This article caught my attention as it cleared some of my doubts on the reason why Google has opted Webkit over Gecko as the rendering engine of their mobile platform Android.
Apparent Google had started customizing their services for iPhones before Android was announced. However we cannot be sure that, if customized services for iPhone is a reason or a result of Webkit being the choice. My best guess would be a little bit mixture of both.
Not as surprised as when I first heard the news, now I even start to think Webkit might be a much better choice than Gecko, as
1. For Developers: Unified development environment for developers of web applications for both iPhone and Android. Same rendering engine means one code base or no platform dependency AT ALL.
2. For Users: Unified experience for users switching from iPhone to Android or vice versa.
3. For Google: Apple has proved the feasibility of a full featured browser using Webkit on mobile devices, why take risk experimenting with others?
4. For Microsoft: Wake up from monopoly nightmare and start to take their browser seriously again, ever since they beat Netscape to death.
5. For Mozilla: Happy to see another fellow warrior growing its strength against the Dark Empire.
6. For Apple: Our Safari is gonna be supported better than ever.
So it's a win-win-win-win-win-win situation, nothing beats that!!!
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