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WebKit2 API Layer Brings Split-Process Model

Posted by Soulskill on from the empire-strikes-back dept.

99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "Anders Carlsson and Sam Weinig over at Apple just announced WebKit2, a rework of the WebKit engine that powers Chrome and Safari. This new version of WebKit incorporates the same style of split-process model that provides stability in Chrome, but built directly into the framework so all browsers based upon WebKit will be able to gain the same level of sandboxing and stability. AppleInsider has a writeup, and the team has provided 'high level documentation' as well. Both Palm and the Epiphany team are going to be happy about this."

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  1. I'm going to predict the future. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The next "big thing" will be some dipshit who writes an HTML rendering engine using nothing but JavaScript and HTML5 canvas. Just because this is how the Web community does things, that JavaScript/HTML5/canvas browser will in turn get a new scripting language that's even shittier than JavaScript is. Then somebody will come along and implement a web browser using that new shitty scripting language, running inside the web browser that runs inside a web browser. Soon it'll be hyped even more than Ruby on Rails, AJAX and Cloud Computing were. Managers around the world will force their developers to rewrite all of their web sites and web apps to target this new shitty scripting language and browser.

  2. Inovation? by pydev · · Score: 0, Troll

    So you're saying that implementing a rendering engine according to existing specs constitutes "innovation" for Apple? Sadly, you're right. I think most people would call that "programming" though,