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senfiajyesterday at 10:27 PM3 repliesview on HN

Yeah, and when you think about the insane complexity of Web standards, and the fact that even Microsoft failed to create a browser with an independent engine, we are very unlikely to see a new browser engine: https://waspdev.com/articles/2025-04-07/will-there-be-a-new-... . This means that not only we are unlikely to see browsers with new engines but also that the existing browser engine diversity might even shrink if a browser becomes underfunded and / or loses a critical number of users / web developers.


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happytoexplainyesterday at 10:56 PM

"even Microsoft" is an oxymoron. Microsoft is exactly the entity I would expect to fail at implementing complex standards.

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TimTheTinkeryesterday at 10:29 PM

Ladybird is steadily progressing: https://ladybird.org/

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cyberaxyesterday at 10:50 PM

Servo exists, and it's making steady progress: https://servo.org/

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