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by ilaksh 2505 days ago
It's just a little bit disingenuous to describe it as "building your own browser".

Because a browser has so many features at this point that it basically contains an operating system. So to duplicate that its just necessary to start with some existing browser and tweak it.

Out of the thousands of features that enable me to browse across diverse websites, what percentage of those features did you implement in your "new" browser?

What does it actually do that is different from WebKit?

2 comments

I don't see how it's disingenuous. They made a browser the same way google chrome started (from WebKit), or WebKit started (khtml), or the way opera and Vivaldi currently are (chrome).
I think it’s more equivalent to making a new distro - still a lot of work.