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Happy #WorldWideWebDay!🌐
Today we highlight the #EUSpace Programme 🇪🇺🛰️ and its flagship IRIS², which will provide secure communication services to EU and global citizens
With 📡🛰️🔓 cutting-edge technologies, the future looks brighter & more connected!🚀 #IRIS2❤️#DigitalEU
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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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” #WorldWideWebDay 2/2
The old Opera/Trolltech building is Waldemar Thranes gate 98 and it is viewable from @Vivaldi's current headquarters. So near in fact, I'll step out of the office and take a picture for you all!
As stated [⬆️] the Presto and KHTML web engines are associated with #Oslo (via Opera and Trolltech respectively). Presto had a big influence on web standards (CSS, HTML Video, etc.). KHTML was the foundation of Webkit/Blink, on which Safari and Chromium browsers are now based.