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If we're talking about creating a browser from scratch, it's nearly impossible to implement one without a huge investment of both time and money. Browsers are u

If we're talking about creating a browser from scratch, it's nearly impossible to implement one without a huge investment of both time and money. Browsers are unbelievably complex, and the new features are being added at such a pace that you need to run twice as fast just to keep up. If we're talking about forking an existing browser, that is doable. But you still need a huge investment to understand, change and extend that code. Once again, browsers are unbelievably complex beasts.

msie 6y ago
Heh, you're better off designing a new markup language and then implementing a browser to render that.
- Minor49er 6y ago
  Given the current state of the web, this might not be a bad idea
  - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
    See the Gemini project, https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq.txt https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq.txt Somewhat related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23161922 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23161922
    - Minor49er 6y ago
      Very cool. I wasn't aware of this. Thank you!