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		jeresig on Feb 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines That's an interesting assumption to make: Just because Safari or Chrome hypothetically used Gecko doesn't mean that competition would've halted. Why couldn't it have been any different from when Chrome used WebKit as its basis and absolutely trounced Safari?

gcp on Feb 13, 2013 [–]

I wouldn't say Chrome WebKit trounced Safari WebKit. The browser surrounding the engine was better. This means little wrt. to the engine.

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