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Re:Vivaldi – A new browser for our friends by 0942v8653 on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @06:45AM (#8952550)
I was likewise hoping that if this new browser used Servo. When I got to the part that said it would be fast, and efficient, and run on old hardware, I thought that Servo would do a good job of that—it has none of the cruft that <WebKit|Gecko|Blink> has.

But then I saw the part that said the browser's UI was Built on Web Technology, and then I read your comment, and my dreams were crushed forever.

Disappointing.

Seriously, I can't understand how they expect this to be any faster when everything on the homepage (which is still mostly content-free) says otherwise.

Re:Vivaldi – A new browser for our friends by sp332 on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @08:51AM (#8952964)
Servo is for research. It's not production-ready and might never be. It's explicitly not intended to replace Gecko.
Re:Vivaldi – A new browser for our friends by sjwright on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @08:57AM (#8952983)
<WebKit|Gecko|Blink> has cruft? That seems to be a very relativistic statement.

In ten years, people will be looking at the next next big thing because it has none of the cruft that <Servo> has.