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As a proof of concept I knocked up JankyBrowser in about 3 hours. Nagivation? Check. Tabs? Check (how long did other browser take to get those!). All in a littl

As a proof of concept I knocked up JankyBrowser in about 3 hours. Nagivation? Check. Tabs? Check (how long did other browser take to get those!). All in a little over 6K of JS. https://gist.github.com/morganrallen/f07f59802884bcdcad4a https://gist.github.com/morganrallen/f07f59802884bcdcad4a

spolu 12y ago
The only browser that fits in a gist!
- skrebbel 12y ago
  Here, a browser that fits in a .bat file: @echo off "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
  - xaitv 12y ago
    hehe, browser
  - spolu 12y ago
    Only this one is not designed by you...
notastartup 12y ago
My god. I'm just awestruck, I just ran it and it worked beautifully. The same thing in Java Swing took me 3 weeks 4 years ago.
- morganrallen 12y ago
  Thanks! Not too bad for a couple hours on a sick day.
christiangenco 12y ago
...wow! This is a really compelling I know it's really fashionable to hate on javascript, but there's really something to be said for being able to code a web browser with tools you can learn on Khan Academy.
- al2o3cr 12y ago
  "var webview = document.createElement("webview");" Turns out, it's pretty easy to code a web browser in ANYTHING if one of the primitives you can instantiate is A WEB BROWSER...
  - mhernandez1988 12y ago
    al2o3cr, actually no. There are a load of difficult implementations needed to achieve even the most basic webbrowser, even when building on top of the already great chromium content lib. For instance, Thrust's predecessor ExoBrowser failed where Thrust is succeeding, thankfully we have progressed to a state of composability where we can take the work of others before and compose it into something useable for the world. The 500 something commits to Thrust were no simple feat, and their are many more to come.
beagle3 12y ago
Cookies are handled by Chromium, I suppose? Or are they completely ignored?

spolu 12y ago

The only browser that fits in a gist!

skrebbel 12y ago
Here, a browser that fits in a .bat file: @echo off "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
- xaitv 12y ago
  hehe, browser
- spolu 12y ago
  Only this one is not designed by you...

notastartup 12y ago

My god. I'm just awestruck, I just ran it and it worked beautifully. The same thing in Java Swing took me 3 weeks 4 years ago.

morganrallen 12y ago
Thanks! Not too bad for a couple hours on a sick day.

christiangenco 12y ago

...wow! This is a really compelling I know it's really fashionable to hate on javascript, but there's really something to be said for being able to code a web browser with tools you can learn on Khan Academy.

al2o3cr 12y ago
"var webview = document.createElement("webview");" Turns out, it's pretty easy to code a web browser in ANYTHING if one of the primitives you can instantiate is A WEB BROWSER...
- mhernandez1988 12y ago
  al2o3cr, actually no. There are a load of difficult implementations needed to achieve even the most basic webbrowser, even when building on top of the already great chromium content lib. For instance, Thrust's predecessor ExoBrowser failed where Thrust is succeeding, thankfully we have progressed to a state of composability where we can take the work of others before and compose it into something useable for the world. The 500 something commits to Thrust were no simple feat, and their are many more to come.

beagle3 12y ago

Cookies are handled by Chromium, I suppose? Or are they completely ignored?