The danger of the ‘Just Use WebKit’ mindset

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As a web developer working in the Microsoft space I hear this statement a lot. Go check out the IE UserVoice and you’ll find this.
I want to talk about why this mindset of “just use WebKit” is a dangerous one.
Chrome isn’t …


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Sigh As a web developer working in the Microsoft space I hear this statement a lot. Go check out the IE UserVoice and you’ll find this. I want to talk about why this mindset of “just use WebKit” is a dangerous one. Chrome isn’t WebKitWhen a lot of people say this to me most of the time they are actually saying that they’d prefer IE to be Chrome. It’s somewhat strange that so many web developers seem to have forgotten that Chromium forked WebKit and made Blink nearly 2 years ago.


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