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You're thinking of Blink. WebKit is pretty exclusive to macOS and iOS these days.

saagarjha 7y ago
No, I'm not; I'm actually typing this from WebKit on Linux. I'd actually guess that WebKit runs on more platforms than Blink does…
- deaddodo 7y ago
  I didn't say it didn't run on other OSes. But the big ones are mostly iOS and it shows in the targeting of the development. Blink is what's on most (non-gecko/servo) browsers people use now (chrome, chromium, Opera, the new Edge browser, etc). > I'd actually guess that WebKit runs on more platforms than Blink does… I'd say they're probably at parity, if not a small edge given to Blink since an entire OS is built around it. Which would be the only exclusive case of the two I can think of. I'm actually curious which WebKit browser you're using. GNOME Web?
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Yes, I was using GNOME Web.
    - deaddodo 7y ago
      Interesting. You're one of the few people I know on Linux not using Chrome/Chromium or Firefox (or one of it's derivatives). And the others I know mostly use Konqueror.
ekianjo 7y ago
No, Webkit used to be a cross platform renderer which work started on Linux in the first place, so it is definitely not MacOS only.
- deaddodo 7y ago
  I never said it was Mac only. I said it's development now was mostly focused on iOS browsers. You can obviously use GNOME Web and the like, but most big browsers (especially cross-platform) that aren't Gecko-based are Blink-based (Chrome/Chromium, Opera, Edge beta)
citilife 7y ago
Even back in 2014, I was developing my own browser with webkit: https://austingwalters.com/simple-web-browser-in-cpp-using-qt/ https://austingwalters.com/simple-web-browser-in-cpp-using-q... Works on any OS I've tried.
- deaddodo 7y ago
  I never said it wasn't cross platform. I said it's development and use was pretty exclusive to iOS these days; outside of less common browsers like GNOME Web.
Angeo34 7y ago
Webkit mother is literally KDE code.
- deaddodo 7y ago
  WebKit was based off KHTML. It hasn't been the same engine for 17 years (though they do occasionally share code) and never used the same jS VM. Nice bit of obscure knowledge that adds nothing to the conversation. Unless your argument is that KHTML and WebKit are the equivalent to Blink because of a shared ancestry; in which case you're arguing something I never claimed.

No, I'm not; I'm actually typing this from WebKit on Linux. I'd actually guess that WebKit runs on more platforms than Blink does…

deaddodo 7y ago
I didn't say it didn't run on other OSes. But the big ones are mostly iOS and it shows in the targeting of the development. Blink is what's on most (non-gecko/servo) browsers people use now (chrome, chromium, Opera, the new Edge browser, etc). > I'd actually guess that WebKit runs on more platforms than Blink does… I'd say they're probably at parity, if not a small edge given to Blink since an entire OS is built around it. Which would be the only exclusive case of the two I can think of. I'm actually curious which WebKit browser you're using. GNOME Web?
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Yes, I was using GNOME Web.
  - deaddodo 7y ago
    Interesting. You're one of the few people I know on Linux not using Chrome/Chromium or Firefox (or one of it's derivatives). And the others I know mostly use Konqueror.

ekianjo 7y ago

No, Webkit used to be a cross platform renderer which work started on Linux in the first place, so it is definitely not MacOS only.

deaddodo 7y ago
I never said it was Mac only. I said it's development now was mostly focused on iOS browsers. You can obviously use GNOME Web and the like, but most big browsers (especially cross-platform) that aren't Gecko-based are Blink-based (Chrome/Chromium, Opera, Edge beta)

citilife 7y ago

Even back in 2014, I was developing my own browser with webkit: https://austingwalters.com/simple-web-browser-in-cpp-using-qt/ https://austingwalters.com/simple-web-browser-in-cpp-using-q... Works on any OS I've tried.

deaddodo 7y ago
I never said it wasn't cross platform. I said it's development and use was pretty exclusive to iOS these days; outside of less common browsers like GNOME Web.

Angeo34 7y ago

Webkit mother is literally KDE code.

deaddodo 7y ago
WebKit was based off KHTML. It hasn't been the same engine for 17 years (though they do occasionally share code) and never used the same jS VM. Nice bit of obscure knowledge that adds nothing to the conversation. Unless your argument is that KHTML and WebKit are the equivalent to Blink because of a shared ancestry; in which case you're arguing something I never claimed.