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Verso – Web browser built on top of the Servo web engine

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Post by pabs3 » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 12:34 PM UTC

Verso – Web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
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Post by wongarsu » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 12:43 PM UTC

According to https://servo.org/about/ Servo currently passes ~60% of the web platform tests. Does anyone have experience how far that subset gets you on the open internet?

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 12:48 PM UTC

wongarsu wrote: post #2

According to https://servo.org/about/ Servo currently passes ~60% of the web platform tests. Does anyone have experience how far that subset gets you on the open internet?

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Post by hackerbadboy » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 12:54 PM UTC

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Post by ksec » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:03 PM UTC

So we will, in ~5 years time have two new browser, one in Rust and one in Swift.

I hope in the process of doing it we will find new ways of doing things.

Re: Verso – Web browser built on top of the Servo web engine

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Post by timschmidt » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:08 PM UTC

wongarsu wrote: post #2

According to https://servo.org/about/ Servo currently passes ~60% of the web platform tests. Does anyone have experience how far that subset gets you on the open internet?

Hackernews and LWN render reasonably correctly in recent nightlies. Reddit does not.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:10 PM UTC

ksec wrote: post #5

So we will, in ~5 years time have two new browser, one in Rust and one in Swift. I hope in the process of doing it we will find new ways of doing things.

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Re: Verso – Web browser built on top of the Servo web engine

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Post by jsheard » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:11 PM UTC

timschmidt wrote: post #6

wongarsu wrote: post #2

According to https://servo.org/about/ Servo currently passes ~60% of the web platform tests. Does anyone have experience how far that subset gets you on the open internet?

Hackernews and LWN render reasonably correctly in recent nightlies. Reddit does not.

New Reddit or Old Reddit?

Re: Verso – Web browser built on top of the Servo web engine

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Post by timschmidt » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:13 PM UTC

jsheard wrote: post #8

timschmidt wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hackernews and LWN render reasonably correctly in recent nightlies. Reddit does not.

New Reddit or Old Reddit?

New Reddit. Old reddit seems to work OK.

Re: Verso – Web browser built on top of the Servo web engine

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:14 PM UTC

timschmidt wrote: post #6

wongarsu wrote: post #2

According to https://servo.org/about/ Servo currently passes ~60% of the web platform tests. Does anyone have experience how far that subset gets you on the open internet?

Hackernews and LWN render reasonably correctly in recent nightlies. Reddit does not.

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