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Definition · Supertopics: browsers · Subtopics: blink, edgehtml, gecko, khtml, painting, presto, reflow, rendering, servo, trident, webkit (non-exhaustive) · “browser-engines” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Other Related TopicsDate#
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)78
videos, history, web, javascript, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, standards
Preparing for Verso and Beyond: Future-Proofing Your Frontend for New Browser Engines (des)77
guest-posts, verso, servo, browsers
Apple’s Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA (owa)76
apple, webkit, safari, legal, browsers
News From WWDC25: WebKit in Safari 26 Beta (jen+/web)75
webkit, safari, browsers, apple
Behind the Scenes of Verso Browser Development (wuy)74
verso, browsers, servo
Better Typography With “text-wrap: pretty” (jen/web)73
typography, css, webkit, browsers, safari, apple
Fixing “rowspan=0” on Tables on WebKit (kar)72
html, tables, webkit, browsers
Better Text Rendering in Chromium-Based Browsers on Windows (pat/dev)71
typography, rendering, browsers, chromium, windows, microsoft
Basic Keyboard Shortcut Support for Focused Links (eri)70
links, focus, support, keyboard-shortcuts, accessibility
How Does the Browser Render HTML? (and)69
browsers, rendering, html, dom, css, cssom, painting
Servo: A Web Rendering Engine for the Future (reg/iga)68
videos, servo
What Is Ladybird? Everything We Know About the New Browser and Web Engine (nim)67
browsers, ladybird
Highlight Areas That the Browser Engine Re-Paints (pat/dev)66
performance, debugging, painting, browsers, google, chrome, microsoft, edge, apple, safari
Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now? OSS-NA 202465
servo, browsers
Make a Web Browser: Beginner’s Guide (nim)64
guides, browsers
Using Alternative Browser Engines in the European Union63
apple, browsers, mobile
Battle of the Browsers (zer)62
browsers, blink, chrome, google, edge, microsoft, brave, gecko, firefox, mozilla, webkit, safari, apple, comparisons
The World of Web Browsers Is in a Bad Way (jen)61
browsers, chromium, google
Midori Browser Will Change Its Engine to Gecko60
browsers, gecko
The Novel Engines: Servo (bka+/iga)59
podcasts, servo, browsers
How Blink Invalidates Styles When “:has()” [Is] in Use (iga)58
browsers, rendering, blink, css, selectors
Browser Rendering: What Happens Behind the Scenes (fro)57
browsers, rendering, parsing, painting, dom, cssom
Mozilla, Like Google, Is Looking Ahead to the End of Apple’s WebKit Rule (tho/the)56
browsers, mozilla, google, apple, webkit
Mozilla’s Abandoned Servo Web Engine Is Making a Comeback in 2023 (its)55
mozilla, servo, browsers
Apple Considering Dropping Requirement for iPhone Web Browsers to Use WebKit54
apple, browsers, webkit
Apple Is Not Defending Browser Engine Choice (sli)53
browsers, web, apple
What Would a Chromium-Only Web Look Like? (mno)52
browsers, chromium, google, web
Apple’s Grip on iOS Browser Engines Disallowed Under Latest Draft EU Rules (tho/the)51
browsers, legal, apple
Overview of Servo (wuy)50
overviews, servo
Getting Started With Servo (wuy)49
introductions, servo, mozilla
RenderingNG: The Next-Generation Rendering Architecture for Chrome (chr/dev)48
videos, browsers, google, chrome, chromium, rendering
RenderingNG: An Architecture That Makes and Keeps Chrome Fast for the Long Term (chr/dev)47
browsers, google, chrome, chromium, rendering
When iOS Will Allow Other Browsers (kar)46
apple, mobile, browsers
Key Data Structures and Their Roles in RenderingNG (chr+/dev)45
browsers, chromium, google, rendering, data-structures
Overview of the RenderingNG Architecture (chr/dev)44
overviews, browsers, chromium, google, rendering
RenderingNG (chr/dev)43
browsers, chromium, google, rendering, history
