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0 pointsgcp13y ago0 comments

I believe KTHML->WebKit has pretty much illustrated that having standards that allow new implementations to be developed is a good, essential thing.

We'd have been in an interesting, and perhaps worse state if Safari and Chrome were both Gecko based instead of competing therewith.

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jeresig13y ago

That's an interesting assumption to make: Just because Safari or Chrome hypothetically used Gecko doesn't mean that competition would've halted. Why couldn't it have been any different from when Chrome used WebKit as its basis and absolutely trounced Safari?

gcpOP13y ago

I wouldn't say Chrome WebKit trounced Safari WebKit. The browser surrounding the engine was better. This means little wrt. to the engine.

malandrew13y ago

Why would we be in a worse state if Chrome and Safari were Gecko based?

gcpOP13y ago

We'd have one less rendering engine.

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0 pointsgcp13y ago0 comments

I believe KTHML->WebKit has pretty much illustrated that having standards that allow new implementations to be developed is a good, essential thing.

We'd have been in an interesting, and perhaps worse state if Safari and Chrome were both Gecko based instead of competing therewith.

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jeresig13y ago

gcpOP13y ago

I wouldn't say Chrome WebKit trounced Safari WebKit. The browser surrounding the engine was better. This means little wrt. to the engine.

malandrew13y ago

Why would we be in a worse state if Chrome and Safari were Gecko based?

gcpOP13y ago

We'd have one less rendering engine.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse