Jen SimmonsOct 22, 2024

This week is the WebKit Contributor’s meeting — with the browser engineers who contribute to WebKit. Including from Apple, Igalia, Sony, Redhat & more.

Did you know that WebKit is not just the browser engine for Safari — but for many other browsers, apps, and platforms as well? Igalia @igalia maintains two of them: WebKitGTK @WebKitGTK and WPE @WPEWebKit

WebKit is especially great for devices that don’t have a lot of power. It’s used for digital signs, medical devices, game consoles and more!

Show threadJuan Nunez-IglesiasOct 26, 2024
@jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit I just switched back from Firefox to Safari (after FF leaning into advertising and AI), and the battery life of my M1 is easily 2x or more of what it was with FF, even with an extension that snoozed inactive tabs. Crazy. Thanks for your work on power efficiency, keep it up!!! 🙏
Max DuvalOct 26, 2024
Show threadRachel Lawson
@jni @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit yeah, I use Safari almost exclusively and benefit from the power savings, too. Colleagues can never understand why I use it, until they try it
Oct 26, 2024 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadArtem R 🇺🇦Oct 27, 2024
@rachel @jni @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit I tried to switch a few times from FF, but every time I go back as soon as I see how many ads are there on the internet. It’s a pity that Safari is not supporting normal ad blockers
Show threadRachel LawsonOct 27, 2024
@asci @jni @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit what’s a “normal” ad blocker? I use 1Blocker and it’s great
Show threadArtem R 🇺🇦Oct 27, 2024
@rachel @jni @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit uBlock? Like the ones that can modify pages content, iirc Safari not allowing that
Show threadJuan Nunez-IglesiasOct 27, 2024
@asci @rachel @jensimmons @igalia @WebKitGTK @WPEWebKit I agree with Rachel — Safari ad-blockers do the job. I also use 1Blocker and it fully fixed the initial shock.(it’s insane that many people experience the web like this.)