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You don't need a fully featured browser to download another. All you need is a minimal one without tabs, without extension support, without bookmarks, history o
by anoncake 6y ago
You don't need a fully featured browser to download another. All you need is a minimal one without tabs, without extension support, without bookmarks, history or any comfort features – just one web page and the url bar.
- npwr 6y agoSo, just some basic: HTTP implementation, TLS, Render engine; JS API, V8, ... ?? I'd say that is a big piece of software already.
- simonh 6y agoSure, but as soon a we accept we need a browser it becomes a pretty weird argument to say it has to be kept minimal and can't have convenience features.
- anoncake 6y agoIf the OS 1. has to include a browser for the aforementioned reasons and at the same time 2. must not include a browser because that would harm competition between browsers, what else can we do?
- tanseydavid 6y agoMost of the comments seem to revolve around pre-installed browser or not, but doesn't the article revolve around inability to uninstall? If I can uninstall then I do not especially care if it is pre-installed.
- tanseydavid 6y agoI use Chocolately to install browsers on new OS instances.