WebKit and CSS: An Introduction and Connections

WebKit is a web browser rendering engine that powers browsers like Safari and Chrome. It handles the rendering of HTML and CSS to produce the visual representation of a web page. The prevalence of "webkit" in CSS-related questions suggests a connection between the two.

-webkit- Properties

The "-webkit-" prefix is used in CSS to specify properties that are supported by WebKit-based browsers. These properties often provide additional features and styling options that are not supported by other rendering engines.

WebKit vs. Other Rendering Engines

Major web browsers use different rendering engines. IE/Edge previously relied on Trident, while Firefox uses Gecko, and Opera now uses Blink, a fork of WebKit.

WebKit-based browsers offer advantages such as:

Fast rendering performance
Support for advanced CSS features
Cross-platform compatibility

WebKit in Firefox

WebKit features cannot be directly used in Firefox because Firefox utilizes its own rendering engine, Gecko. However, third-party extensions may bridge the gap and provide support for some WebKit-specific features.

IE and WebKit

Internet Explorer, now discontinued, did not support WebKit natively. Microsoft's Edge browser, which replaced IE, initially used EdgeHTML, a fork of Trident, but later switched to Blink in 2019.

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