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A browser^, at a minimum, should support HTML + CSS (+1 if it supports the latest specification). Edit: ^A modern browser

jamil7 4y ago
That seems like an overly narrow definition of what a browser "should" be. I think there's enough choice that niche projects like this can exist.
Etheryte 4y ago
By that definition, many screen reader browsers would not be considered browsers yet they enable the user to surf the web none the less.
- robin_reala 4y ago
  That’s not how a screen reader works. It interfaces with a “normal” browser’s exposed accessibility tree, and generates speech / Braille from that.
- zinekeller 4y ago
  As stated by robin_reala, that is not how screen readers work. At minimum they still definitely parse CSS as many accessibility enhancements were only introduced by CSS with no equivalent (or even a workaround) using pure HTML, and in practice will also require to have JavaScript support because when a website decides to be an obnoxious GPU-hungry Flutter application even CSS wouldn't cut it.
  - Etheryte 4y ago
    This is not really correct, many screen readers only support a very small subset of CSS which doesn't really match the parent's comment, that browsers must support HTML and CSS.
    - zinekeller 4y ago
      > This is not really correct, many screen readers only support a very small subset of CSS which doesn't really match the parent's comment, that browsers must support HTML and CSS. This doesn't match with current versions of accessibility software which either connects to a browser or simply bundles an embedded version of Chromium. The ship has sailed on no-JS websites sadly, and not supporting (substantially) all of CSS modules would simply render 90% of websites inaccessible.
trumbitta2 4y ago
Agree. This cool project should be called "a user agent", not a browser.
__void 4y ago
...a browser for what ? Kristall is (near) perfect, for its work
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dusted 4y ago
It should not support CSS, just HTML, HTTP and HTTPS. The browser should render the document based on its semantics and the users preference.
zokier 4y ago
If modern browser should be that then Kristall is a post-modern browser

jamil7 4y ago

That seems like an overly narrow definition of what a browser "should" be. I think there's enough choice that niche projects like this can exist.

Etheryte 4y ago

By that definition, many screen reader browsers would not be considered browsers yet they enable the user to surf the web none the less.

robin_reala 4y ago
That’s not how a screen reader works. It interfaces with a “normal” browser’s exposed accessibility tree, and generates speech / Braille from that.
zinekeller 4y ago
As stated by robin_reala, that is not how screen readers work. At minimum they still definitely parse CSS as many accessibility enhancements were only introduced by CSS with no equivalent (or even a workaround) using pure HTML, and in practice will also require to have JavaScript support because when a website decides to be an obnoxious GPU-hungry Flutter application even CSS wouldn't cut it.
- Etheryte 4y ago
  This is not really correct, many screen readers only support a very small subset of CSS which doesn't really match the parent's comment, that browsers must support HTML and CSS.
  - zinekeller 4y ago
    > This is not really correct, many screen readers only support a very small subset of CSS which doesn't really match the parent's comment, that browsers must support HTML and CSS. This doesn't match with current versions of accessibility software which either connects to a browser or simply bundles an embedded version of Chromium. The ship has sailed on no-JS websites sadly, and not supporting (substantially) all of CSS modules would simply render 90% of websites inaccessible.

trumbitta2 4y ago

Agree. This cool project should be called "a user agent", not a browser.

__void 4y ago

...a browser for what ? Kristall is (near) perfect, for its work

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dusted 4y ago

It should not support CSS, just HTML, HTTP and HTTPS. The browser should render the document based on its semantics and the users preference.

zokier 4y ago

If modern browser should be that then Kristall is a post-modern browser