Comments on: The Amazing Rise of WebKit Mobile

By: DC

DC — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:29:31 +0000

For those that believe apple “created webkit” a quote from wikipedia

“The code that would become WebKit began in 1998 as the KDE project’s HTML layout engine KHTML and KDE’s JavaScript engine (KJS). The name and project ‘WebKit’ were created in 2002 when Apple Inc. created a fork of KHTML”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit

So Apple gave it the webkit name. that is not creating webkit. They also took 3 years to “open source” it. even though it was born from open source.

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By: For Firefox, a Challenging Future Awaits

For Firefox, a Challenging Future Awaits — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:01:54 +0000

[...] Pre and Apple’s iPhone. These platforms are attracting developers, who will work with WebKit and not Firefox. In other words, Mozilla runs the risk of losing developer [...]

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By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:50:50 +0000

And now Google Android and Palm Pre are both using the Webkit rendering engine. This is good news. Hopefully they will join IE and intelligently agree to web standards for developers.

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By: iPhone / Android Optimized Theme « C. Murray Consulting

iPhone / Android Optimized Theme « C. Murray Consulting — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:47:19 +0000

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By: Why Chrome is a win-win for Google | last100

Why Chrome is a win-win for Google | last100 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:44:56 +0000

[...] e.g. the V8 Javascript engine and the company’s own contributions to the open source WebKit rendering engine (also utilized by Apple, Adobe and Nokia) get picked up by competitors and improve the running of [...]

By: Google Browser Is Real. Another Win For Webkit - GigaOM

Google Browser Is Real. Another Win For Webkit - GigaOM — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:35:55 +0000

[...] However, where it is vulnerable is on the mobile where IE Mobile has a non-existence market share. Like Mozilla, Microsoft is playing catch up with Webkit that is the core rendering engine for Nokia S60 phones, Apple’s iPhone Safari and Google Android devices. Even a Windows Mobile version is in the works. (Read: Webkit report.) [...]

By: depe

depe — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:32:32 +0000

Apple did not create Webkit. Apple took KHTML code from KDE and modified it into Webkit. So Apple should NOT get credit for creating Webkit. Far from it, Apple should be disparaged for taking KDE’s code without providing feedback that would help KDE.

By: WebKit Comes To Windows Mobile Devices - GigaOM

WebKit Comes To Windows Mobile Devices - GigaOM — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:34:50 +0000

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By: Michael O'Connor Clarke

Michael O'Connor Clarke — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:42:55 +0000

Excuse me dropping into this discussion rather late with what is, I must confess, a blatant pitch, but just wanted to let you all know that what is almost certainly the first WebKit browser for Windows Mobile is now available for preview download from Torch Mobile, here: http://www.torchmobile.com

Versions of the new Iris Browser coming for other platforms from the same developers soon.

By: Rayne

Rayne — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:55:41 +0000

Addition: I'm certain that Google also has a hand in WebKit as well with its inclusion in the Java-based Android platform.

By: Rayne

Rayne — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:42:17 +0000

reinharden and fog city dave, you're both wrong about WebKit. WebKit was, and continues to be, based on alot of the work of the KDE project (KHTML, KJS, KSVG).

The forking of it by Apple to create the WebKit platform was well and good, but the sending back of heaps of revised code that had to be sorted by the KDE folk created discrepancies in communication between KDE and Apple early on.

But now that KDE4 is out, WebKit is being reintegrated into the KDE, particularly since Trolltech (which bankrolls a few of the KDE developers because of their preference for their Qt toolkit) was bought by Nokia, which uses WebKit in their S60 mobile browser.

Either way, WebKit, except for the name, did not start out as an Apple creation. KDE plays a continual role in WebKit's development as much as the engineers from Apple and Nokia.

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