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given that Electron is really just a featureless browser shouldn't it be straightforward to make your own browser now? That's not what Electron is but there ar
by pvg 4y ago
given that Electron is really just a featureless browser shouldn't it be straightforward to make your own browser now?
That's not what Electron is but there are piles of fork-ish browser projects out there statistically nobody uses. This also answers the second question in the negative - it is not straightforward to make your own browser that's as useful as the browser you're likely using.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago> > given that Electron is really just a featureless browser [...] > That's not what Electron is I mean...isn't it? Forget the idea of what it's used for and just look at how it works. It's a framework for making apps that uses Chromium for rendering and a Node backend. Strip off the Node backend and you're left with Chromium. And Chromium on its own is a web browser. Electron just doesn't show the controls for it. As far as I'm concerned, Electron is a featureless web browser with a backend added to do things a browser normally can't do on its own, like reading local files without presenting a dialog.
- pvg 4y agoa backend added That's a huge change which allows for things like turning XSS into RCEs. It's a bit like 'why can't you make your own street legal sports car by removing the rear spoiler and replacing it with a jet engine'.