Microsoft May Adopt Webkit Standard for IE and PIE

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By: Chuong Nguyen | Date: 7-Nov-08 | - Comments

When a student asked Steve Ballmer "Why is still relevant and why is it worth spending money on rendering engines when there are open source ones available that can respond to changes in Web standards faster," the CEO responded that the question was "cheeky" and offered some pondering that Microsoft is looking into WebKit.

Webkit is the mobile browser rendering engine behind Apple's Safari and Safari for the iPhone browsers, Nokia's browser, and the Google Chrome browser.

According to Mac rumor website AppleInsider, Microsoft could still adopt the open-source Webkit browser and add proprietory extensions and features that differentiate the Internet Explorer from other browsers. Furthermore, an investment in Webkit standards could also make it possible for Microsoft to update Internet Explorer and Pocket Internet Explorer, which hasn't seen an update in years. While the desktop version of Internet Explorer is now on its 8.0 release, Pocket Internet Explorer was only released in 6.0 version to manufacturers recently.

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