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There is a lot of security considerations to make a browser. JavaScript based technologies are not well known for their security.
by partycoder 10y ago
There is a lot of security considerations to make a browser. JavaScript based technologies are not well known for their security.
- oblio 10y agoIn practice any kind of technology is only as good as its developers. And I doubt that the security record of "Javascript based technologies" is better or worse than the security record of "C/C++ based technologies", for that matter. As a purely theoretical point, "Javascript based technologies" have the advantage of automatic memory management, which, again, theoretically, removes an attack vector almost entirely. Getting back on track, a browser is engine + UI. Vivaldi uses Chromium as the engine. HTML/JS are used just for the UI.
- jeffreyjflim 10y agoI am waiting for the Rust-based Firefox :}
- steveklabnik 10y agoFirefox 45, the current release, has a tiny bit on Linux and OS X. In a few releases, it will be on Windows as well. I don't know what percentage you need to have it be "based", but we're getting there...