The convergence on WebKit was greatly reducing fragmentation in the browser market, and with it the usual cross browser issues. I was actually expecting to see an approach between Gecko and WebKit, but with this fork I'm thinking whether this convergence is actually possible. Too bad for the web designers and for page consistency, great for performance and stability. This seems like a tradeoff I'll happily make. Google and Apple part ways over WebKit, Blink to become the new engine behind Chrome http://www.androidauthority.com/google-apple-part-ways-webkit-blink-chrome-184528/