Re:I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
by lib-dev on Friday September 22, 2023 @09:45AM
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People interested in building browsers should look into WebKit. You can use that for HTML/CSS/JS rendering and save a lot of time/effort.
Re:I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
by grishka on Friday September 22, 2023 @10:09AM
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But the thing is that if I were to build a browser, I'd start from the requirement that websites should be treated like malware that can't be trusted. Applying my ideas to a preexisting enormous codebase feels troublesome.
Re:I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
by aktenlage on Friday September 22, 2023 @11:38AM
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> To complete the analogy, I guess you’d expect to see this browser come out of former Safari interns/engineers at Apple.
Sounds like Andreas Kling: https://www.techgamingreport.com/new-ladybird-web-browser-wh...
Recall that UNIX (and C) were built (and adopted) in response to perceived over-complexities in contemporary systems.
Maybe in 20 years we’ll recall + interact with Chrome like how people in the 80s recall + interacted with Multics or OS/360.
To complete the analogy, I guess you’d expect to see this browser come out of former Safari interns/engineers at Apple.