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Comment · 7 years ago
GeckoView is a wrapper around Gecko to make it easy to embed it into applications. I heard it's API is similar to WebView, but it's not a complete drop-in replacement.
Comment · 7 years ago
They forked Webkit which they named Blink
Comment · 7 years ago
You can already enable WebRender on Firefox Preview (Fenix). It renders pages allot faster but scrolling feels more sluggish.
Comment · 8 years ago
I believe you have to pay royalties for Arm while RISC-V is completely open source.
Comment · 8 years ago
If you want to know for sure if Webrender is enabled you can go to about:config and check the Graphics section. If Compositing is 'Webrender' it's turned on.
Comment · 8 years ago
Firefox, like any other browser on iOS, is based on webkit because Apple doesn't allow other engines. That's why you don't have 'about:config' there.
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
I believe the target was Firefox 59, but they didn't make it.
Comment · 9 years ago
It only works in Firefox Nightly. The flag exists in Beta and Stable, but since Stylo isn't compiled with these versions the flag doesn't actually do anything.
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago

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