2026-04-19 01:02 UTC
>Edge is a Chrome engine browser like dozens of others out there. Why not write a new browser engine to give customers a choice?
they tried that with Edge 1.0
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@detren@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-19 09:25
Yeah and the only good thing about it back then was the PDF viewer tbh
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@GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 2026-04-20 07:15
Writing your own rendering engine that works exactly like chrome, has the same features and preferably no exploits is not something you or even a big company can whack out in a week or so. You need to support js, css, html, hardware acceleration, https, certificate checks, support notifications, location, camera and mic, video play and a whole lot of other features you take for granted. A modern browser is light years away from the first browsers that came out around 2000.