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It also supports full Google Mail [1]. While I don’t think it will ever be competitive to Chrome or Firefox, it’s super cool to see it’s actually possible to st

by methyl 6y ago

It also supports full Google Mail [1]. While I don’t think it will ever be competitive to Chrome or Firefox, it’s super cool to see it’s actually possible to start a new web browser project and get it to this point. [1] https://www.ekioh.com/devblog/full-google-mail-in-a-clean-room-browser/ https://www.ekioh.com/devblog/full-google-mail-in-a-clean-ro...

iforgotpassword 6y ago
Yes, this is really surprising. Browsers have in many ways gotten more complex than operating systems, so creating a new one from scratch seemed off the table for now. A big player like Microsoft scrapping Edge certainly helped to strengthen that impression. It's certainly not as compatible with the modern web as chrome and Firefox but hey, it's doing much more than I'd have expected.
- cmroanirgo 6y ago
  I like the author's writing style too... This seems to be as much an exploration as anything: >I’ll be the first to admit it’s not perfect yet – some vertical alignment is wrong in a few places, Hangouts doesn’t work, and our ‘contenteditable’ support is minimal. But I don’t think these detract from the achievement – as far as I’m aware, no browser engine other than Webkit, Blink and Gecko can run full Google Mail, and these have all had over twenty years of development work on them.
fireattack 6y ago
Why does he call it "Google Mail"? Isn't "Gmail" the official name (and the mostly widely used one)?
- Macha 6y ago
  In many countries such as the UK (where the author is from) and Germany it was called Google Mail due to trademark disputes with local companies that had the Gmail name first. I think they've sorted most of these with licensing agreements or just buying the rights for the name, but a lot of UK people still have @googlemail addresses even.
  - fireattack 6y ago
    That's an interesting trivia, thanks!

by methyl 6y ago

iforgotpassword 6y ago

Yes, this is really surprising. Browsers have in many ways gotten more complex than operating systems, so creating a new one from scratch seemed off the table for now. A big player like Microsoft scrapping Edge certainly helped to strengthen that impression. It's certainly not as compatible with the modern web as chrome and Firefox but hey, it's doing much more than I'd have expected.

cmroanirgo 6y ago
I like the author's writing style too... This seems to be as much an exploration as anything: >I’ll be the first to admit it’s not perfect yet – some vertical alignment is wrong in a few places, Hangouts doesn’t work, and our ‘contenteditable’ support is minimal. But I don’t think these detract from the achievement – as far as I’m aware, no browser engine other than Webkit, Blink and Gecko can run full Google Mail, and these have all had over twenty years of development work on them.

fireattack 6y ago

Why does he call it "Google Mail"? Isn't "Gmail" the official name (and the mostly widely used one)?

Macha 6y ago
In many countries such as the UK (where the author is from) and Germany it was called Google Mail due to trademark disputes with local companies that had the Gmail name first. I think they've sorted most of these with licensing agreements or just buying the rights for the name, but a lot of UK people still have @googlemail addresses even.
- fireattack 6y ago
  That's an interesting trivia, thanks!