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This is what happens when Mozilla stopped giving shit about their XUL platform.

Though I disagree with them on this:

> Finally, we are seeing that Chromium is currently by far the most dynamic and fastest moving browser available.

I think Firefox moves better. Plus Mozilla innovates more with their Servo project. Though I wish Mozilla would support projects like these officially instead of ignoring them:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Embedding/IPCLiteAPI

That's what is used for Jolla's browser in the upcoming Sailfish (it uses Qt for the UI with that IPC embedding).

What about WebKit! Now they're down to Apple, GTK+, EFL and BlackBerry (until they go bankrupt).

EFL is funded by Intel and Samsung for Tizen (insurance policy against Android?). GTK+ is supported by consulting and occasional grants. If everyone but Apple leave WebKit will it stay open?

The LGPL means there will still be code dumps, but the development process has been closing for some time (e.g. WebKit2 process changes).

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