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That is enormously disingenuous to try to equivocate IE/Spartan/Edge's single-OS existence with Safari/WebKit. WebKit works on every major operating system, in

That is enormously disingenuous to try to equivocate IE/Spartan/Edge's single-OS existence with Safari/WebKit. WebKit works on every major operating system, including Windows and Linux. IE/Spartan/Edge does not work outside of Windows. There are some minor feature differences between WebKit, OS X Safari, and iOS Safari, but the reality remains that WebKit exists on Windows, can be built on Windows, and can be used on Windows, while IE/Spartan/Edge works on nothing but Windows. Edit: I'd love to hear from the ethically bankrupt downvoters about which fact in this comment they are trying to hide from.

bunderbunder 11y ago
There are WebKit browsers other than Safari. But judging by how often I come across sites that render differently in Chrome and Safari, I don't know that we should draw too strong an equivalence between them either. (And while I can't speak for the downvoters because I'm not one of them, I suspect that it's not the facts presented in the post that are attracting the downvotes so much as that it's written in the form of a flame.)
- integraton 11y ago
  Chrome doesn't use WebKit, it uses Blink, a fork of WebKit. I'm only referring to WebKit, the Apple open source browser project that builds and works on every major operating system including Windows. If you also want to talk about Blink, Google's browser project that, unlike IE/Spartan/Edge, also works on every major operating system, then that's fine, too. While we are at it, let's talk about Mozilla's browser and rendering engine that also works on every major operating system.
  - eropple 11y ago
    > Chrome doesn't use WebKit, it uses Blink, a fork of WebKit. Chrome didn't render the same as Safari when Chrome used WebKit, either. You're caping up for this, and I can't for the life of me figure out why.
    - comex 11y ago
      To be fair, Chrome certainly behaved (behaves) more similar to Safari than to browsers with completely unrelated engines.
      - eropple 11y ago
        Only to a point. Font rendering, in particular, was significantly different between the two, even Windows/Windows and Mac/Mac. It was enough to make life difficult.
Navarr 11y ago
The reality remains that I can test Edge as Edge, perfectly, with all of it's unique quirks no matter what operating system I use. You can't say the same for Apple's Safari browser.

bunderbunder 11y ago

There are WebKit browsers other than Safari. But judging by how often I come across sites that render differently in Chrome and Safari, I don't know that we should draw too strong an equivalence between them either. (And while I can't speak for the downvoters because I'm not one of them, I suspect that it's not the facts presented in the post that are attracting the downvotes so much as that it's written in the form of a flame.)

integraton 11y ago
Chrome doesn't use WebKit, it uses Blink, a fork of WebKit. I'm only referring to WebKit, the Apple open source browser project that builds and works on every major operating system including Windows. If you also want to talk about Blink, Google's browser project that, unlike IE/Spartan/Edge, also works on every major operating system, then that's fine, too. While we are at it, let's talk about Mozilla's browser and rendering engine that also works on every major operating system.
- eropple 11y ago
  > Chrome doesn't use WebKit, it uses Blink, a fork of WebKit. Chrome didn't render the same as Safari when Chrome used WebKit, either. You're caping up for this, and I can't for the life of me figure out why.
  - comex 11y ago
    To be fair, Chrome certainly behaved (behaves) more similar to Safari than to browsers with completely unrelated engines.
    - eropple 11y ago
      Only to a point. Font rendering, in particular, was significantly different between the two, even Windows/Windows and Mac/Mac. It was enough to make life difficult.

Navarr 11y ago

The reality remains that I can test Edge as Edge, perfectly, with all of it's unique quirks no matter what operating system I use. You can't say the same for Apple's Safari browser.