Re:Show HN: We launched a new web browser
by ilaksh on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @09:31AM
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You can get a bunch of new browsers from scratch. You just have to completely redefine what a browser is. Heh.
The issue is that "browser" now is code for a specific type of complex operating system that runs inside of another.
That should be split up again, and also reset to content-centric networking (such as IPFS).
- View information: just need something like markdown or RST. The Info browser
- Simple applications: web assembly with framebuffer, audio and mouse/keyboard input. Media browser
- Complex applications: Web assembly plus every device I can think of. Web assembly plus a flexible pluggable and granularly permissioned device driver system. Extended media browsers.
The issue is that "browser" now is code for a specific type of complex operating system that runs inside of another.
That should be split up again, and also reset to content-centric networking (such as IPFS).
- View information: just need something like markdown or RST. The Info browser
- Simple applications: web assembly with framebuffer, audio and mouse/keyboard input. Media browser
- Complex applications: Web assembly plus every device I can think of. Web assembly plus a flexible pluggable and granularly permissioned device driver system. Extended media browsers.
https://github.com/runvnc/tersenet