S. Ballmer seems to be toying with the idea of using WebKit for the Internet Explorer (see here). Apart from the fact that I’ll only believe that when I see it I do support that idea. Especially IE is responsible for a lot of grief when browser testing. IE8 seems to be another milestone that testers will have burned into their memories. IE8 again changes the goalposts what compatibility is concerned.
But with Safari and Chrome using WebKit and Firefox being very HTML conforming we could end up with a somewhat clean web environment if Microsoft would switch to using WebKit. Browser testing would become a lot simpler. WebKit is also quite easy to automate provided we testers get some tools for it at some point (hello developers! This is a request for Open Source development! 
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As much as I criticised Google for creating another browser I’d love Microsoft to switch to WebKit. It would make the online world a better place. But I’ll only believe it when i see it.
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