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Re:Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project by dave1010uk on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @06:00PM (#5489482)
This paragraph makes me happy:

    From a short-term perspective, monocultures seem good for developer 
    productivity. From the long term perspective, however, monocultures 
    inevitably lead to stagnation. It is our firm belief that more options in 
    rendering engines will lead to more innovation and a healthier web ecosystem.
From http://www.chromium.org/blink/developer-faq
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Re:Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project by jammmuel on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @09:45PM (#5490464)
I find this a doubled-edged sword. Monocultures are said to foster a culture of laziness, apathy. This hasn't been the case with WebKit. Don't get me wrong - competition is healthy. I'm simply thinking of how Jovinder experiences the web.
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Re:Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project by fpgeek on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:11PM (#5490540)
If you think WebKit hasn't fostered a culture of laziness and apathy among mobile web developers, try browsing the web using Firefox for Android or IE (on Windows Phone) sometime.

I've lost track of the number of times I've had to pretend to be something different (desktop Firefox, default Android, Mobile Safari ...) to make a website usable. Every time I have a fresh Firefox install on Android, the first extension I install is Phony.

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