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I really don't want to develop web code in a world where the only two popular browsers are one developed by and for Google, and one by and for Microsoft. But e

by ep103 12y ago

I really don't want to develop web code in a world where the only two popular browsers are one developed by and for Google, and one by and for Microsoft. But every time I come to a thread that mentions Firefox on this website, there are people claiming (usually wrongly) that it doesn't implement x, y, or z that someone else does. I really think the development community needs to wake up a bit, and start promoting FF internally, instead of just following the Google hype train.

threeseed 12y ago
Actually there will be three Google, Microsoft and Apple. Whilst it is better to have some competition there really does need to be an open alternative.
- mytochar 12y ago
  Doesn't Apple use Webkit, same as Google? Isn't that functionally the same, except for Google's optimizations?
  - bdisraeli 12y ago
    No Google forked Webkit into Blink[1] about two years ago. [1] http://www.chromium.org/blink http://www.chromium.org/blink
  - lobster_johnson 12y ago
    Chrome no longer uses Webkit; it uses a fork called Blink. (Technically a fork of WebCore, the core of WebKit.) It's similar, but has diverged since the fork.
  - function_seven 12y ago
    Not really anymore. Google forked part of WebKit to create Blink[1], and both Safari and Chrome have their own optimizations. I'm not sure how close to each other these rendering engines are. I imagine they're still very very similar, but now that the fork has occurred, time will tell how divergent (or not) they become. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(layout_engine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(layout_engine)
  - arfar 12y ago
    They actually forked WebKit and use Blink now, but they obviously still share a lot of the same code as the fork is relatively recent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_%28layout_engine%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_%28layout_engine%29
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  - eloisant 12y ago
    Even when they were using WebKit, it was never the same version, and they had patches. So there never was a unique WebKit rendering engine.
  - mg1982 12y ago
    They forked webkit, actually, and use something called Blink. Check this out for a good summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

by ep103 12y ago

threeseed 12y ago

Actually there will be three Google, Microsoft and Apple. Whilst it is better to have some competition there really does need to be an open alternative.

mytochar 12y ago
Doesn't Apple use Webkit, same as Google? Isn't that functionally the same, except for Google's optimizations?
- bdisraeli 12y ago
  No Google forked Webkit into Blink[1] about two years ago. [1] http://www.chromium.org/blink http://www.chromium.org/blink
- lobster_johnson 12y ago
  Chrome no longer uses Webkit; it uses a fork called Blink. (Technically a fork of WebCore, the core of WebKit.) It's similar, but has diverged since the fork.
- function_seven 12y ago
  Not really anymore. Google forked part of WebKit to create Blink[1], and both Safari and Chrome have their own optimizations. I'm not sure how close to each other these rendering engines are. I imagine they're still very very similar, but now that the fork has occurred, time will tell how divergent (or not) they become. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(layout_engine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(layout_engine)
- arfar 12y ago
  They actually forked WebKit and use Blink now, but they obviously still share a lot of the same code as the fork is relatively recent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_%28layout_engine%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_%28layout_engine%29
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- eloisant 12y ago
  Even when they were using WebKit, it was never the same version, and they had patches. So there never was a unique WebKit rendering engine.
- mg1982 12y ago
  They forked webkit, actually, and use something called Blink. Check this out for a good summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