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While common knowledge says that building a new browser is "too big, too hard", I'm excited that some intrepid people are tackling this problem and wish them su
by bejd 4y ago
While common knowledge says that building a new browser is "too big, too hard", I'm excited that some intrepid people are tackling this problem and wish them success!
- LeFantome 4y agoThe SerenityOS project is managed with tremendous pragmatism and so I think they can get there. If you watch his first Ladybird video after the project announcement, it is just him saying that he has spent the day getting Reddit to look right. He records the hour or so that it takes him to make CSS font emblems render properly. It is a priority because they appear on Reddit. The video that brought SerenityOS the most fame was probably him porting Diablo ( well, DevilutionX ) to his OS. When he encounters a missing function from his C Standard Library, he simply adds it. He is very driven by practical usability. He wants an OS written from scratch with a full suite of software that he can use as his daily driver. So, he needs a web browser. He needs one that properly renders the kinds of sites he visits. Simple. Compare this to projects like ReactOS that resist even adding support for a working browser.
- orangecat 4y agoYes. I mostly agree with the common knowledge, but am glad someone is putting it to the test. We'll learn from either their success or failure.
- ArrayBoundCheck 4y agoWhen it comes to common knowledge in programming it's more often incorrect. I still see people telling experts they shouldn't use global variables, that you can't beat the optimizer, that you should use a library (for something as trivial as left pad) etc