On: The State of Web Development 2010

[bobbyi]

Is the Android web browser really called "Android"? I thought it was Mobile Chrome, but I admit now that I look at it that the "Chrome" name doesn't appear in Android.

[nl → bobbyi]

I think it's called "the Android Browser".

It's different to Chrome - the Webkit version is different (not sure by how much at the moment) and it doesn't have the V8 Javascript engine (yet - although it is possible to build it with V8 now)

[grigory → bobbyi]

The whole "mobile browser" thing seemed odd. Mobile Safari, Mobile Chrome, RIM's future browser, etc. - they're running on webkit, and that what matters.

[sirn → grigory]

The problem is, not all WebKit browsers on mobile are exactly the same: http://www.quirksmode.org/webkit.html

[bobbyi → grigory]

Desktop Safari and Chrome are also based on webkit but they still have names.