NEW 68300
Don't use WebPreferences to set global settings 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68300
Summary Don't use WebPreferences to set global settings
Simon Fraser (smfr)
Reported 2011-09-16 18:23:29 PDT
There are a few methods on WebPreferences that toggle globals (e.g. AVFoundationEnabled, ShouldPaintNativeControls, MockScrollbarsEnabled, ShouldUseHighResolutionTimers). These would be better as WebView class methods.
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Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 1 2011-09-17 13:29:41 PDT
WebPreferences is the thing that syncs with on-disk defaults, so they are all global. Am I confused?
mitz
Comment 2 2011-09-17 13:39:25 PDT
Standard WebPreferences are persistent by default. A WebView’s preferences can be the standard preferences or any other WebPreferences instance, which may or may not be persistent. The methods mentioned in the Description, however, take effect on all WebViews in the process, regardless of their preferences, and regardless of the WebPreference instance on which those methods are invoked.
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