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[–] ElPussyKangaroo 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Wha- hold up... I'm not sure I understand...

Chrome was based on WebKit?

I'm not aware about the old stuff as much so if someone could fill me in...

[–] Dapado 18 points 1 year ago (7 children)

WebKit is a rendering engine which is one of the major components of a web browser. Chrome/Chromium was released in 2008 using a modified version of WebKit as its rendering engine. Eventually in 2013 they created a fork of WebKit called Blink, which is the current rendering engine for Chrome/Chromium.

[–] ElPussyKangaroo 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I see... Interesting.

Does anyone remember Microsoft Edge's original engine? Was that an original base or also a fork of something?

[–] Dapado 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ElPussyKangaroo 2 points 1 year ago

I see... Thanks!

I honestly liked the old Edge as well. E Was sad to see it being abandoned.

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