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What's the issue with current browser engines? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by _Atlas_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I've seen in various threads that the current browser engines aren't good, such as gecko and blink. The question is why? Why do we need a new one, and what's stopping a new one being made? Is it just the fact that they're a lot of work to make?

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[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I want you to be right. Do any of these have production-ready browsers I can try? Nobody’s saying it’s impossible for someone to start a repo and push some initial commits. But is there even an MVP?

[-] BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ladybird got like at least 250k in funding last year by Shopify. The project refuses to release binaries so you'd have to build it yourself. So far the team has completed a JS engine from scratch and hit a 100/100 on the acid3 test.

Servo's earlier in development but its got some preliminary stuff. They have a few full time devs. The project is written in rust so its getting a lot of hobbyist support too. Their main project is getting CSS compatibility.

Flow is a closed-source browser by some company. Their browser is in beta right now but as evident by this paragraph I don't know much about its project.

Idk how to check commit numbers on mobile but I'd say all 3 are in the thousands minimum.

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