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Hmm, seems like the linux foundation is a nice retirement home for ex corporate projects that are popular enough that people feel sad seeing them die, but not a

Hmm, seems like the linux foundation is a nice retirement home for ex corporate projects that are popular enough that people feel sad seeing them die, but not actually popular enough to live. (See RethinkDB)

TylerE 4y ago
And aren’t written in Java (That’s Apache…)
galangalalgol 4y ago
How far is servo from a useable browser? What is it missing?
- TylerE 4y ago
  Well, there is an open issue for “opening servo.org crashes servo”
  - seanw444 4y ago
    Now that's pretty funny.
    - galangalalgol 4y ago
      That is its default homepage now I just downloaded it to try. Works fine. Placement is off for some items, but i haven't found a page that simply doesn't work. I poked around wikipedia mostly though which is fairly benign. Both google and duck duck go jad search suggestions working. It isn't convenient, but it isn't hopeless either.
- rubyist5eva 4y ago
  Last I heard the goal of servo isn't to have an actual browser, but basically build an engine that can be used somewhere else and that all the "good stuff" from Servo goes into Firefox, basically.
  - pavon 4y ago
    That was the goal under Mozilla. Now that they aren't paying for the work anymore, I would expect other employers (and volunteers) to want more out of it than a tech incubator for another project.
    - galangalalgol 4y ago
      It seems like that may already be taking place as part of this launch. I downloaded it to try after asking this question and it mostly works. Just some aesthetic stuff. If I can read news and wikipedia I'm pretty happy with a browser. Maybe make everything beyond documents a PWA or app?
    - rubyist5eva 4y ago
      Yeah, I'll admit my info/perception is out of date but I guess because after they split from Mozilla I mostly stopped following any updates. Maybe I'll play around with it this weekend just to see what it's like.
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Hmm, seems like the linux foundation is a nice retirement home for ex corporate projects that are popular enough that people feel sad seeing them die, but not a

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TylerE 4y ago
And aren’t written in Java (That’s Apache…)
galangalalgol 4y ago
How far is servo from a useable browser? What is it missing?
- TylerE 4y ago
  Well, there is an open issue for “opening servo.org crashes servo”
  - seanw444 4y ago
    Now that's pretty funny.
    - galangalalgol 4y ago
      That is its default homepage now I just downloaded it to try. Works fine. Placement is off for some items, but i haven't found a page that simply doesn't work. I poked around wikipedia mostly though which is fairly benign. Both google and duck duck go jad search suggestions working. It isn't convenient, but it isn't hopeless either.
- rubyist5eva 4y ago
  Last I heard the goal of servo isn't to have an actual browser, but basically build an engine that can be used somewhere else and that all the "good stuff" from Servo goes into Firefox, basically.
  - pavon 4y ago
    That was the goal under Mozilla. Now that they aren't paying for the work anymore, I would expect other employers (and volunteers) to want more out of it than a tech incubator for another project.
    - galangalalgol 4y ago
      It seems like that may already be taking place as part of this launch. I downloaded it to try after asking this question and it mostly works. Just some aesthetic stuff. If I can read news and wikipedia I'm pretty happy with a browser. Maybe make everything beyond documents a PWA or app?
    - rubyist5eva 4y ago
      Yeah, I'll admit my info/perception is out of date but I guess because after they split from Mozilla I mostly stopped following any updates. Maybe I'll play around with it this weekend just to see what it's like.
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