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I really don't think it's all that much "over engineering". I mean, if you want images, history, tabs, to support every language under the sun, and support for
by Klathmon 10y ago
I really don't think it's all that much "over engineering".
I mean, if you want images, history, tabs, to support every language under the sun, and support for most platforms, I'd say a browser is a fantastic way to get most of that "for free".
- woodruffw 10y agoUnfortunately, "support for most platforms" tends to result in the kind of user experience that I described above. There's something comedic about millions of lines of compiled Chromium failing to handle the Control modifier on Linux. I can't really blame them (Linux, like every nix, does something unique at the tty level that breaks reasonable assumptions), and I'm sure it'll get a lot worse once they try to run their JS bindings over the pty/tty subsystem of something like Solaris.
- Volt 10y agoI'd say a browser introduces a non-negligable cost.
- drvdevd 10y agoAgreed, though this is a situation that should be improved if the industry wants everyone using browsers for everything.