View Full Version : What if you could design your own browser?
deepsand
10-25-2010, 11:23 PM
What if there were a software development kit (SDK) for browsers, such that anyone with a modicum of proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript could design his own browser GUI.
Well such an SDK is now in alpha; see Mozilla Chromeless Aims for Build-Your-Own Browsers (http://www.pcworld.com/article/208603/mozilla_chromeless_aims_for_buildyourown_browsers. html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl).
Would you give it a try?
What features would you add to and/or subtract from current browsers?
It is not difficult to develop your own web browser. I developed a simple about 15 years ago in C++.
You find a simple example how to start in the two PDF documents in my last signature link.
What features would you add to and/or subtract from current browsers?
How much will you or an US company pay me for that information?:roll:
Apice Internet
10-26-2010, 01:22 PM
Browsers nowadays are standard ... They were only pushing what has existed before.
I do not know if it would be a good idea to invent something that comes out of this line, since people would rework to learn to use the tool to surf the internet.
deepsand
10-26-2010, 06:42 PM
Not sure what you mean by "standard," given that there is neither a standard rendering agent nor user interface.
The upcoming SDK will provide only the former; it will be up to the developer to add the later.
profileSystm
02-22-2011, 05:28 PM
Wouldn't it be easier to write extensions?
deepsand
02-22-2011, 10:55 PM
Which is more efficient:
Design and build a house to your specifications; or,
Modify one built for another?