donmelton

Yes, WebKit was based on KHTML and KJS. Even in the beginning, we made a few fundamental changes. Some of those were folded back in, but eventually those differences grew much, much larger.

There actually were some sites (in Europe, as I recall) that behaved a bit better when "KHTML" was in the user agent string.

I also included it as a nod to the original project. I wanted to show respect for the fine work of Lars Knoll and the other contributors.

Yes, only the original version of Safari.

If you were able to run a copy of Safari version 48, it would probably look like a Gecko-based browser before this date.

Yes, that is the relationship. All of the components were named after (K)conquerors.

You are on the right path, my son.

I'll write another post about why we called it "Alexander." You're not far from the mark about it being related to "Alexander the Great." But not for the reason you think.

Damn. I should have used that joke in the essay.

Or sports utility vehicles.