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My personal opinion is that, for a servo based browser, it's probably better to just use UWP/C++ on Windows, C/GTK on Linux, and SwiftUI on Mac, and just embed

My personal opinion is that, for a servo based browser, it's probably better to just use UWP/C++ on Windows, C/GTK on Linux, and SwiftUI on Mac, and just embed Servo via its C-API layer. Rust shine when it comes to building a safe and fast web engine. For the OS "glue" code, I would stick to whatever is best for each platform.

xiphias2 6y ago
You missed Android. Firefox for mobile is so far behind Chrome, it’s unusable for me, most plugins don’t work. I would vote for HTML/CSS based browser (React / React Native?), though I know that a lot of operating system specific code needs to be written.
- SimonSapin 6y ago
  The C API has JNI bindings, which is relevant to Android. https://github.com/servo/servo/tree/master/ports/libsimpleservo/jniapi https://github.com/servo/servo/tree/master/ports/libsimplese...
- mkl 6y ago
  I find Firefox more usable than Chrome on Android. uBlock Origin works perfectly, and that's part of the reason.
  - xiphias2 6y ago
    I tried to install Google Translate extension and it was not supported. So when I have to choose between Google Translate or adblocking, it's already bad for me, as I like to use both of them on the PC.
  - The_rationalist 6y ago
    I use kiwi which provide uBlock Origin for chromium
- moogly 6y ago
  Chrome on Android doesn't even have plugins and never will.
  - The_rationalist 6y ago
    You can with e.g kiwi browser
dblohm7 6y ago
UWP now has first-class Rust bindings.