These are the three browser engines we have. We are unlikely to get any brand new bloodlines in the foreseeable future. This is it.
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If we lose one of those browser engines, we lose the lineage, every permutation of that engine that would follow, the unique takes on the web it could allow for. And it’s not likely to be replaced.
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Imagine a planet populated only by hummingbirds, salmon, and horses. Say all the hummingbirds and horses died out. Maybe one day salmon would evolve into something that could walk on land, but they’d be a far cry from a horse and farther still from a hummingbird. It’d be a wait.
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I genuinely do not like the idea of pruning the great family tree of browsers (or collection of bushes as it were) down to a single branch. It smacks of monoculture, which is a fragile thing.
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Develop in more than one browser. Test in more than one browser. Use more than one browser. You are both consumer and producer. You have a say in how the future plays out.
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Thanks for listening. I never did turn this into a proper post. (I got too tangled up illustrating the horses, hummingbirds, and salmon!)
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PS: We already lost a browser engine bloodline when Opera moved to Blink. Three left.
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I just want to remind folks of the time when Microsoft bailed out Apple as it was about to sink. What would personal computers be like today if we’d only had Linux and Windows left standing?
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Ok maybe I should make a post from this.
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Ok, I am writing a post about this. Now, where should it go up?
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