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Kind of awkward given that Chrome's new rendering engine (which has branched from Webkit) is called Blink http://blog.chromium.org/2013/04/blink-rendering-engi
by rradu 13y ago
Kind of awkward given that Chrome's new rendering engine (which has branched from Webkit) is called Blink
http://blog.chromium.org/2013/04/blink-rendering-engine-for-chromium.html http://blog.chromium.org/2013/04/blink-rendering-engine-for-...
- LukeB_UK 13y agoAparrently the name is partly a reference to the tag: >Why did Google call the new rendering engine Blink? Upson told me it’s obviously supposed to signify how the focus here is on speed and simplicity. Browser developers, however, also tend to have a tendency to have a bit of fun with their names. Chrome, for example, is all about making the “chrome” disappear as much as possible and Blink, he told me, is meant to remind people of the good old (and annoying) blink tag the Netscape Navigator introduced in the 90s. [0] [0]: http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/03/google-forks-webkit-and-launches-blink-its-own-rendering-engine-that-will-soon-power-chrome-and-chromeos/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/03/google-forks-webkit-and-lau...
- SF_Startup 13y agoWhat's REALLY awkward? Google stole the BLINK name from a startup having used the name for more than a year. It's all a smokescreen. bit.ly/10gkQfn | The same goes for Microsoft BLINK. bit.ly/19k2snj | Can you say, "Deliberate trademark infringement to cause consumer confusion in a hasty attempt to prevent a potential competitors dominate market share?"