--- title: Who knew we still had low-hanging fruit? | daily.dev description: A developer recounts attending the Web Engines Hackfest hosted by Igalia, sharing discussions about Chromium on Wayland and a nested compositor approach for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/who-knew-we-still-had-low-hanging-fruit--hw2ccjdeg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Who knew we still had low-hanging fruit? | daily.dev og:description: A developer recounts attending the Web Engines Hackfest hosted by Igalia, sharing discussions about Chromium on Wayland and a nested compositor approach for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/who-knew-we-still-had-low-hanging-fruit--hw2ccjdeg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hw2CcJdEG.png og:image:alt: Who knew we still had low-hanging fruit? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Who knew we still had low-hanging fruit? **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer recounts attending the Web Engines Hackfest hosted by Igalia, sharing discussions about Chromium on Wayland and a nested compositor approach for WebKit2. Two notable small fixes were made to WebKitGTK+: implementing the NetworkStateNotifier using GNetworkMonitor (3 lines of code) to fix slow Mattermost reconnection, and adding a low-power notifier using upower-glib to throttle timers on battery. The post also touches on broader discussions around WebRTC, Servo, Rust, and WebVR. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why does WebKitGTK+ take a long time to reconnect WebSockets after a network drop? WebKitGTK+ historically did not implement the WebCore NetworkStateNotifier interface, so the engine was never notified of connection changes and web sockets would linger until they timed out on their own. Implementing the interface using GNetworkMonitor required only 3 lines of actual code plus boilerplate, and once done, reconnection happens promptly after a network hiccup. _Developers debugging WebKitGTK+ networking quirks find the relevant patches and context on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [WebKit Igalia Periodical \#80](https://daily.dev/posts/webkit-igalia-periodical-80-cnc9rxltv) · Planet Igalia · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This Month in Ladybird](https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-wmtgqhzgv) · Hacker News · 12 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#safari](https://daily.dev/tags/safari), [#chromium](https://daily.dev/tags/chromium) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/who-knew-we-still-had-low-hanging-fruit--hw2ccjdeg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Who knew we still had low-hanging fruit?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/who-knew-we-still-had-low-hanging-fruit--hw2ccjdeg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/who-knew-we-still-had-low-hanging-fruit--hw2ccjdeg"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:56:26.462Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:27:14.406Z","description":"A developer recounts attending the Web Engines Hackfest hosted by Igalia, sharing discussions about Chromium on Wayland and a nested compositor approach for...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/657cde3c4dea87853fc809e362a56670?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/657cde3c4dea87853fc809e362a56670?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collabora Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collabora Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZGZ0FjqS--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438306/logos/collabora?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/who-knew-we-still-had-low-hanging-fruit--hw2ccjdeg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux,safari,chromium","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collabora Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Who knew we still had low-hanging fruit?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/who-knew-we-still-had-low-hanging-fruit--hw2ccjdeg#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why does WebKitGTK+ take a long time to reconnect WebSockets after a network drop?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"WebKitGTK+ historically did not implement the WebCore NetworkStateNotifier interface, so the engine was never notified of connection changes and web sockets would linger until they timed out on their own. 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