Apple’s WebKit2 due soon; to offer ‘sandboxing’ of processes

“Apple engineers Anders Carlsson and Sam Weinig yesterday announced the forthcoming release of a new web framework known as ‘WebKit2’ that will build upon the existing engine that powers the company’s Safari browser as well as a number of other browser applications including Google Chrome,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors.

“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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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]