Re: [dev-servo] Master's thesis project brainstorming

There are many devtools features that would be cool but are hard to prototype in feature-laden rendering engines. For example, there is a ton of work in the space of answering questions about layout results: “why did this element end up over here?” or “why does this CSS rule have no effect?”. A

Re: [dev-servo] Master's thesis project brainstorming

We always talk about adding some devtools that give performance advice. This would be visible to web developers, who are end users of the browser in its role as a development tool. It's also visible to non-developer users in that more and more sites will take full advantage of Servo's architectural

Re: [dev-servo] Master's thesis project brainstorming

If it was me. I'd want to work on something unique to servo & FUN. I'd go for async work with the canvas. We have some good options of running stuff in parallel that other browsers don't. You could come up with a very cool demo of a game using canvas that took advantage of all four cores of a quad

Re: [dev-servo] Master's thesis project brainstorming

Hello Josh. They could work in the SVG specification 1.1 , this is largely used in modern web development and is a thing that is visible to end users. 2015-04-07 11:43 GMT-05:00 Josh Matthews : > Hello all! I've had an inquiry from a student looking for a project they

[dev-servo] Master's thesis project brainstorming

Hello all! I've had an inquiry from a student looking for a project they could work on from October 2015 until May 2016. Obviously planning that far ahead can be challenging; they were interested in working on the canvas APIs but those are already in progress so I suggested we brainstorm some o