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A comment on Show HN: Dropflow, a CSS layout engine for node or <canvas>.

Re:Show HN: Dropflow, a CSS layout engine for node or <canvas> by 1oooqooq on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:09AM (#39779477)
why not ship a desktop application at this point with support for a special schema?

i can understand the abuse for server side rendering, but at this poit you pretty much have a bad browser engine. running inside a 2d hack in a browser engine. sigh.

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Re:Show HN: Dropflow, a CSS layout engine for node or <canvas> by Bjartr on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:23AM (#39779679)
Why re-invent the wheel with a special schema when CSS2 is a solid standard and widely understood? Is there no room in the world for rendering implementations between nothing at all and full-spec web browser with all the bells and whistles?
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Re:Show HN: Dropflow, a CSS layout engine for node or <canvas> by 1oooqooq on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:49AM (#39780133)
I'm actually advocating against re-inventing the wheel (insider another wheel, no less)

you can still follow css spec if you want. just get a better environment than a canvas.

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