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Early attempts at embedding browsers in games were based on Gecko as well. But it didn't become more widespread until a switch to Chromium was made, which made
by vhab 5y ago
Early attempts at embedding browsers in games were based on Gecko as well.
But it didn't become more widespread until a switch to Chromium was made, which made the entire process a lot simpler in both execution and distribution.
And there hasn't really been a need to revisit Gecko.
- amelius 5y agoWasn't Rust specifically invented to rewrite Gecko?
- BlackLotus89 5y agoRust was a personal project of Graydon Hoare. Mozilla jumped on the Rust train 3 years after its inception. https://web.archive.org/web/20160609195720/https://www.rust-lang.org/faq.html#is-this-project-controlled-by-mozilla https://web.archive.org/web/20160609195720/https://www.rust-...