Apple's WebKit Rules Reportedly Cost iOS Users Almost 30% Browser Performance

Microsoft engineers have published benchmark results showing that a Chromium-based browser using its own rendering engine ...

Apple's WebKit performance tax leaves iOS browsers stuck in the slow lane, says Microsoft

Now Microsoft engineers have documented a performance tax – the performance hit that iOS users today endure because Apple requires iOS browsers, with theoretical exceptions, to use the WebKit browser ...

Blink has a big speed advantage against WebKit in browser tests

WebKit has met its match, as the prototype Blink schools Apple's well-worn browser engine and hints at the future of web ...

iOS browsers 30 percent slower according to Microsoft

In the EU, browser manufacturers are now allowed to use their own engines – but not in the USA. This costs users performance, ...
9to5Mac

Apple touts major 60% leap in Safari and WebKit performance

Apple’s WebKit team has published a new blog post this week detailing how they’ve made significant upgrades to Safari’s performance over the last several months. The improvements come following the ...
ZDNet

Opera goes WebKit: It's all about performance

In a surprise move, browser maker Opera has decided to shift its 300 million users over to an open-source WebKit rendering engine, and the V8 JavaScript engine. It's pretty clear why the company is ...