Re: [dev-servo] Future of BrowserHTML and Servo nightly builds

2018-01-22 Thread David Teller
Hi Fabrice, As far as I can tell, Electron-like-with-Servo is still alive, with the project called Starling. I don't think it's meant to be source-compatible with Electron, but my understanding is that it is meant to be more webby. I have no idea how far the project is, though. Cheers, Da

Re: [dev-servo] Future of BrowserHTML and Servo nightly builds

2018-01-22 Thread Fabrice Desre
Hi Paul, I have a couple of questions: - Are there any plans for a like tag? I'm surprised that Electron-like functionality is not of higher interest, since this is the kind of situation where you can build an applications within the limits of Servo web compat support. - What are the options

[dev-servo] Future of BrowserHTML and Servo nightly builds

2018-01-22 Thread Paul Rouget
tl;dr: we are planning to retire BrowserHTML, remove the mozbrowser code from Servo, and greatly improve the usability of the Glutin port. BrowserHTML was built as an experiment. Following the path of Firefox OS, we built a browser in HTML to learn more about turning Servo, the web engine, into a