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233 points monax | 3 comments | 18 May 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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.

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busymom0 ◴[18 May 25 18:55 UTC] No.44023540[source]▶

>>44023144 (OP) #

I wish one of these projects would make a browser which only renders text (so texts and links) and no additional support for media (images, videos, audio etc).

I know there is Lynx but having a non-terminal based browser which could do it would be cool.

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revskill ◴[18 May 25 20:38 UTC] No.44024158[source]▶

>>44023540 #

Then google will use text to show ads.

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busymom0 ◴[18 May 25 20:41 UTC] No.44024174[source]▶

>>44024158 #

Text based ads would be less distracting.

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1. jdironman ◴[19 May 25 01:40 UTC] No.44025840[source]▶

>>44024174 #

Not if they're inline and you've read an ad before you realized it. Like a YouTube sponsor segment. lol

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2. busymom0 ◴[19 May 25 01:51 UTC] No.44025887[source]▶

>>44025840 (TP) #

Fair. However, text based ads are also very easy to filter out using some sort of extension no?

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