Bundle chromium renderer
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** The performances of WebkitGTK are really bad and the implementation often breaks. It is also hard to test for app maintainers since nobody really uses it outside of some obscure default browser. It is also not on the MDN compatibility list for API. For all those reasons, there should be an alternative **Describe the solution you'd like** For better or worst, shipping a chromium renderer like electron does is the way all big companies ship their app today and the reason is simple: it works great. The experience is consistent for the user and it's not a pain to QA. I think wry should support bundling a renderer. **Describe alternatives you've considered** I know that there is talk to integrate servo into it, but honestly it doesn't solve the compatibility and QA issue outlined above. It's not a bad idea per say, so if it can be done in a modular way (feature flag `servo` and `chromium` with some traits on top) I think that would be great. **Would you want to assign yourself to implement this feature?** I am happy to contribute changes since I kinda know the codebase a bit by now, but it's a big change. I don't expect this issue to move the team on a dime, but I wanted to start the discussion.
Posted by Sytten on Nov 8, 2023, 5:25 PM
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Bundle chromium renderer
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** The performances of WebkitGTK are really bad and the implementation often breaks. It is also hard to test for app maintainers since nobody really uses it outside of some obscure default browser. It is also not on the MDN compatibility list for API. For all those reasons, there should be an alternative **Describe the solution you'd like** For better or worst, shipping a chromium renderer like electron does is the way all big companies ship their app today and the reason is simple: it works great. The experience is consistent for the user and it's not a pain to QA. I think wry should support bundling a renderer. **Describe alternatives you've considered** I know that there is talk to integrate servo into it, but honestly it doesn't solve the compatibility and QA issue outlined above. It's not a bad idea per say, so if it can be done in a modular way (feature flag `servo` and `chromium` with some traits on top) I think that would be great. **Would you want to assign yourself to implement this feature?** I am happy to contribute changes since I kinda know the codebase a bit by now, but it's a big change. I don't expect this issue to move the team on a dime, but I wanted to start the discussion.
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