Browser.html – a web browser built with web technologies using Servo as web ren
3 months ago
- #User Agency
- #Web Development
- #Servo
- The Web is seen as the only platform offering permissionless user agency.
- The project aims to build a Web-based user agent with new capabilities.
- Mascot is a beaver, symbolizing environmental healing and rewilding the internet.
- Built on Servo to diversify the Web, avoiding Blink forks.
- Long-term goal: suite of Web user agents for various devices, moving beyond existing OS dependencies.
- Community engagement via Servo's Zulip.
- Prerequisites include installing 'forkme' utility and setting up Servo build dependencies.
- Desktop builds involve updating with 'forkme apply' and building with specific cargo commands.
- Mobile builds tested on Pixel 3a with Mobian; requires sysroot setup and specific build scripts.
- Environment variables needed for mobile execution: SURFMAN_FORCE_GLES=1 and WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0.