EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact

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  1. SweX

    SweX Registered Member

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    I thought they basically were the same but that other Webkit browser included other features like built in PDF reader, Flash and such. :)

    So not a biggie but might be worth knowing how big the difference is, or have they just further developed Webkit to improve it, and change it to the way they like it? :doubt:
     
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    WebKit

    'The code that would become WebKit began in 1998 as the KDE's HTML layout engine KHTML and KDE's JavaScript engine (KJS). The WebKit project was started within Apple by Don Melton on 25 June 2001[10] as a fork of KHTML and KJS.' ~ Wikipedia

    Chromium

    One of the major aims of the project is for Chrome to be a tabbed window manager, or shell for the web, as opposed to it being a traditional browser application. The application is designed to have a minimalist user interface. The developers state that it "should feel lightweight (cognitively and physically) and fast".[6] ~ Wikipedia

    So, your guess is as good as mine.
     
  3. Wild Hunter

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    The biggest difference between WebKit and Chromium is that Chromium is more than a layout engine, although Chromium uses WebKit as its layout engine:

    To the point: Chromium is an open source browser that uses WebKit (a layout engine) and V8 (a javascript engine) and Skia (a graphics engine).

    There are several browsers based on Chromium's open source code: Google Chrome is the most famous.

    Safari is another browser, not based on Chromium. Safari uses WebKit (a layout engine) and Nitro (a javascript engine) and Cairo (a graphics engine).

    Hope that clears some confusion.
     
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  4. SweX

    SweX Registered Member

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    Great! Thanks to both of you Daveski17 and Wild Hunter. :) :thumb:
     
  5. Wild Hunter

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    This is an interesting and complex matter mainly because browsers are made of several different components. There are browsers based on "older" browsers, with different degrees of dependence and/or differentiation, there are browsers sharing only one or more components with, again, different degrees of dependence and/or differentiation, there are browsers sharing nothing and/or with no evident similarities; and probably even more "combinations".

    But all of them should follow W3C standards. :)
     
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