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== '''Market Insights from the Product Marketing Strategy Team''' == | == '''Market Insights from the Product Marketing Strategy Team''' == | ||
=== Desktop / Platform === | |||
==== Google ==== | |||
* Google [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/04/blink-rendering-engine-for-chromium.html forked WebKit] creating a new engine called [http://www.chromium.org/blink Blink]. While Google is able to remove "7 build systems, more than 7,000 files and 4.5 million lines", the WebKit community is also [https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2013-April/024388.html cleaning house]. | |||
** Over the last year, [http://bitergia.com/public/reports/webkit/2013_01/companies.html Google contributors made around half of commits to WebKit], so the WebKit community is now in the process of reprioritizing and identifying code areas [http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/FeatureFlags that are now unmaintained]. Significant portions of the WebKit codebase that require new owners include the Web Inspector, File System API and CSS Variables. | |||
** Google posted a [https://plus.google.com/+GoogleChromeDevelopers/posts/faJ8BmaQL8j video] where lead developers answer community questions about Blink. Google says they "have no plans" to change the format of the user agent string. | |||
** Opera has [http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/04/opera-confirms-it-will-follow-google-and-ditch-webkit-for-blink-as-part-of-its-commitment-to-chromium/ confirmed] that it will use Blink. Yandex's browser will as well. | |||
** Google's Alex Russell [http://infrequently.org/2013/04/probably-wrong/ blogged] about how it will allow the Chrome web platform development team to iterate faster. Justin Schuh [https://plus.google.com/u/0/116560594978217291380/posts/AeCnq76cAXb described the security features that will likely be coming]. | |||
* Chrome 27 Beta was [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/04/chrome-27-beta-speedier-web-and-new.html released]. Web content [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JQZXrONw1RrjrdD_Z9jq1ZKsHguh8UVGHY_MZgE63II/preview appears 5% faster], the Chromium team now uses benchmarks from [http://webpagetest.org webpagetest.org] in their testing, a "simple, elegant user interface" for month, week, and date <input> types, live, low-latency audio support for the Web Audio API, the Sync FileSystem API for Chrome Apps, and other improvements. | |||
* Chrome now has a regularly-updated, detailed, [http://www.chromestatus.com/features feature dashboard] for web platform work. | |||
* Chrome for Android now [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/04/fill-out-forms-faster-from-anywhere.html syncs passwords and autofill entries] for logged-in users. | |||
* In likely effort to better support emerging markets with poorer bandwidth, select videos on YouTube are now available [http://9to5google.com/2013/04/05/for-slow-connections-and-emerging-markets-youtube-lowers-base-resolution-to-144p at a 144p pixel video resolution] | |||
==== Microsoft ==== | |||
* Microsoft released [www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238278/Microsoft_takes_new_Scroogled_shot_at_Google another attack] in its "Scroogled" campaign, describing how the Google Play store passes users' personal information to app developers. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||