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1. Vivaldi (vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 20:28:35 JST Vivaldi

   On the occasion of #WorldWideWebDay, it's worth a mention that #Oslo, #Norway has been instrumental in giving birth to two most influential browser engines - #KHTML and #Presto. And browsers such as #Opera and #Vivaldi.
   A building in #Oslo has a great history: an incubator of the #KHTML & #Presto engines. Presto had a massive influence on web standards & KHTML went on to form the basis of #Webkit and #Blink, on which most web browsers are now based, including Vivaldi.
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   • Vivaldi (vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 20:28:39 JST Vivaldi

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     • Jon S. von Tetzchner

     Many developers working on the Vivaldi browser were also involved in creating the #Presto engine. Vivaldi founder @jon started working with the Web in 1992.
     “I built an Intranet for Telenor Research. Post negotiations, I was allowed small icons on the page, 300 bytes each." Jon remembers. "Ever since I’ve believed access to the Internet is good for society. That's why I founded not 1, but 2 #WebBrowsers: Opera & Vivaldi in #Oslo”
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