{"id":575588,"date":"2010-05-22T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=121662"},"modified":"2010-05-22T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T14:00:31","slug":"webkit-is-great-but-isn%e2%80%99t-the-great-unifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/575588","title":{"rendered":"WebKit Is Great, But Isn\u2019t the Great Unifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>WebKit has gained astounding traction in the world of the mobile web. The open-source layout engine is at the heart of browsers used in Android, iPhone OS, Symbian and webOS — and most recently, BlackBerry<\/a>. That leaves Opera and Mozilla as the only two mobile browser developers of note to eschew WebKit. But it won’t be the unifying force in mobile data that some wishful thinkers have envisioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There’s a lot to like about WebKit beyond its dominant presence in mobile. The technology supports HTML5, which will help lessen the need for proprietary technologies such as Adobe\u2019s Flash and Microsoft\u2019s Silverlight. Its small footprint and high performance make it ideal for mobile, where devices are smaller and less powerful than other platforms. And developers say it’s easier to code for<\/a> than other mobile browser engines.<\/p>\n

Indeed, WebKit has the potential to be a huge force in moving mobile data beyond native apps and toward a standardized world of web-based apps where developers can address huge mobile audiences with a single build and consumers aren\u2019t constrained by the kind of hardware they carry.<\/p>\n