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Anyone ever compile a browser with emscripten to wasm? So that you could try out a new browser without having to download and install it? I think that could b

by floxy 2y ago

Anyone ever compile a browser with emscripten to wasm? So that you could try out a new browser without having to download and install it? I think that could be genuinely useful in instances like this (try-before-you-buy-browser-in-your-browser), instead of just a recursive curiosity.

littlestymaar 2y ago
Please bring a new step of “The birth and death of JavaScript” [1] to the real world (but still not the nuclear war part of it, thanks). [1]: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...
rodarima 2y ago
This was already asked the last time[1], but I think it would miss the point of Dillo. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38853053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38853053
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
  In some ways it would miss the main use of dillo, but at the same time if you were going to embed a browser like that surely dillo is a great option precisely because of how light it is.
bmacho 2y ago
You probably can't try out a browser in the browser, because of the CORS rules.
- crznp 2y ago
  You could if the host domain acted as a VPN/proxy
  - genewitch 2y ago
    the cloudpilotemu project can use this host browser as a proxy thing so you can sync your emulated (in the browser) to your PC as well as give the emulator internet access, likely one way to have a browser in a browser. I didn't try it out, though, i just read it in the documentation.
- niutech 2y ago
  There is WebKit browser in browser: https://trevorlinton.github.io/ https://trevorlinton.github.io/
  - bmacho 2y ago
    That's not a browser (even if you renamed it to "webkit browser"), and not working
    - niutech 2y ago
      Technically it is a web browser engine (WebKit) ported to JS and it works in the latest Firefox (shows a tiger).
niutech 2y ago
It's possible, see https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js/ https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js/

by floxy 2y ago

littlestymaar 2y ago

Please bring a new step of “The birth and death of JavaScript” [1] to the real world (but still not the nuclear war part of it, thanks). [1]: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

rodarima 2y ago

This was already asked the last time[1], but I think it would miss the point of Dillo. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38853053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38853053

yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
In some ways it would miss the main use of dillo, but at the same time if you were going to embed a browser like that surely dillo is a great option precisely because of how light it is.

bmacho 2y ago

You probably can't try out a browser in the browser, because of the CORS rules.

crznp 2y ago
You could if the host domain acted as a VPN/proxy
- genewitch 2y ago
  the cloudpilotemu project can use this host browser as a proxy thing so you can sync your emulated (in the browser) to your PC as well as give the emulator internet access, likely one way to have a browser in a browser. I didn't try it out, though, i just read it in the documentation.
niutech 2y ago
There is WebKit browser in browser: https://trevorlinton.github.io/ https://trevorlinton.github.io/
- bmacho 2y ago
  That's not a browser (even if you renamed it to "webkit browser"), and not working
  - niutech 2y ago
    Technically it is a web browser engine (WebKit) ported to JS and it works in the latest Firefox (shows a tiger).

niutech 2y ago

It's possible, see https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js/ https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js/