Mozilla's abandoned web engine 'Servo' project is getting a reboot

Post by niutech » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:18 AM UTC

asoneth wrote: post #60

jojobas wrote: post #30

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Yeah, it's an awesome idea to waste few hundred megabytes of RAM to run your app. This browser-in-a-box cancer needs to die a painful death.

I agree it's disappointing to think I've found a native app only to realize it's just an Electron app. But I don't need the idea to die, I just want better transparency in app stores so I can know ahead of time whether an application is native or just a wrapped webapp. > This browser-in-a-box cancer needs to die a painful death. That depends on what you think the result would be. What do you think companies who use E…

Post by niutech » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:28 AM UTC

postalrat wrote: post #99

jojobas wrote: post #98

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Bullshit. If that's what it takes you please seek another line of work.

I can built a basic app with html, javascript, etc that supports many platforms in an evening. How long do you think it would take to support windows, macos, ios, android, xbox, linux, etc, etc? Much more than 50x the time even if you already are familiar with development on all the plaforms.

Post by niutech » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:45 AM UTC

pquki4 wrote: post #56

jojobas wrote: post #30

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Yeah, it's an awesome idea to waste few hundred megabytes of RAM to run your app. This browser-in-a-box cancer needs to die a painful death.

And you won't get Skype, Slack, Teams and many other applications people use on a daily basis on Linux, at all. Features on Mac will be limited compared to Windows version, because the team prioritizes work on the platform with the largest userbase. There will be more inconsistencies in feature and UI for "desktop" version vs web version, if companies still bother to maintain two versions. That's the future you want…

Post by niutech » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:53 AM UTC

postalrat wrote: post #97

devaiops9001 wrote: post #23

A 100% Rust based browser engine is sorely needed.

That sounds pretty difficult unless it's also the operating system.

Post by niutech » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:58 AM UTC

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #82

I hope that being at Igalia forces the team to have laser focus in being a real embeddable solution for developers. The last I checked maybe a year ago or more, it isn’t. I commented over the years how Servo isn’t a real alternative because they don’t actually provide any API surface comparable to using CEF or full Chromium or WebKit, and as a result it’s a nonstarter. I think someone working on it had mentioned they…