[dba-Tech] FYI: Moving to "nirvana": if Microsoft were to shift to WebKit, you can thank Opera.

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Thu Feb 14 03:04:57 CST 2013


> - because of the fact that IE and its rendering and Javascript interpretation engine(s) should be tightly coupled with Web Browser Automation and so it could be very hard to "cut/refactor that Automation ties" without breaking a lot of custom software using Web Browser Automation features.

Is this actually a critical issue for most people? Is it an issue that cannot be solved by either forking IE into two versions - IE and IE Classic? Or perhaps having a compatibility layer, like what already exists in IE, so that some things can use Trident if needed, while the main engine remains WebKit?

- Hans


On 2013-02-14, at 12:18 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote:

> <<<
> As I have expressed previously here, I have my fingers crossed that Microsoft will follow suit.
>>>> 
> I'd not mind :) ... but I doubt it will happen (real soon if ever):
> 
> - first of all because as we all know "Microsoft is not following standards but they create them" :) and 
> - because of the fact that IE and its rendering and Javascript interpretation engine(s) should be tightly coupled with Web Browser Automation and so it could be very hard to "cut/refactor that Automation ties" without breaking a lot of custom software using Web Browser Automation features.
> 
> -- Shamil
> 
> Среда, 13 февраля 2013, 23:56 -08:00 от Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>:
>> Yep, the big news of today. I always had a feeling that my old Linux web browser, Konqueror, was destined for great things... and now it is happening :)
>> 
>> As I have expressed previously here, I have my fingers crossed that Microsoft will follow suit.
>> 
>> - Hans
>> 
>> 
>> On 2013-02-13, at 11:49 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi All --
>>> 
>>> FYI: "Opera Sings The Final Song With Its Rendering Engine, Decides To Shift To WebKit"
>>> http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/13/opera-sings-the-final-song-with-its-rendering-engine-decides-to-shift-to-webkit/
>>> 
>>> -- Shamil <<< skipped >>>
>> 
> 
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