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Venturebeat claims it's based on Chromium, but they also seem to be pretty confused because they're calling it "a brand new browser, because (builing on top of
by rockdoe 11y ago
Venturebeat claims it's based on Chromium, but they also seem to be pretty confused because they're calling it "a brand new browser, because (builing on top of existing browsers) would imply limited functionality by virtue of their application programming interfaces (APIs) and less impressive performance gains"
http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/20/brave-browser/ http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/20/brave-browser/
So it's Chrome on Desktop, Firefox for iOS on iOS?
- reubenmorais 11y agoIt's based on GitHub's Electron (Chromium) on desktop, and Firefox for iOS on iOS: http://www.brianbondy.com/blog/172/brave-software http://www.brianbondy.com/blog/172/brave-software
- ainar-g 11y agoFirefox on iOS is built with WebKit, not Gecko [1]. IIRC, it's because Apple doesn't like engines that are not WebKit. Chromium uses Blink, which is a fork of WebKit, so Firefox for iOS and Chromium are relatives in a sense. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_for_iOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_for_iOS.