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I super excited for any new FF stuff but this one mentions a lot of Windows focused (and some Mobile) - I'm over here on Linux where I've still got loads of pag

by edoceo 5y ago

I super excited for any new FF stuff but this one mentions a lot of Windows focused (and some Mobile) - I'm over here on Linux where I've still got loads of pages that just lag. Hoping for some multi-platform JS updated soon-ish. Side note: anyone know of any meaningful updates to Servo? Is dead? It had so much promise (IMO)

lu4p 5y ago
Servo is mostly dead the team got laid off
- rickstanley 5y ago
  Really? Bummer. I hope the community keep a steady pace at development and don't let it die. Having another engine competing with the "titans" of the current web would bring so much benefit (I think and hope so). The "recent" event[0] with Chrome dev team scared me; they have so much power to change things "at will". [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28055160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28055160
  - roca 5y ago
    Servo is not and never will be a competitive browser engine. Gecko is that engine competing with the titans.
happy-dude 5y ago
Servo was never meant to be a full engine replacement for mainline Firefox; whatever Rust code could be implemented/useful for Firefox was ported already. However, regarding Servo specifically, there are contributions on their GitHub[1] and the stewardship of the project is now under the Linux Foundation[2]. [1] https://github.com/servo/servo/commits/master https://github.com/servo/servo/commits/master [2] https://blog.servo.org/2020/11/17/servo-home/ https://blog.servo.org/2020/11/17/servo-home/
- azakai 5y ago
  > Servo was never meant to be a full engine replacement for mainline Firefox I don't think that's a fair summary of the history. There were multiple points of view on this inside Mozilla, and some (including myself) definitely hoped it would be a full engine replacement.