WebKit is an open source web browser engine. WebKit is also the name of the Mac OS X system framework version of the engine that's used by Safari, Dashboard, Mail, and many other OS X applications. WebKit's HTML and JavaScript code began as a branch of the KHTML and KJS libraries from KDE.

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grrr. Love most of webkit's inspection/debugging functionality - but why the lack of documentation? Is there javascript logging? Deep, deep into googling for an answer.... like, on page 3 of search results. jason — about 1 month ago tags: WebKit

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Played around with webkit's new debugging tools - feels like an even more elegant alternative to firebug. Will switch for now and see if it sticks. jason — about 1 month ago tags: WebKit,Firebug

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tried out firefox 3... but still find myself booting up webkit instead. Not sure why - mebbe its the visually overbearing "awesome bar"? jason — 2 months ago tags: Mozilla Firefox,WebKit

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the console in webkit is very nice. that gives me some ideas... crossman — 2 months ago tags: WebKit

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Strange behaviour: when downloading an AIR app, webkit produces a (useless) folder, while every other browser ends up with an AIR bundle/app/whachtamacallit jason — 2 months ago tags: WebKit

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Noticed I almost always run WebKit instead of plain old Safari. Super stable, and blazing fast. Almost makes me forget about trying out firefox 3 beta... jason — 3 months ago tags: WebKit,Mozilla Firefox

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    Cameron Zwarich is a WebKit Reviewer

    Cameron Zwarich is now a qualified WebKit Reviewer. Cameron has been doing amazing work on the JavaScript implementation and was one of the core developers on the new bytecode engine. He has also branched out into other areas of the code and squashed bugs of all varieties. Please join me in congratulating Cameron on his [...]

    Announcing SquirrelFish

    “Hello, Internet!”
    WebKit’s core JavaScript engine just got a new interpreter, code-named SquirrelFish.
    SquirrelFish is fast—much faster than WebKit’s previous interpreter. Check out the numbers. On the SunSpider JavaScript ... [More] benchmark, SquirrelFish is 1.6 times faster than WebKit’s previous interpreter.
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    Longer bars are better.
    What Is SquirrelFish?
    SquirrelFish is a register-based, direct-threaded, high-level bytecode engine, with a sliding [...] [Less]

    Safari Hits 6.22% Market Share

    The latest browser market share data is in, and Safari has hit 6.22%, breaking 6% for the first time. Last month’s share was 5.81%, so this is a significant increase. It was only nine months ago that Safari broke 5%. Safari market share has now almost tripled from 2.14% in June 2005, when the WebKit [...]

    Third Annual WebKit Open Source Party

    It’s that time of year again! If you are a Mac OS X developer, a browser hacker, a web developer, or just someone with an interest in cool technology, then come have a drink and some snacks, and meet WebKit contributors from Apple and around the world. This event is open to anyone who is [...]

    Reporting WebKit Security Bugs

    Security is a top priority for the WebKit project. As contributors to the project have grown, it has become apparent that we need a process for safely reporting security vulnerabilities to the WebKit project in addition to the process for reporting vulnerabilities to Apple. Today, we are announcing a new mailing list for [...]

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