Hello Blink
It’s great to be able to talk publicly about Blink, the new engine that will power Opera’s browsers (disclosure: my employer, but this is a personal post) and Chrome henceforth. I know a lot of people worried that there would be less diversity on the Web once Opera Presto was retired, and the forking of WebKit into Blink restores that balance. Opera will be contributing to Blink in future.
[added 22:46 UK time] My boss, Lars Erik Bolstad, said on Opera’s behalf: “Our ambition is to contribute Opera’s browser engine expertise to Blink, ranging from the implementation of new web standards to improvements in existing code.”
My personal feeling (not representing my employer, wife, children or hamster) is that Blink has a lot of promise for the Web. Its architecture allows for greater speed – something that Opera and Google have long focused on. When browsers are fast and interoperable, using the web as a platform becomes more competitive against native app development. I also hope that it’s easier for smaller players and even individuals to contribute to the new rendering engine, with a more transparent gatekeeping process: “Our goal is for anyone to be able to participate, regardless of organizational affiliation.”
It’s also great that there will be no more vendor prefixes in Blink (only legacy ones inherited from WebKit that will be removed or dropped where possible). Vendor prefixes were like Morrissey’s solo career: on paper, a good idea – but in reality, a horrible mess.
So, hello Blink. With Presto remaining in the wild until 2020, and Firefox’s co-incidental announcement today that it’s collaborating with Samsung on two early stage projects to build a new rendering engine called Servo, diversity on the Web has never looked healthier, and interoperability never (er) interoperabler.
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[…] El nuevo motor Blink será adoptado también por Opera, productora del browser homónimo, según nos relata Bruce Lawson -empleado de la compañía- en su propio blog. […]
[…] Google Abandonarán el engine WebKit para mostrar las páginas en Google Chrome, reemplazándolo por una versión propia denominada Blink. Según los desarrolladores de Google, de esta manera lograrán acelerar el desarrollo de Chrome y reducir su complejidad.Opera, un browser que recientemente acaba de adoptar a WebKit, también se pasará a Blink. Según lo publicado por su directivo Bruce Lawson, “Opera contribuirá con el desarrollo de Blink en el futuro”. […]
[…] Google podjęło decyzję o sforkowaniu silnika HTML WebKit. Blink, jak nazwano nowy projekt, tworzony będzie z myślą o wieloprocesowej architekturze. Deweloperzy WebKita już zaczęli usuwać fragmenty kodu stworzone specjalnie dla przeglądarki Google. Z kolei deweloperzy Opery ogłosili, że ich przeglądarka również będzie korzystać z Blinka. […]
[…] Bruce Lawson […]
[…] will make its web debut in Chrome 28 (and Opera 14). Based on Google’s Blink FAQ and initial announcement, expect Blink to diverge significantly […]
[…] will make its web debut in Chrome 28 (and Opera 14). Based on Google’s Blink FAQ and initial announcement, expect Blink to diverge significantly […]
[…] o WebKit. Mas, mais do que o WebKit, aparentemente o navegador vai usar o Blink. Em um post em seu blog pessoal, Bruce Lawson,empregado da empresa, dá as boas-vindas à engine e diz que ela estará no browser. E, […]
Guys, seriously when you will publish new Opera?
[…] o usunięciu specyficznego kodu Google, dla przeglądarki Chromium. Teraz dowiadujemy się, że Opera zmieni silnik Presto na Blink, natomiast Adobe zapowiedziało oficjalne wsparcie. Oczywiście nie oznacza to porzucenia silników […]
[…] When Opera announced they’re dropping Presto in favor of Webkit, they actually meant Blink (src). […]
[…] “I know a lot of people worried that there would be less diversity on the Web once Opera Presto was retired, and the forking of WebKit into Blink restores that balance,” Opera’s Bruce Lawson said in a blog post. […]
when it’s ready!= Never!!
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[…] Opera, un browser que recientemente acaba de adoptar a WebKit, también se pasará a Blink. Según lo publicado por su directivo Bruce Lawson, “Opera contribuirá con el desarrollo de Blink en el futuro”. […]
[…] reason is that they don’t want to be controlled by Apple what goes into the engine or not. Opera also annouced they will start using this engine. I think this started when Apple did throw out […]
[…] This has already tempted Opera to adopt Blink. […]
[…] 28 den von Google entwickelten Webkit-Ableger Blink nutzt. Opera hatte bereits Anfang April mitgeteilt, zukünftig Blink nutzen zu […]
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[…] dopo qualche settimana quella per Android. Nel prossimo futuro, inoltre, l’azienda norvegese seguira Google nel fork di Webkit e incorporerà il nuovo engine Blink nel suo […]
[…] revealed last April that it was planning to roll out a Blink-based version of its browser; Google and Mozilla have done […]
[…] revealed last April that it was planning to roll out a Blink-based version of its browser; Google and Mozilla have done […]
[…] will make its web debut in Chrome 28 (and Opera 14). Based on Google’s Blink FAQ and initial announcement, expect Blink to diverge significantly […]
[…] Bruce Lawson on Opera’s adoption of Blink. […]
[…] “I know a lot of people worried that there would be less diversity on the Web once Opera Presto was retired, and the forking of WebKit into Blink restores that balance,” Opera’s Bruce Lawson said in a blog post. […]
[…] sí, bueno, que last… no, esperen. Opera anunció que saltarán junto con Google y en vez de webkit, adoptarán Blink, de tal manera que el motor de Opera seguirá siendo el de […]