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> The rendering engine doesn't actually matter. It does matter. From the comment above "browser vendors taking the lead over standards committees" means influe
by dlojudice 8y ago
> The rendering engine doesn't actually matter.
It does matter. From the comment above "browser vendors taking the lead over standards committees" means influence on where the technology is heading, specially for rendering engines.
Remember how long it took IE to implement canvas? This was a way to avoid a new "OS" over a OS (Windows)
- wvenable 8y agoThis decision is perfectly in line with Microsoft's shift in focus -- Windows is no longer the hill they want to die on. Microsoft is all about services. Also I suspect Microsoft will have far more actual influence by driving development of Chromium than with their own rendering engine. It's pretty hard to drive new standards when you are barely achieving the current ones. Microsoft's focus on Electron for cross-platform development kind of informs this move as well.