History of Web Browser Engines From 1990 Until Today42
history, browsers, presto, gecko, trident, edgehtml, khtml, webkit, blink, servo
Sometimes, a Billion Laughs Aren’t So Funny—Improving CSS Variables in WebKit41
css, custom-properties, browsers, webkit
The Browser Engine That Could (jay)40
history, browsers, trident, gecko, presto, khtml, webkit, v8, blink, safari, apple, konqueror, chrome, google, link-lists
Web Engine Diversity and Ecosystem Health (chr/css)39
web-platform
Today, the Trident Era Ends (sch)38
trident, browsers, edge, edgehtml, internet-explorer, microsoft, history
Browser Engine Diversity (chr/css)37
browsers, web-platform
Why Every Browser Switching to Blink Could Be Bad News for the Web36
browsers, blink, google, chrome, microsoft, edge, web
Goodbye, EdgeHTML (moz)35
edgehtml, gecko, browsers, firefox, mozilla
Browser Painting and Considerations for Web Performance (css)34
browsers, painting, rendering, performance
Introduction to WebRender—Browsers Today (nic/moz)33
introductions, gecko, browsers, comparisons
Putting Down Event Infrastructure in Gecko (mar)32
browsers, gecko, events
Introducing EdgeHTML 13, Our First Platform Update for Microsoft Edge (mic)31
introductions, edgehtml, edge, microsoft, browsers
Intent to Deprecate: SMIL30
discussions, chromium, blink, browsers, smil, support, deprecation
Google’s Blink Not Implementing W3C Pointer Events29
google, blink, pointer-events
What Every Frontend Developer Should Know About Webpage Rendering28
rendering, dom, cssom, painting, reflow, browsers
Paul Irish on Chrome Moving to Blink (pau+/ali)27
interviews, browsers, google, chrome, blink
Blink (ppk)26
browsers, blink, google
Blink—Chrome’s New Rendering Engine25
browsers, blink, chrome, google
Hello, Blink! (aer)24
browsers, blink
Opera Announces Switch to WebKit Rendering Engine23
opera, browsers, presto, webkit
Opera Admits Defeat, Switches to Google’s Chromium22
opera, browsers, presto, webkit
Pseudo Element Animations/Transitions Bug Fixed in WebKit (chr/css)21
webkit, browsers, css, selectors, animations, transitions
Why Is Microsoft Contributing to WebKit? (mar/zdn)20
microsoft, webkit
Five Questions With Paul Irish (pau+/css)19
interviews, webkit, browsers, internet-explorer, microsoft, chrome, google
How Browsers Work (pau/dev)18
browsers, webkit, gecko, rendering, parsing, painting, html, css, javascript, link-lists
JavaScript Madness: Layout Engines17
javascript, browsers, javascript-engines
Firefox Unveiled: Gecko Basic Data Flow16
browsers, mozilla, firefox, gecko, parsing
Mobile WebKit Compatibility (dal/aja)15
webkit, browsers, mobile
WebKit: The Dominant Smartphone Platform (gri/clo)14
browsers, webkit, mobile
HTML 5 Parser Lands in Gecko (dal/aja)13
html, parsing, gecko, firefox, mozilla, browsers
WebKit Now Let’s You Style Scrollbars (dal/aja)12
scrolling, css, webkit
HTML5 Parsing in Gecko: A Build (hsi)11
html, parsing, gecko, tooling
A Quick Look at Browser Engines (Trident, Gecko, WebKit, Presto)10
browsers, trident, gecko, webkit, presto, comparisons
SVG Filter Performance Improvements in Gecko 1.9.19
gecko, browsers, svg, images, filters
XBL 2: The Component Model Is Coming to WebKit and Gecko (dal/aja)8
xbl, webkit, gecko, browsers
CSS Masks (web)7
css, masking, webkit
The Acid 3 Test (web)6
web-platform, acid-tests, support, browsers, safari, apple, webkit
WebKit Gets Native “getElementsByClassName” (web)5
webkit, javascript
WebKit Does HTML5 Client-Side Database Storage (bra/web)4
webkit, html, browser-storage
The Unforking of KDE’s KHTML and WebKit (ars)3
browsers, khtml, webkit, konqueror, safari, apple
Mozilla’s Layout Engine (dba/moz)2
slides, mozilla, gecko, browsers
Why Gecko Matters: What Netscape’s Upcoming Browser Will Mean to the Web (zel/ali)1
netscape, mozilla, gecko, browsers