As I understand it, people involved with this browser have been contemplating moving to webkit, and this would be necessary if it were not to disappear into an oubliette because of what Mozilla are ...
In anticipation of changes to App Store policy, Mozilla is developing an iOS browser that would use its Gecko rendering engine instead of WebKit. Web browsers and apps with web-browsing functionality ...
Google’s decision to abandon open-source web browser engine WebKit for its own mobile rendering engine, Blink, is surprising, expected, tragic, and a godsend — all at once. And it’s also happening ...
Upcoming regulations in the European Union could force Apple to drop its long-standing rule that all iPhone and iPad browsers use the same WebKit engine as Safari. Mozilla chair and CEO Mitchell Baker ...
Inside every browser is the core of the ideal client-side application environment, incorporating everything that I’d estimate half of commercial applications need. There’s the best dynamic, ...
It's a very interesting problem. The other half of the story, which I haven't seen covered too much, is perhaps Google did this purposely to hurt Apple and WebKit. Given Google's other actions, such ...
Apple's App Store policies require that the Chrome browser on iOS uses the WebKit engine rather than the usual Blink, but that isn't stopping Google from indulging in ...
As part of a larger story about Apple's plans to allow third-party app stores on the iPhone and iPad in EU countries, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claimed that Apple is ...
Apple’s WWDC announcements include a new version of Safari for macOS Sonoma that allows separation of work / personal browsing, upgrades to WebKit, and extended privacy features. Apple’s WWDC ...
When iOS 16.3.1 arrived in February, it included a critical security fix for a WebKit vulnerability that was known to have been actively exploited. At the same time, Apple patched iPadOS (16.3.1), ...