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What's the issue with current browser engines? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago by _Atlas_ to c/asklemmy

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The big issue is that by adding more and more features, a browser has become an operating system and so complex that you can't hope to make a new one from scratch.

The last "new" browser engine (that wasn't built by a corporation) was KHTML which was ~~stolen~~ harvested first by Apple for Webkit and subsequently by Google for Blink. KHTML then rotted without support.

The most recent attempt was to build Servo in Rust. Mozilla "ran out of money" (they depend on Google for their existence), and it's already rotting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

mozilla dropped it but servo has been picked back up by the linux foundation. its under active development again.