Google Chrome and WebKit
By David Golding
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As a follow-up to my post on dropping IE 6 indefinitely, I think it’s very interesting how timely the Google Chrome release has been, and most interesting how it’s built on the WebKit engine. Neil McAllister posted his perspective on Google Chrome, listing its adoption of WebKit as one of the biggest advantages for developers, and I agree. The more that major software developers of web browsers adopt the mantra of standards compliance, the less deadweight loss that we’ll have to recover as those building the web sites.
I’m excited for Chrome, though it does have some minor things to tweak, but I’m thrilled they chose WebKit. Hopefully Mozilla can do the same thing with Firefox and then maybe push IE out the door. It is possible to edge out IE, and I think the more that we see offerings like this, not the Opera tactic of crying “anti-trust!”, the more the competition will give developers more effective means of developing, and users more secure and enjoyable means of interacting with the web.
