Safari and Konqueror

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Safari and Konqueror

are they the same thing?

moltar

2:56 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

Today someone told me that Safari runs off of Konqueror's engine.

Is the rendering engine exactly the same?
Do I need to test websites in Safari in addition to Konqueror?

HoagieKat

2:58 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

Safari uses WebKit but it used to use KHTML. So no, Safari!= Konqueror.

encyclo

3:01 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

Safari was based on the KHTML core that was developed for Konqueror, however there are two parallel development processes: KHTML for KDE and WebKit for Safari. They do frequently share code and patches, but the two browsers are not identical.

There is a significant overlap between the two, but you really need to test in both browsers.

moltar

3:07 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

So if I make sure that everything works in Konqueror, there is a good chance it will work in Safari as well, right?

The reason I am asking is because I don't have a Mac computer. I do all testing on windows and thru the web based service that gives me screenshots for Safari. I want to minimize the time spent on the web based service.

All the other browsers and versions I am running through VMware, and they are really not an issue.

HoagieKat

3:24 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

If you can get it working in Firefox, it'll be most of the way there for Safari (99% of the way there). If it'll work in IE6, Opera and Firefox, you've covered 90% of internet users anyway, and any issues shouldn't be that major on other browsers.

moltar

3:35 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

If you can get it working in Firefox, it'll be most of the way there for Safari (99% of the way there). If it'll work in IE6, Opera and Firefox, you've covered 90% of internet users anyway, and any issues shouldn't be that major on other browsers.

It's very optimistic of you, but usually it is not the case. There is always something little here and there... Very frustraiting at times.

HoagieKat

3:51 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

It depends how fussy you are.

I usually find it impossible to get something to work exactly the same on every browser, so I put up with a pixel here and a pixel there looking slightly different, or margins being slightly different cross browser.

If you want something to work 100% and look spot on in every browser you'll end up tearing your hair out. That's my humble opinion!

moltar

4:51 pm on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

Ya, I don't usually get it all 100%, but I try to get as close as possible.