[dba-Tech] Opera anyone?

[Bryan Carbonnell]

Yes, and no.

WebKit is a fork of KHTML that Apple created.

So, yes Apple created Webkit, but not from scratch.

https://www.webkit.org/ details.

B

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi Hans:
>
> So did Apple make the Webkit core that current browsers are using?
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" <hans.andersen at phulse.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 11:48:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Opera anyone?
>
> Just want to point out that Google Chrome's core is WebKit - Apples open source browser core (as shared by Safari). Apple doesn't always open source things, but, when they do, I think they deserve some attribution rather than Google - a beneficiary.
>
> - Hans
>
>
>> On Mar 17, 2015, at 11:31 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All:
>>
>> A few years ago the Opera browser decided to dump their own core and use Google's Chrome core instead. Does this mean Opera is just another Chrome...not at all. If anyone here has used and/or has a high definition screen you will most likely notice how shabby your browser appears on the screen. Various hacks tend to make the browser just look worse.
>>
>> But try Opera. It runs great on HighDPI displays and runs all your Google plug-ins as well. :-)
>>
>> Jim
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