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Show HN: Vaev – A browser engine built from scratch (It renders google.com)

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233 points monax | 1 comments | 18 May 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

We’ve been working on Vaev, a minimal web browser engine built from scratch. It supports HTML/XHTML, the CSS cascade, @page rules for pagination, and print-to-PDF rendering. It even handles calc(), var(), and percentage units—and yes, it renders Google.com (mostly).

This is an experimental project focused on learning and exploration. Networking is basic (http:// and file:// only), and grid layouts aren’t supported yet, but we’re making progress fast.

We’d love your thoughts and feedback.

1. est ◴[19 May 25 01:33 UTC] No.44025800[source]▶
oh the irony. I remember decades ago when google.com was branded as example of minimal html design, to save bandwidth as much as possible, they don't even enclose html tags.

Now google.com is loads of js crap. The SERP refuse to render without full blown js, css and cookie.