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    1. Asa Dotzler‏ @asadotzler 29 Mar 2018
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      I don't consider all webkit forks the way I consider Google and Blink. Do you?

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    2. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 29 Mar 2018
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      It's a very old fork with extremely significant divergences, including a huge reliance on server processing. They're not just leeching off of Apple; not at all.

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    3. Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 29 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @wycats @asadotzler and

      For what it’s worth, I think UC Browser is pretty different, because they would not be competitive at all if they weren’t targeting the Chinese market specifically (market share data confirms this).

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    4. Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 29 Mar 2018
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      I think something much more interesting is the success of Samsung Internet, which speaks volumes about what drives adoption in the mobile space.

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    5. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 29 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @pcwalton @asadotzler and

      What do you think it teaches us?

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    6. Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 29 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @wycats @asadotzler and

      That browsers right now are interchangeable commodities in the mobile space, so integration plays (hardware, Chinese government support, etc.) are pretty much the only thing that drive adoption.

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    7. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 29 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @pcwalton @asadotzler and

      This feels like the wrong lesson to learn. UC is popular in part because it addresses real pain points for its users (by leaning hard on server support, same reason Opera w/ server rendering was popular). Edge is losing on Windows, despite cartoonish integration plays.

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    8. Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 29 Mar 2018
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      I mean, if your theory were true, you’d expect significant UC Browser usage in South America. You don’t see that.

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    9. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 29 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @pcwalton @asadotzler and

      It's necessary but not sufficient. You don't win through tech alone, but saying that tech doesn't matter at all is also facile.

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    10. Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 29 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @wycats @asadotzler and

      I don’t think tech doesn’t matter at all! I think we can win, but only if we are *really good*. Really really good.

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      Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 29 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @pcwalton @wycats and

      This is why I keep harping on technical superiority (besides the fact that getting technical wins is my job). It’s because I think having the best product is the best way to win (in fact, the only way to win, for us).

      7:38 PM - 29 Mar 2018 from Civic Center, San Francisco
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        2. Asa Dotzler‏ @asadotzler 29 Mar 2018
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          Replying to @pcwalton @wycats and

          We have to be better in every way. That means we have to have the better app (browser features or other) the better engine (perf, correctness, forward-looking platform features), the better tooling (more accessible to more types of developers, faster, sexier) better everything.

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        3. Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 29 Mar 2018
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          Replying to @asadotzler @wycats and

          Yes, this! And we have to do it while emphasizing openness and ethics, and really acting like it. Hard row to hoe, but that’s what gets me up in the morning :)

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        2. Dave Herman‏ @littlecalculist 29 Mar 2018
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          Replying to @pcwalton @wycats and

          FWIW in addition to being technically awesome (and you ofc know I’m a huge fan of your work!) I do think there’s also an absolutely enormous amount of fertile ground for UI innovation in browsers. The competition is basically asleep at the wheel.

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        3. Dave Herman‏ @littlecalculist 29 Mar 2018
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          Dave Herman Retweeted Dave Herman

          For example:https://twitter.com/littlecalculist/status/972529142934589441?s=21 …

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          Dave Herman @littlecalculist
          My biggest Firefox wish: "project windows." Kind of lightweight profiles. Namely: * Custom label/title (for easy switching between projects) * "Put away" and restore to/from a single bookmark-like menu * All the usual features of windows like multidevice sync, drag/drop tabs
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