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Edge is a chrome skin. They don't have engineers working on a browser, they have engineers working on a _theme_.
by kongin 5y ago
Edge is a chrome skin. They don't have engineers working on a browser, they have engineers working on a _theme_.
- Lendal 5y agoReally? So every time you bring in a dependency on a library written by someone else, your software is just a theme or wrapper? I guess that's one way to look at it.
- no_time 5y agoif your python assignment is solved by import solution and some additional fluff (tracking,telemetry and other anti features in Edge's case) did you really do your homework?
- hammyhavoc 5y agoDepends who you are turning your homework in to. :- )
- kadoban 5y agoIf you're making a browser and your dependency is a browser...yes.
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- kongin 5y agoYeah, that's why it's called Linux and not Gnu/Linux.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoOh, if the GP meant Chromium the engine, rather than Chrome the browser, that changes things a bit.
- rocketbop 5y agoThat’s the case now but they had their own browser until 2018 backed by considerable resources and still had to put up the white flag.
- dralley 5y ago1. It doesn't really matter. Most users don't even know what a browser engine is much less care, so whether it's a fully independent browser or not is irrelevant to their adoption in the marketplace. 2. The story was no different even when they were still using Trident as their engine.
- kongin 5y agoHaving two large user bases using different engines meant that standards mattered. When 85% of people use the same browser stack we're back in the bad old days of IE6.
- maep 5y agoIt's more than a skin. Microsoft put some effort into optimization, like using a segmented heap allocator.
- jve 5y agoThey actually contribute to chromium. Almost a year old tweet: https://twitter.com/ericlaw/status/1329200077517295618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1329200077517295618%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmspoweruser.com%2Fmicrosoft-touts-their-contributions-to-chromium-development%2F https://twitter.com/ericlaw/status/1329200077517295618?ref_s...