The test URL above makes use of embedded objects using data attributes with data URLs. They are only rendered as empty box, not using the content of the data URL. Switching the engine to Webkit makes the embedded content appear. Version is KDE SC 4.8.2. Reproducible: Always
The problem here is that I deactivated modules. If modules are disabled the <object> tag seems to not work at all. It should at least work for stuff that could be handled internally (like text/html) and preferably also for text/plain. David Faure had a quick patch for that that did at least the first part.
http://www.davidfaure.fr/2013/plugins_disabled.diff I'll test it a bit in my checkout before pushing it (to catch possible regressions; I don't disable modules).
Git commit c2d7928e5b2d3b845d7f648408e98d74fc99fb2c by David Faure. Committed on 18/04/2013 at 18:40. Pushed by dfaure into branch 'master'. Fix "<object> tags don't work if modules are disabled" They should keep working for text/html, at least. M +0 -6 khtml/html/html_objectimpl.cpp M +5 -0 khtml/khtml_part.cpp http://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/c2d7928e5b2d3b845d7f648408e98d74fc99fb2c