Inside a super fast CSS engine: Quantum CSS (aka Stylo) - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
Project Quantum is a major rewrite of Firefox’s internals to make Firefox fast. We’re swapping in parts from our experimental browser, Servo, and making massive improvements to other parts of ...
[PDF] Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications | Semantic Scholar
The same simplicity that enabled the Web’s rapid proliferation also creates a gap between the experiences Web interaction designers can provide and the experiences users can get from a desktop application. Despite this, Web interaction designers can’t help but feel a little envious of our colleagues who create desktop software. Desktop applications have a richness and responsiveness that has seemed out of reach on the Web. The same simplicity that enabled the Web’s rapid proliferation also creates a gap between the experiences we can provide and the experiences users can get from a desktop application.
When we think about it, our whole industry depends on our faith in a handful of “black boxes” few of us fully understand: browsers. We hand over our HTML, CSS, JavaScript, cross our fin…
Microsoft Wins Latest Round In Browser Bout With Netscape - WSJ
A battle is underway between Microsoft and Netscape Communications for control of the market for software needed to view and publish material on the Internet's World Wide Web. The fight has intensified over the past 10 days as each company has released a new version of its browser software, the programs required to surf the Web.