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A minimal viable browser: what changed in v1.2.0
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!shot mb-browser.webp | images/ | A minimal viable browser: a small kernel of network, TLS, parsing, layout and process isolation, reviewed hardest and changed least; andkernel, components loaded only when needed, from JavaScript, with or without the JIT, to media, WebGL, PDF, downloads, extensions and sync. Threethree shapes from the same engine: a browser for one app, with only JavaScript and forms; a browser for one agent, the same; and the reader's own browser, with everything they use loaded as they use it and each extension in its own box.engine. | concept
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