“Notably, WebKit2 will support running various browser elements in different processes, ‘sandboxing’ them to prevent problems with a single element from crashing the entire browser,” Slivka reports. “Initial versions of WebKit2 have been developed for Mac and Windows, and the developers invite others to submit patches for additional ports.”
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About time! Oh, that sounds too harsh, thanks for the good work!
And, here I was hoping the “sandbox” would be the more traditional one where the program runs in its own “space” and cannot access other “spaces” without explicit permission. Similar to the current system, but more stringent.
So, I can go out to my favorite p0rn site and get my giggle on and, Private Browsing or no, when I close the program, the process is closed. Nothing has touched my Address Book or Bookmarks, nor reached out to browse my settings or Keychain, nor done anything I didn’t allow.
Yeah, I know, how will said site support itself? How would I know? I’m a geek, not a marketer or MBA. I’m sure they’ll find a way, though.
Is the solution to Flash-caused crashes?
Apple should invest less and less time in WebKit. The future of the internet is iTunes and Apps with iAds. Trying to secure web browsers is a waste of time.
Apple already has the answers they just need the rest of the world to catch up with them.
This isn’t due soon. They say on the dev mailing list that it is a long ways off.
@me
That’s very short-sighted. Apple needs a good rendering engine for both the Mac and iPhone. They also don’t want to rely on some other party to control such a fundamental part of the experience.
As for iTunes and iApps, what do you think those are based on? HTML5. Should they rely on someone else for that?