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> Their rendering engine was a massive piece of original IP. How can it be worth anything when the competition is free?
by geon 14y ago
> Their rendering engine was a massive piece of original IP.
How can it be worth anything when the competition is free?
- gcp 14y agoIf it runs faster, with less memory, or is easier to port to new platforms that the other browsers have problems reaching. Do you remember how long it took Google to port Chrome to Android? There was a Firefox and Opera release for Android even before Google got their own browser ported to their own OS.
- estel 14y agoBut that wasn't a problem with Chrome's rendering engine: there were plenty of WebKit browsers on Android from the start (including Browser).
- gcp 14y agoYes, but they were all using the platform version, which was older. Porting the new features took time.
- ImprovedSilence 14y ago>>There was a Firefox and Opera release for Android even before Google got their own browser ported to their own OS. That's why I installed opera on my phone. It works so good, I never bothered to install chrome on it. So it looks like I'm an Opera user. Granted I still use chrome/FF on everything else...