Tag: webkit

Opera Ditches WebKit, Incorporating Blink Already

Well that didn’t take long. Months after publicly announcing it was going to use WebKit, Opera has decided to contribute to Google’s new rendering engine,...
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Google Retiring WebKit Engine, Going At It Alone With Blink

Google’s decided that WebKit isn’t cutting it for Chrome anymore, the company has decided to fork the open source engine, and instead, begin to integrate...
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Try out the latest and greatest with WebKit Nightlies

Apple isn’t as willy-nilly with their browser release schedule as Google is with Chrome or Mozilla is with Firefox. While Apple is hard at work...
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Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

For those who don’t know, WebKit is today’s predominant layout engine, used by the major web browsers on almost all platforms. Examples are Safari on OS X,...
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Netflix engineer discusses WebKit on embedded devices

Apple’s WebKit is the backbone to many things these days. From iPhone to Android and from your favorite browser to your favorite gaming console, chances...
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MAME can now run in Google Chrome

Your princess is in another castle! Not long ago, Google announced a project called Native Client for Google Chrome. Simply put, it is way for...
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Android moving its browser towards Webkit, kinda like the iPhone

This story might get confusing, so I’m going to start at the beginning. Webkit is an open browser standard that Google already uses in its...
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Apple releases source code for iOS 4.3 WebKit two months late

Alongside of a two month delay, Apple finally released the source code for WebKit in iOS 4.3. After a few complaints by developers and reports...
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Browser Wars: Mindshare

I recently ran into a rather interesting situation. After a small discussion about keeping web browsers up to date, someone recommended moving to Google’s Chrome....
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14 Useful Extensions for Safari 5

Ever since Apple released Safari 5 with extension support, I’ve been going crazy while downloading every one that I can. From my trial and error,...
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iCab Mobile 3: An alternate iPhone and iPad browser

iCab Mobile is a $1.99 web browser for your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad from the developer of iCab for OS X. If you’re looking...
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Giddy Up — A Web Browser for Kids

Looking for a way to introduce your kids to the internet? It’s time for you to take a look at Giddy Up. The team over...
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Apple’s new version of WebKit will make your Life better

Is it wrong to think of a rendering engine as sexy? Apple employees have announced that there is a new version of WebKit called “WebKit2.”...
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Safari recreated using CSS3

Joshua Jones from General Metrics has created a visual representation of Safari using only HTML and CSS3. Inside Webkit-based browsers under Mac OS X and...
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Plainview: Get a real fullscreen browser

A couple weeks ago, a buddy was asking how he could give people access to a photography portfolio in his studio without having to worry...
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Why do we care about Google Chrome?

I hear a lot of people talking up Google Chrome. Being a web browser enthusiast myself, I am somewhat confused about why non-nerds are evangelizing...
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Giving Thanks to Safari

I obsess over small things. The slightest thing can be a show stopper for me. It will come as no surprise that I spend a...
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