While working on #servo recently, I came to the realization how much Rust isolates itself from other languages, just by not providing a C interface by default.
We can't write a browser engine for every programming language. While using Servo is a breeze in Rust, using it with any other language seems problematic.
The Linux Kernel managed to adopt Rust, I wrote a Rust WebKit browser, but I'm not sure what the future holds for Servo when it's time for Rust to say goodbye.
Ah yes. I think you're right about the tires. Happy I was wrong! :)
Looking forward to when Kumo is available with Servo from the Flathub repos. Even if it's buggy as all hell, I just want a relatively easily installed option to help test/use/bug report a servo browser to help Servo move forward!
Happy you're doing this work!
Is this a recent change? I just tried installing Kumo from Flathub, and I don't see any option to change browser engine anywhere. The gif you embedded in your post doesn't seem to be showing for me, so if it shows where to enable this, I still haven't been able to see it.
PS Isn't Kumo a big car tire brand? I ,ean, I get that it's a different field, but it seems it could be an issue down the road...
A little preview of the multi-engine behavior in Kumo:
To quickly try out a website in a different engine, you can just reload it in WebKit/Servo through the context menu.
Kumo will remember which engine was last used for a domain and use that engine for all new tabs for that domain going forward. That way if you're interested in a new browser engine, you can transition one website at a time, rather than requiring a complete browser change.
It seems like many things have improved in #servo since I've last checked it out. Performance isn't perfect, but it does still manage to reach 60-70 FPS while screen recording on a Fairphone 5 (~90 without).
Plenty of work left to do before I can ship it as an alternative engine, but I think this time it might make it upstream rather than sitting in a branch for another year.
January in Servo: preloads, better forms, details styling, and more!
I guess #Servo is now the only serious browser engine taking a stand against slop, even mentioning ethical issues? (Despite one bronze sponsor listed on the homepage being "somethingsomething AI" heh)
We really need to get servo-gtk to a more serious state where epiphany could use it…
Firefox 148 ships with an “AI killswitch” to disable all AI features like translations, PDF alt text, and chat sidebar from one toggle — blocked by default. 🔧
Transparency labels on-device vs off-device AI, giving users clear control amid Mozilla’s heavy AI push and investments in 50+ AI startups. 🛡️
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