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The “from-scratch” part is key. (The “can display Google Docs” part is also, well, correct in a strictly technical sense, see linked screenshot. It is still a s
by mananaysiempre 4y ago
The “from-scratch” part is key. (The “can display Google Docs” part is also, well, correct in a strictly technical sense, see linked screenshot. It is still a significant achievement—even GNOME Web / Epiphany, based on WebKitGTK, has some problems running Google Docs.) The browser is based on a new engine that started development in 2019. It was originally written for a hobby OS with its own toolkit and only ported to run on top of Qt as well some months ago[1]. The original author of said OS used to be employed working on WebKit, as far as I understand.
[1] See previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32809126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32809126