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cjc2112
Mar 21, 2020Bronze Contributor
Why is Edge using Webkit instead of Blink?
MissyQ I noticed something about edge. For some reason all 3 insider channels are running on Webkit. https://www.whatismybrowser.com/w/T6SC49C, http://whatismybrowser.com/w/HY3AWAK, and http://whati...
- Mar 21, 2020
It's actually using Blink which is a fork of WebKit (a derivative of KHTML).
Most likely displaying WebKit because of the browser's user agent that reports compatibility with WebKit.
(These browsers are able to accept -webkit-* prefixed properties)
Nowadays All chromium/chrome variants except iOS rely on Blink.
Thraetaona
Mar 21, 2020Iron Contributor
It's actually using Blink which is a fork of WebKit (a derivative of KHTML).
Most likely displaying WebKit because of the browser's user agent that reports compatibility with WebKit.
(These browsers are able to accept -webkit-* prefixed properties)
Nowadays All chromium/chrome variants except iOS rely on Blink.