Chrome (and v8) launched in 2008. When webOS came out, we were still early in the performance wars. Since then, browsers have become far faster using the same h

Chrome (and v8) launched in 2008. When webOS came out, we were still early in the performance wars. Since then, browsers have become far faster using the same hardware. Layout engines have also gotten far faster (and added a lot of features). To make things worse than necessary, webOS used outdated versions of Qt webkit and v8. Unfortunately, it seems that nobody on the webOS team ever got permission to focus on non-feature work like speeding up performance (seriously, 2 minute startup time when you only have three devices?) The UI/UX for webOS was fantastic. I really wish FF (or really anyone) would have used that UI/UX as nothing since has come close.