WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by jimsteinhart » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 2:41 PM UTC

WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines
ejohn.org

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by justindocanto » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 2:54 PM UTC

Great points. Nice read.

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by fideloper » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:08 PM UTC

Not to derail the topic, but did anyone else read that headline as a negative, only to find that it wasn't (necessarily)?

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by cs702 » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:10 PM UTC

WebKit and jQuery -- and Bootstrap -- are becoming the new 'Win32 API.'

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by philbarr » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:11 PM UTC

cs702 wrote: post #4

WebKit and jQuery -- and Bootstrap -- are becoming the new 'Win32 API.'

Let's hope it doesn't get that bad.

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by k3n » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:12 PM UTC

fideloper wrote: post #3

Not to derail the topic, but did anyone else read that headline as a negative, only to find that it wasn't (necessarily)?

No, given that it's from ejohn.org...

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by StavrosK » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:14 PM UTC

I like the arguments: "Don't worry about happening, because it's already happened!"

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by gcp » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:18 PM UTC

fideloper wrote: post #3

Not to derail the topic, but did anyone else read that headline as a negative, only to find that it wasn't (necessarily)?

Maybe it depends on what your view of jQuery is:

In the case of JavaScript libraries virtually everyone has standardized upon jQuery at this point.

In other words, as far as he cares things other than jQuery don't have a right of existence. Although it's very popular it's probably even more arguable if there aren't better JavaScript frameworks than jQuery, compared to whether there are better rendering engines than WebKit.

I believe it comes pretty close to illustrating what I believe is so wrong about his arguments.

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by jeresig » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:19 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #7

I like the arguments: "Don't worry about happening, because it's already happened!"

Pretty much! People worry that the transition to a WebKit monoculture would result in some terrible things. On the contrary Chrome has shown that a shared rendering engine does not result in stagnation. Stagnation is a separate concern from a shared core.

Re: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines

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Post by spicyj » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:19 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #7

I like the arguments: "Don't worry about happening, because it's already happened!"

"…because it's already happened and the world hasn't exploded."

It's hard to know now what the very–long-term effects will be but John's point that the web has benefited from Chrome's creation is hard to argue with. As for whether it's benefited more or less than if Chrome had used a different rendering engine, we'll never know…