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Comment by Emjayen

Very cool - writing a browser has been on my own project todo list for going on 10 years now; like you I also write everything myself with few exceptions.

The problems I when would muse about it were (very broadly):

- Text rendering, but really layout/shaping, especially for complex scripts like Arabic.

- JavaScript, which unfortunately seems like a necessity for the modern age.

- The very relaxed parsing of HTML/CSS. It's surprising just what browsers will tolerate in terms of malformed syntax yet still get a functional website out of it.

My goal was always going to be to get Wikipedia working also.

The affirmed absence of 'AI' usage certainly adds to this project's respectable status among this post aswell.

parent Emjayen 1 day ago

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