nixCraft 🐧Oct 9, 2025

Today's popular browser engines have deep roots in KHTML, which was originally built for the open-source software KDE. I guess we all own a big thank you to the KDE project.

More @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTML#Descendants

Show threadWilfried KlaebeOct 9, 2025

I'm missing Gecko there.

And then I'd like to claim Chromium : Firefox == Windows : Linux and ask:

Oh, do we? Do we also owe QDOS a big thank you?

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Show threadBenBEOct 9, 2025
@wonka @nixCraft If we are talking Gecko, we also need to mention Goanna …
Show threadWilfried Klaebe

@benbe Why? Browsers using Goanna do not even show up in (for example) https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/157944/umfrage/marktanteile-der-browser-bei-der-internetnutzung-weltweit-seit-2009/

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Browser - Marktanteile weltweit bis 2025| Statista

Was ist der meistverwendete Browser der Welt? Chrome ist der meistverwendete Browser weltweit. Dahinter folgen Microsoft Edge, Safari und Mozilla Firefox.

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Oct 9, 2025 at 1:31pmWeb