Opera To Release WebKit-Based Web Browser

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Opera To Release WebKit-Based Web Browser

Next month Opera will be rolling out "Opera Ice", a new web-browser for smart-phones and tablets. This mobile Opera browser won't be built on their Presto engine but rather the popular WebKit engine. Initially this WebKit-browser is just targeting the mobile space but it's expected to eventually land on the desktop too...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTI3ODU

[who_me]

This is from the same people that said Facebook would 100% buy Opera a while ago. There is no press release from Opera so take it with a grain of salt.

[Chewi]

I really don't know what to make of this. I've been an Opera user for 13 years. I don't hate WebKit but I was under the impression they were very proud of their engine.

[curaga]

Too bad their problems with dark themes are in the UI layer, not in the HTML rendering engine.

[xpander]

im 10 year opera user and i think webkit engine might be a good idea.
their presto engine is good and all that, but it just doesnt grow with new features fast enough.
so i think switching to webkit will grant us, opera users, more rapid updates and features to keep up.

lets wait and see.

[Chewi]

Too bad their problems with dark themes are in the UI layer, not in the HTML rendering engine.

There's problems with both actually and it's the one thing I hate about Opera but I've managed to make it bearable.

[TheCycoONE]

One less rendering engine is not good for web standards; especially in the mobile space, where people may already be tempted to target webkit instead of standards because of the Android/iPhone dominance.

[intellivision]

One less rendering engine is not good for web standards; especially in the mobile space, where people may already be tempted to target webkit instead of standards because of the Android/iPhone dominance.

If you want to port a browser to iOS, WebKit is the only choice.
Specifically the version of WebKit that Safari is using. That's what Firefox had to do.

[Licaon]

This is from the same people that said Facebook would 100% buy Opera a while ago. There is no press release from Opera so take it with a grain of salt.

...a cup of salt

[[Knuckles]]

Indeed, loosing Opera's rendering engine on both desktop and mobile will be a big blow to web standards.
As much as webkit is cool, it is dangerous if it is "the one and only"...