Blink is a browser engine developed as part of the free and open-source Chromium project. Blink is by far the most-used browser engine, due to the market share dominance of Google Chrome and the fact that many other browsers are based on the Chromium code.
| Developer(s) | The Chromium Project |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 3 April 2013[1] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Type | Browser engine |
| License | BSD and LGPLv2.1 |
| Website | www |
To create Chrome, Google chose to use Apple's WebKit engine.[2] However, Google needed to make substantial changes to the WebKit code to support its novel multi-process browser architecture.[1][3] Over the course of several years, the divergence from Apple's version increased, so Google decided to officially fork its version as Blink in 2013.[1][3]
Blink's name was influenced by two factors: the implication of speed, and a reference to the non-standard blink HTML element,[4][5] which was never actually supported by Blink.[6]
By commit count, Google was the largest contributor to the WebKit project from late 2009 until the fork in 2013.[7] One of the first changes of the new fork was to deprecate CSS vendor prefixes, including WebKit's; experimental Blink functionality is instead enabled on an opt-in basis.[8]
See also
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- Comparison of browser engines
- V8, the Chromium JavaScript engine
References
edit- ^ a b c Barth, Adam (3 April 2013). "Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project". blog.chromium.org. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Fisher, Darin (5 September 2008). "Chrome <3s WebKit". blog.chromium.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ a b Bright, Peter (3 April 2013). "Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine". Ars Technica. Conde Nast. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (3 April 2013). "Google Forks WebKit And Launches Blink, A New Rendering Engine That Will Soon Power Chrome And Chrome OS". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ Shankland, Stephen (3 April 2013). "Google parts ways with Apple over WebKit, launches Blink". CNet. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ Kobie, Nicole (7 August 2013). "Firefox 23 finally kills "blink" tag". PC Pro. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ Siracusa, John (12 April 2013). "Hypercritical: Code Hard or Go Home". Hypercritical.co. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Blink Developer FAQ". The Chromium Projects. Retrieved 22 October 2014.