Opera moves to WebKit and V8

Opera has announced that it will stop using its own rendering engine and will migrate its browser to WebKit and the V8 JavaScript engine—specifically, the Chromium flavor of WebKit. Opera Mobile will be ported first, with the desktop edition to follow later. The announcement downplays the significance of the change, saying: "Of course, a browser is much more than just a renderer and a JS engine, so this is primarily an "under the hood" change. Consumers will initially notice better site compatibility, especially with mobile-facing sites - many of which have only been tested in WebKit browsers."