Twenty five years ago today I started the #Safari and #WebKit projects at #Apple Computer.
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Twenty five years ago today I started the #Safari and #WebKit projects at #Apple Computer.
Which means Safari is now old enough to rent itself a car. But let's not speculate about my age.
I'm still sad I can't use Safari on my Windows PC. Alas, I lost the battle to keep it there. But at least WebKit's DNA seeded or influenced most browsers we use today.
And I'm proud of that impact. Along with the wonderful team I built who made it all happen. Here's to another 25, friends.
Cheers.
@lisamelton Well Epiphany or GNOME Web uses WebKit
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@eliasp @lisamelton @bigolewannabe That long ago already…? Man I remember the excitement on @slashdot back when this was announced. Big vendors adopting open source was not yet common, at all. It was a big deal.
@mkoek Indeed. But some nerds got wind of me hiring David Hyatt before our WWDC unveiling and thought Safari would be based on Firefox.
So, when Steve flashed a 20-foot-high slide with the words, "KHTML and KJS" on the stage, someone in the audience a dozen rows behind be shouted, "What the fuck?!?"
It. Was. Epic.
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Twenty five years ago today I started the #Safari and #WebKit projects at #Apple Computer.
Which means Safari is now old enough to rent itself a car. But let's not speculate about my age.
I'm still sad I can't use Safari on my Windows PC. Alas, I lost the battle to keep it there. But at least WebKit's DNA seeded or influenced most browsers we use today.
And I'm proud of that impact. Along with the wonderful team I built who made it all happen. Here's to another 25, friends.
Cheers.
@lisamelton I saw you on stage at a WWDC talking about Safari, saying that the team wouldn't merge any PR that negatively impacted render speeds, IIRC. You were the first trans technologist I saw on stage! I hadn't started yet but seeing you up there made a difference. Thanks.
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@lisamelton I saw you on stage at a WWDC talking about Safari, saying that the team wouldn't merge any PR that negatively impacted render speeds, IIRC. You were the first trans technologist I saw on stage! I hadn't started yet but seeing you up there made a difference. Thanks.
@CoralineAda You are very welcome and I'm so glad I could make a difference!
🥰And, yes, I was both renowned and cursed for my zero regression policy regarding performance.
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