Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Opera hits 300 million users, promptly moves to WebKit

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Opera is celebrating the news that it's hit the 300 million monthly user milestone with a big announcement. It's going to dump Presto, the current [Opera](http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/06/opera-12-10-browser-hits-desktops/) rendering engine, in favor of [WebKit](http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/webkit-turns-10-celebrates-a-decade-of-speedy-standards-compli/). The company has said that it's exhausted after swimming against the tide of an internet designed to work for Chrome and Safari for so long. Instead, the firm will devote its considerable resources toward "innovation and polish" on its browser products. Opera's already hinted at its future by demonstrating [Ice](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/18/opera-ice-webkit-browser-android-ios/), its WebKit-based experiment for iOS and Android devices, which it'll be showing off in more detail at [MWC](http://www.engadget.com/tag/mwc2013/) later this month.

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