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TechBlog: Linkpost | 11.7.2009
MacDailyNews: Perpetual follower: Microsoft mulls Apple’s WebKit for Internet Explorer
AppScout: Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 May Use WebKit
All about Microsoft: Why IE 8 won’t use the WebKit rendering engine
Internet Explorer to shift to Webkit ?
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog —
... Steve Ballmer has indicated that Microsoft might consider using Webkit, the open source rendering engine used by Apple Safari and Google Chrome, in future versions of Internet Explorer ...
Linkpost | 11.7.2009
TechBlog —
... - In WinHEC session, Microsoft exec confirms the goal is to get Win7 on PCs next year. • Microsoft considers adopting WebKit for Internet Explorer - Steve Ballmer says using the same rendering engine as Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome would be "interesting." Also ...
Perpetual follower: Microsoft mulls Apple’s WebKit for Internet Explorer
MacDailyNews —
... its functionality" in order to lock-in users and/or web developers. McLean continues, "'There will still be a lot of proprietary innovation in the browser itself so we may need to have a rendering service,' Ballmer said, adding, 'Open source is interesting. Apple has embraced Webkit and we may look at that, but we will continue to build extensions for IE 8.'" MacDailyNews Take: "We will continue to build extensions for IE 8" in an attempt to keep the sheep in the pen. Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "James W." for the heads up.] MacDailyNews Take: Apple ...
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 May Use WebKit
AppScout —
... "That's cheeky, but a good question, but cheeky," answered Ballmer, according to Apple Insider. ""There will still be a lot of proprietary innovation in the browser itself so we may need to have a rendering service. Open source is interesting. Apple has embraced Webkit and we may look at that, but we will continue to build extensions for IE 8." ...
Why IE 8 won’t use the WebKit rendering engine
All about Microsoft —
... . Microsoft looks at lots of competitive technologies on a regular basis. “Looking at” doesn’t equate to “adopt.” I don’t know whether changing the IE 8 rendering engine from Trident to WebKit would wreak havoc on existing Web sites/apps that have been designed to work with current versions of IE. (Anyone out there have any thoughts on this?) Perhaps there’s a way Microsoft could do this that wouldn’t be overly disruptive to the majority of users. One commentator, responding to a January 21 post on ...
Microsoft to Look at Using Webkit in IE Development
Cult of Mac —
... Nokia’s mobile browser, Google’s new Chrome, and of course the mobile Safari browser used by Apple’s iPhone.
With Microsoft having long preached the gospel of praising developers for the innovations brought to its core product, the company would no doubt gain the undying gratitude of the developer community should it adopt Webkit and free developers from the extra work currently required to make their code render predictably in Internet Explorer.
Via AppleInsider
Internet Explorer com WebKit? Eu acho que não…
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE —
... Durante uma conferência de desenvolvedores na Austrália, o CEO da Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, foi questionado por um estudante sobre o uso de uma engine de renderização de páginas independente no Internet Explorer. “Por que continuar gastando dinheiro com isso se há opções de código aberto que respondem mais rápido aos padrões da web?”, perguntou. ...
Ballmer Gets Diplomatic: Webkit in IE ‘Interesting’
Webmonkey —
... The quote that caught everyone’s attention, according to a post by AppleInsider: “Open source is interesting. Apple has embraced Webkit and we may look at that, but we will continue to build extensions for IE 8.” ...
Microsoft adopting WebKit for Internet Explorer, Steve Ballmer
D' Technology Weblog —
... Addressing a developer conference in Sydney Australia, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the idea of using WebKit as the rendering engine within its web browser was “interesting” and added “we may look at that.” “There will still be a lot of proprietary innovation in the browser itself so we may need to have a rendering service,” Ballmer said, adding, “Open source is interesting. Apple has embraced Webkit and we may look at that, but we will continue to build extensions for IE 8.” ...
Coming sometime today: Firefox 3.1 beta 3
TechBlog —
... for a moment. OK, you can stop grinning now. According to Kennedy, "the grapevine" has Microsoft going in two possible directions in replacing IE: IE8 is the last version of the Internet Explorer Web browser. At least, that's what I'm hearing through the grapevine. It seems that Microsoft is preparing to throw in the towel on its Internet Explorer engine once and for all. And just what will be its replacement? I'm getting conflicting stories on that one. Some are still claiming that Microsoft will go with WebKit , which, thanks to the popularity of Apple's Safari browser and ...
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