Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 2 years agoVivaldi Takes a Bite Out of the Apple: Introducing Vivaldi on iOSvivaldi.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up125cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyVivaldiBrowser@kbin.social
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minus-squareVeticia@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoAren’t all browsers on Apple basically forced to use safari as a backend? Even Firefox on iOS is just a safari skin.
minus-squareSatyrSacklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIt uses the same rendering engine. That’s it. Third-party browsers are still able to add additional features not in Safari.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoAlmost, they need to use WebKit which safari is also written in.
Aren’t all browsers on Apple basically forced to use safari as a backend? Even Firefox on iOS is just a safari skin.
It uses the same rendering engine. That’s it. Third-party browsers are still able to add additional features not in Safari.
Almost, they need to use WebKit which safari is also written in.