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by redxdev 2106 days ago
Browsers largely aren't taking advantage of native UI frameworks (aside maybe from the window chrome and basic controls). Aside from the minimum required to get an OpenGL context (or whatever graphics tech) onto the screen they don't need to build on native UI.

Sure, they're technically building on top of the native UI frameworks, but only by completely ignoring all of their functionality.