> the threshold to build a document-web-browser from scratch would be so much lower Wouldn't it be easier to just clone the normal Firefox/Chromium and strip e

> the threshold to build a document-web-browser from scratch would be so much lower Wouldn't it be easier to just clone the normal Firefox/Chromium and strip everything out that is not needed? You wouldn't even have to do it all at once. Just turn things of and rip the code out/refactor later.