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> For once, it seems Microsoft has a better option. Not for the first time. * { box-sizing: border-box; } is a staple of mine. > WebKit is the new IE and it's
by noibl 14y ago
> For once, it seems Microsoft has a better option.
Not for the first time. * { box-sizing: border-box; } is a staple of mine.
> WebKit is the new IE and it's destructive for the web.
Microsoft has submitted a patch to the WebKit project to extend the open source rendering engine with a prototype implementation of the Pointer Events specification that the company is also working on together with Google, Mozilla, and Opera. ... The first specification, Touch Events, has been essentially abandoned.[1]
> The mobile web is at this point not even usuable on a non-webkit browser. This is bad for the web. You are doing it. Please stop doing it.
There's no need to hector web developers about this. (I assume that's what you meant by 'you'.) It's mostly up to the browser makers to hash this out. Microsoft's contribution to Webkit was an exemplary and, from what I can see, much-welcomed response to Apple's patent shenanigans over Touch. Let's just give it time.
It's worth bearing in mind that Android (which ships Webkit by default) is currently the only mainstream mobile OS that even allows unrestricted use of independent browser technology, which is partly why Firefox Mobile is only available for that platform.
[1] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/microsoft-offers-patches-to-webkit-to-aid-touch-compatibility/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/micros...
- bsimpson 14y agoI forgot about that. Wonder when/if it will land in Chrome...