are access to APIs for vibration, ambient light detection, battery status, notifications, filesystem access and the WebRTC videoconferencing protocol, according to a copy of Nexedi's lawsuit seen by the IDG News Service.
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