Blink (browser engine)
Developer(s) | The Chromium Project and contributors |
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Initial release | 3 April 2013[1] |
Repository | |
Written in | C++ |
Type | Browser engine |
License | BSD and LGPLv2.1 |
Website | www |
Blink is a
Naming
Blink's naming was influenced by a combination of two major factors: the connotations of speed, and a reference to the non-standard presentational
Blink has, contrary to its name, never functionally supported the element.
History
Blink is a
It is used in Chrome starting at version 28,[12][13] Microsoft Edge starting at version 79,[14] Opera (15+),[12] Vivaldi, Brave, Amazon Silk and other Chromium-based browsers and frameworks.[citation needed]Much of WebCore's code was used for features that Google Chrome implemented differently such as
By commit count, Google was the largest contributor to the WebKit code base from late 2009 until 2013 when they started work on their fork, Blink.[16]
Internals
Blink engine has the following components:[17]
- HTML DOM and CSSrendering engines
- Web IDL implementation
- Vulkan, DirectXetc) which depends on the platform
- V8 JavaScript engine
Public API
Blink exposes a public API that allows browsers such as Chromium to interact with Blink while remaining insulated from internal changes to the browser engine.[18]
Frameworks
Several projects exist to turn Chromium's Blink into a reusable software framework for other developers:
- In currently supported versions of the version 4.4), the WebView component is based on Blink instead of WebKit.[19]
- Adobe Systems,[20][21][22] streaming media services such as Spotify,[23] video game services such as Battle.net and Steam,[24] etc.[25]
- NW.js (previously known as Node-Webkit) is the original Node.js based framework and is being developed by Intel.
- Electron is a Node.js based framework developed by GitHub.
- In the
- Microsoft Edge WebView2 is a framework that allows developers of Windows apps to implement a desktop app using web technologies, replacing the older WebView MSHTMLbased controls.
- better source needed]
Platforms
Chromium Blink is implemented on seven platforms:
, and Android WebView.Blink is also unofficially supported on FreeBSD[30] and OpenBSD.[31]
iOS versions of Chromium continue to use the WebKit WebCore renderer.[32]
See also
References
- ^ "[chrome] Log of /releases/28.0.1463.0/DEPS". Src.chromium.org. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ Kingsley-Hughes, Adrian. "The real reason why Google forked WebKit". ZDNET. Red Ventures. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "AUTHORS - chromium/src.git - Git at Google". googlesource.org.
- ^ "Google, Opera Fork WebKit. Samsung Joins Firefox to Push Servo". infoq.com. April 2013.
- ^ "Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project". The Chromium Blog. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (3 April 2013). "Google Forks WebKit And Launches Blink, A New Rendering Engine That Will Soon Power Chrome And Chrome OS". TechCrunch. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- 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.
- ^ "Which webkit revision is Blink forking from?". blink-dev mailing list. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "'(fwd) Greetings from the Safari team at Apple Computer' – MARC". Lists.kde.org. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "The WebKit Open Source Project". Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Blink". QuirksBlog. April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine". Ars Technica. April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "Download the new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium". support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Blink Developer FAQ". The Chromium Projects. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Siracusa, John (12 April 2013). "Hypercritical: Code Hard or Go Home". Hypercritical.co. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "How Blink works". Google Docs. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Blink Public API". chromium.googlesource.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "WebView for Android". 28 February 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Hallgrimur Bjornsson (9 August 2023). "Introducing HTML5 extensions". Adobe Systems.
- ^ "Adobe Edge Animate Team Blog". Adobe Systems. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "CEF integration in Dreamweaver". Helpx.adobe.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Open Source". Spotify.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Chromium Embedded Framework - Valve Developer Community". Developer.valvesoftware.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Developer diary: Creating a desktop client for Conclave - 10×10 Room". 10x10room.com. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Qt WebEngine Overview". Qt Project. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Introducing the Qt WebEngine". www.qt.io. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Qt Switching From WebKit To Chromium Engine - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "DotNetBrowser". Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "FreshPorts www/chromium". freshports.org. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "openports.se www/chromium". openports.se. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ EMIL PROTALINSKI (4 April 2013). "Google's Blink Q&A: New rendering engine will replace WebKit on all platforms in 10 weeks with Chrome 28". thenextweb.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.