<s>
WebPositive	B-Language
(	O
also	O
called	O
Web+	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
included	O
with	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
operating	I-Language
system	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
aging	O
BeZillaBrowser	O
with	O
a	O
WebKit-based	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
tip	O
of	O
the	O
hat	O
to	O
BeOS	O
 '	O
simple	O
NetPositive	B-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
points	O
to	O
its	O
modern	O
foundation	O
:	O
WebKit	B-Language
,	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
browser	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
at	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
many	O
other	O
mainstream	O
browsers	B-Application
,	O
like	O
Apple	B-Application
's	I-Application
Safari	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
WebKit	B-Language
as	O
its	O
engine	O
,	O
WebPositive	B-Language
is	O
able	O
to	O
keep	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
web	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2009	O
,	O
Maxime	O
Simon	O
,	O
mentored	O
by	O
Ryan	O
Leavengood	O
,	O
was	O
commissioned	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
WebKit	B-Language
port	O
for	O
Haiku	B-Language
,	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
work	O
Leavengood	O
had	O
done	O
for	O
a	O
bounty	O
on	O
the	O
Haikuware	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
HaikuLauncher	O
prototype	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
which	O
demonstrated	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
rendering	O
engine	O
but	O
did	O
little	O
else	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
Stephan	O
Aßmus	O
took	O
on	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
improving	O
the	O
HaikuLauncher	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
usable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
many	O
preview	O
releases	O
before	O
a	O
relatively	O
stable	O
version	O
(	O
r488	O
)	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1	O
/	O
Alpha	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Ryan	O
Leavengood	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
the	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
WebPositive	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
WebPositive	B-Language
used	O
cURL	B-Language
services	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
slow	O
and	O
had	O
many	O
other	O
bugs	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
serious	O
being	O
that	O
cookies	O
overloaded	O
at	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
clear	O
that	O
cURL	B-Language
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
WebPositive	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
Adrien	O
Destugues	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
PulkoMandy	O
,	O
was	O
contracted	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
WebPositive	B-Language
full-time	O
,	O
which	O
culminated	O
in	O
his	O
assuming	O
project	O
leadership	O
for	O
WebPositive	B-Language
and	O
HaikuWebKit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destugues	O
replaced	O
cURL	B-Language
as	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
with	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
Service	O
Kit	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
earlier	O
developed	O
by	O
Stephan	O
Aßmus	O
and	O
Christophe	O
Huriaux	O
during	O
2010	O
's	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Alexandre	O
Deckner	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destugues	O
has	O
also	O
made	O
significant	O
improvements	O
to	O
WebPositive	B-Language
's	O
HTML5	O
support	O
in	O
WebKit	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
implementing	O
support	O
for	O
datalists	O
and	O
color	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
