Re:WebExtensions in Firefox 48
by drdaeman on Saturday April 30, 2016 @04:02PM
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I always really wanted a browser that'd be just a bunch of programs adhering to UNIX philosophy and then striving for simplicity. I mean, components interacting together by talking to each other through the simplest means available, with simplest protocols possible, and with every component being freely swappable. But without a DIY approach to things - instead, trying to bring a Firefox/Chrome-like experience by default, but being hackable and with everything very loosely coupled under the hood.
uzbl is somewhat close, but it's not really portable and still a has a pretty big monolithic webkit engine component, that handles rendering, scripting and networking.
I always really wanted a browser that'd be just a bunch of programs adhering to UNIX philosophy and then striving for simplicity. I mean, components interacting together by talking to each other through the simplest means available, with simplest protocols possible, and with every component being freely swappable. But without a DIY approach to things - instead, trying to bring a Firefox/Chrome-like experience by default, but being hackable and with everything very loosely coupled under the hood.
uzbl is somewhat close, but it's not really portable and still a has a pretty big monolithic webkit engine component, that handles rendering, scripting and networking.
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