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When I saw "Browser" in the list with a Chromium icon (while I'm running Firefox), one of the sillier (yet fun) thoughts that crossed my mind is that you had so

When I saw "Browser" in the list with a Chromium icon (while I'm running Firefox), one of the sillier (yet fun) thoughts that crossed my mind is that you had somehow compiled Chromium to WASM, and you would be running a full-fledged Chromium instance inside Firefox. I'm sure there are limitations with WASM that make this impractical to implement for the foreseeable future without a ton of work, but it would be fun to try out if it did exist.

steveklabnik 5y ago
How about Netscape Navigator running inside Windows 3.11 running inside Firefox? This was 2017: https://twitter.com/mozhacks/status/936752824150577153 https://twitter.com/mozhacks/status/936752824150577153
- vbezhenar 5y ago
  You can run win2000 with jslinux and it got old Firefox inside. You can actually browse some modern websites.
- chii 5y ago
  Some parts of that parody prezzo has come true. One would hope that the nuclear wars isn't also gonna come true...
- DustinBrett 5y ago
  Ya that Win 3.11 setup is quite wild. I need to add it perhaps... http://assets.metacade.com/emulators/win311vr.html http://assets.metacade.com/emulators/win311vr.html
samwillis 5y ago
Someone has got WebKit compiled to wasm (no js support though): https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js https://trevorlinton.github.io/ https://trevorlinton.github.io/ And another has JavaScriptCore compiled to wasm: https://mbbill.github.io/JSC.js/ https://mbbill.github.io/JSC.js/ Combine the two and you have a full browser engine!
DustinBrett 5y ago
Maybe one day... :-) It is possible to run `NetSurf` in BoxedWine, but BoxedWine doesn't currently have network support. Also v86 has network support via a WebSocket proxy, so you might be able to get a browser going in there.
fastball 5y ago
That is actually a joke made in this talk[1], which overall is fantastic talk for anyone that hasn't seen it. [1] https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...
- whizzter 5y ago
  It needs to become reality :D, on a more serious note maybe it'd be possible for this to be used in inceptions with a slightly older but capable Firefox before they implemented process separation?
- DustinBrett 5y ago
  That talk has been inspiration for me.
aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
Meanwhile, Mozilla Blog: "Firefox now has single-site isolation and containerization!"
skybrian 5y ago
Maybe start with a Gemini browser. :-)

steveklabnik 5y ago

How about Netscape Navigator running inside Windows 3.11 running inside Firefox? This was 2017: https://twitter.com/mozhacks/status/936752824150577153 https://twitter.com/mozhacks/status/936752824150577153

vbezhenar 5y ago
You can run win2000 with jslinux and it got old Firefox inside. You can actually browse some modern websites.
chii 5y ago
Some parts of that parody prezzo has come true. One would hope that the nuclear wars isn't also gonna come true...
DustinBrett 5y ago
Ya that Win 3.11 setup is quite wild. I need to add it perhaps... http://assets.metacade.com/emulators/win311vr.html http://assets.metacade.com/emulators/win311vr.html

samwillis 5y ago

Someone has got WebKit compiled to wasm (no js support though): https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js https://trevorlinton.github.io/ https://trevorlinton.github.io/ And another has JavaScriptCore compiled to wasm: https://mbbill.github.io/JSC.js/ https://mbbill.github.io/JSC.js/ Combine the two and you have a full browser engine!

DustinBrett 5y ago

Maybe one day... :-) It is possible to run `NetSurf` in BoxedWine, but BoxedWine doesn't currently have network support. Also v86 has network support via a WebSocket proxy, so you might be able to get a browser going in there.

fastball 5y ago

That is actually a joke made in this talk[1], which overall is fantastic talk for anyone that hasn't seen it. [1] https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

whizzter 5y ago
It needs to become reality :D, on a more serious note maybe it'd be possible for this to be used in inceptions with a slightly older but capable Firefox before they implemented process separation?
DustinBrett 5y ago
That talk has been inspiration for me.

aaaaaaaaata 5y ago

Meanwhile, Mozilla Blog: "Firefox now has single-site isolation and containerization!"

skybrian 5y ago

Maybe start with a Gemini browser. :-)