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Re:macOS Big Sur by djxfade on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:45PM (#25076263)
They never split from Chrome. Chrome forked WebKit into Blink because Apple's wasn't merging Google's patches
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Re:macOS Big Sur by om2 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:41PM (#25077365)
There were many reasons for the split, but as far as I know this was not one of them. There was no patch backlog, and there were many reviewers on the Chrome team. I think it was a combo of desire for control and debates over various architectural approaches.
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Re:macOS Big Sur by jolux on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:00PM (#25076428)
Not sure why you're getting downvoted but this is correct. KHTML -> WebKit -> Blink.
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Re:macOS Big Sur by runarberg on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:00AM (#25079383)
And now we only can only hope for the next iteration to take over: KHTML → WebKit → Blink → Edge
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Re:macOS Big Sur by Cthulhu_ on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:53AM (#25080433)
Unlikely, given how Edge just migrated to Blink itself.
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Re:macOS Big Sur by latexr on Friday November 13, 2020 @08:31AM (#25081922)
I think the point your parent comment is making is that Microsoft may break away from Blink just like Google broke away from Webkit.
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Re:macOS Big Sur by silly-silly on Thursday November 12, 2020 @09:43PM (#25078214)
He's getting downvoted because people misunderstand what he means. Real debugging requires the xcode tools , not the built in 'web developer' garbage.
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