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A new browser engine may be on the horizon... (github.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] leetnewb@beehaw.org 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Apple has turned out to “prevent the chrome monopoly” far more effectively then firefox has.

Turns out that owning the platform (Android, iOS) counts for a lot. I like having an independent option.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It probably helps that WebKit was forked from KDE's Konqueror/KHTML and that Blink was a fork of WebKit.

Compared to Gecko, I'm sure they behave the same as far as webdevs were concerned - hindering it's adoption - webdevs don't want to support esoteric engines for obvious reasons.

[–] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

webkit and blink are two massively different beasts, webkit and blink is just an engine in the end, the stuff on top matters too. If it was as simple as engines, it would be like comparing gnome web to chromium.

[–] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Chrome and firefox on android use their own image decoders.