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by nodoodles 2234 days ago
Great idea! One could embed windows 95 a la https://win95.ajf.me/ just to run IE within the page with all the right rendering. Or a subset of custom font rendering to a canvas :)
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TazeTSchnitzel 2233 days ago
http://charlie.bz accomplishes that idea but without a lengthy download by using a VNC session into QEMU.
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toothbrush 2234 days ago
We were actually just talking about compiling something like FreeType to JavaScript, but then you'd find yourself re-implementing a browser with layout engine etc...

However, your other idea is great! You might enjoy https://paschke-images-test.s3.amazonaws.com/welcome.html ;)

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