Servo - Mozilla's next-generation rendering engine

[dbcooper.dk]

http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps ... vo-design/

[Omega X]

Based on RUST no doubt and probably a decade off from being useful.

[Hanki]

so there gonna retire Gecko? ( i aint got time to read the link. be back later )

[Bluefang]

At this point it doesn't look to be more than theoretical discussion and possibly some proof-of-concept work.

[patrickjdempsey]

And if OmegaX is right, we are talking about something to be written in a language that isn't even formalized yet, so obviously that will have to happen before they can even begin coding it. It's possible that outlining the requirements for a future renderer is part of their process for developing Rust. "We need to be able to X so let's make sure Rust can do X without requiring hacky work-arounds."

[iwod]

And if OmegaX is right, we are talking about something to be written in a language that isn't even formalized yet, so obviously that will have to happen before they can even begin coding it. It's possible that outlining the requirements for a future renderer is part of their process for developing Rust. "We need to be able to X so let's make sure Rust can do X without requiring hacky work-arounds."

It will properly be doing both at the same time, Rust and Servo both evolving.

[iwod]

And if OmegaX is right, we are talking about something to be written in a language that isn't even formalized yet, so obviously that will have to happen before they can even begin coding it. It's possible that outlining the requirements for a future renderer is part of their process for developing Rust. "We need to be able to X so let's make sure Rust can do X without requiring hacky work-arounds."

It will properly be doing both at the same time, Rust and Servo both evolving.

And yes, it will properly be a decade off from releasing it, if at all.

[WonderCsabo]

Based on RUST no doubt and probably a decade off from being useful.

Are you sure it will be written in Rust? The post does not mention that.

[Pravda]

Are you sure it will be written in Rust? The post does not mention that.

Yes, Brendan Eich stated this in a recent presesentation (page 20). It is one of the major reasons Mozilla is backing Rust and using it to prototype Servo will allow to test first-hand if the language is fit for this this task.

[Omega X]

The language was practically born for that task. I should hope that they aren't total air heads.

[patrickjdempsey]

The language was practically born for that task. I should hope that they aren't total air heads.

The folks doing the back-end work for Mozilla seem to be on pretty solid ground... it's the front-end people I worry about.

[bksening]

Mozilla and Samsung Collaborate on Next Generation Web Browser Engine: Servo, programmed using Rust

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/04/0 ... er-engine/

[StyleThing]

and that's troubles me.. noone of MozDevs cares about Gecko and (for that matter) desktop browser anymore

[LoudNoise]

Locking since this isn't a builds question. Please continue here: viewtopic.php?f=37&t=2687111&hilit=servo