Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

#1

Post by izuzak » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 8:27 AM UTC

Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8
my.opera.com

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

#2

Post by chris_wot » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 8:54 AM UTC

Genuine question: now they dumped their own rendering and javascript engines, what are the compelling reasons for using Opera?

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

#3

Post by jonchang » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 8:59 AM UTC

It's kind of unfortunate that this had to happen. This will only further entrench the WebKit hegemony in mobile devices.

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

#4

Post by sirn » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:11 AM UTC

I'm not sure I should be happy or sad. Part of me is happy that I have one less rendering engine to worry about, other part of me fear that the fact that WebKit dominating the market (now with only three major players playing, WebKit, Trident and Gecko) means the start of "this website works best when viewed with WebKit-based browsers" era via the use of non-standard -webkit vendor prefix.

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

#5

Post by friendly_chap » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:16 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #2

Genuine question: now they dumped their own rendering and javascript engines, what are the compelling reasons for using Opera?

GUI, features? Users don't even know what is a rendering, or javascript engine. They don't care unless it's exceedingly slow.

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

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Post by TobbenTM » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:23 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #2

Genuine question: now they dumped their own rendering and javascript engines, what are the compelling reasons for using Opera?

Same as before for me; mouse gestures, awesome speed-dial, custom search keywords and possibility for a lot of customization.

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

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Post by mbq » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:45 AM UTC

I hope they will go one step further and finally open-source it.

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:49 AM UTC

sirn wrote: post #4

I'm not sure I should be happy or sad. Part of me is happy that I have one less rendering engine to worry about, other part of me fear that the fact that WebKit dominating the market (now with only three major players playing, WebKit, Trident and Gecko) means the start of "this website works best when viewed with WebKit-based browsers" era via the use of non-standard -webkit vendor prefix.

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Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

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Post by gebe » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 10:00 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #2

Genuine question: now they dumped their own rendering and javascript engines, what are the compelling reasons for using Opera?

Features, their rendering and javascript engines were the reasons I left Opera for Chrome. They will get me back in a heartbeat if this works out well.

Re: Opera browser switching to WebKit & V8

#10

Post by beagle3 » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 10:15 AM UTC

Please open source Carakan and Presto - we want to learn from you guys!