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mwb1100:
Sorry, I'm growing weary of a "+1" which is a Google invention applied to everything.

Did they make it THAT easy?
-TaoPhoenix (February 19, 2013, 09:36 PM)
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It's a lot older than that. Google simply used it. It has been popular in the developer community for forever +1 day. ;)
-Renegade (February 19, 2013, 10:49 PM)
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Yes - WebKit is more of an Apple thing than a Google thing.  But it's used pretty widely.

SKA:
How come its only now that the truth about webkit emerges,after so many bug-ridden years?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57569342-93/javascript-expert-webkit-get-your-bug-ridden-house-in-order/

http://blog.methvin.com/2013/02/tragedy-of-webkit-commons.html

Will Opera magically improve Webkit and allow everyone else to reap the benefits ?
Somehow I really doubt it.  IMO webkit was just an excuse to dump the Presto team.

Ska

allen:
Will Opera magically improve Webkit and allow everyone else to reap the benefits ?
Somehow I really doubt it.  IMO webkit was just an excuse to dump the Presto team.
-SKA (February 20, 2013, 06:32 AM)
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I have always loved Opera, this news saddens me as much as anyone and probably more than most--but let's get real. While Opera has pioneered MDI, tabs, autofill, bookmark sync and nearly every other feature (extensions withstanding) we expect in every major browser, Opera has never gained any traction. Ever. If I could personally choose just one rendering engine, it'd be Presto if only for Dragonfly -- but that is irrelevant because, again, zero traction. Presto is fantastic... and a liability.

longrun:
I've got Opera M2 emails going back to 2000. Regardless of what benchmarks show, Opera has always seemed infinitely faster to me than IE or Firefox. I vowed never to try Chrome when I read that it couldn't be uninstalled w/o screwing up Windows.

If necessary I'll just stick with old-fashioned Opera until it no longer works on Windows, and then run it in a virtual machine.

I wonder if this move is the major philosophical difference that forced founder Jon von Tetzchner to leave.

Josh:
I vowed never to try Chrome when I read that it couldn't be uninstalled w/o screwing up Windows.-longrun (March 26, 2013, 07:40 PM)
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Uninstalled and re-installed numerous times, no issues to report on XP, Vista, 7 or 8...

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