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  1. 🎉 One Year of Setting Money on Fire 🎉: Congrats on a year of throwing cash at a browser engine that's still looking for its first friend! 🚀 But hey, at least you got a shiny Code of Conduct out of it! 😂
    servo.org/blog/2026/09/15/one- #OneYearOfMoneyBurning #BrowserEngine #CodeOfConduct #TechHumor #StartupJourney #HackerNews #ngated

  2. We solved browser engine without a single server call. Autonomous web agents—systems that interpret natural language instructions and execute them through browser automation—represent a paradigm shift in human-computer interaction. This paper presents the design of Kathon's Autonomous Agent, a browser-native system that parses natural language task descriptions, interprets page content through visual DOM analysis using Qw zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  3. The cloud was never necessary for browser engine. Modern browsers route all tab traffic through a single network interface, making per-destination routing decisions inflexible and privacy-compromising. Users who wish to access different sites through different IP addresses—for example, work resources through a corporate VPN, personal browsing through a residential proxy, and sensitive research through Tor—must either use zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  4. Most browser engine companies are data companies. We built an alternative. Digital distraction has emerged as a critical societal challenge, with attention economy platforms engineered to maximize user engagement through dopamine-driven feedback loops. This paper presents Focus Mode, an AI-driven cognitive guardrail system for the Kathon cryptographic browser that preserves user attention through adaptive distraction bloc zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  5. If your browser engine requires the internet, it's not your browser engine. Local AI inference for browser tasks—including vision-language processing, speech recognition, and neural translation—requires significant computational resources that may exceed the capabilities of low-power devices such as smartphones, tablets, and older laptops. This paper presents the design of a distributed GPU compute sharing system for the zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  6. We proved browser engine can run entirely on your machine. No cloud. No compromise. The WebExtensions API has become the de facto standard for browser extension development, supported by Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera. However, the API's design assumes a conventional browser architecture with unrestricted DOM access, network request interception, and pervasive JavaScript execution privileges that conflict with the secur zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  7. The biggest problem with browser engine isn't technical — it's architectural. We fixed it. Modern knowledge workers routinely manage multiple concurrent information streams across browser tabs and windows, yet browser window management remains primitive—limited to tabbed interfaces, floating windows, and OS-level tiling. This paper introduces Split-Cognition Windowing, a native tiling window management system for the Kath zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  8. Every browser engine system today relies on the cloud. Ours doesn't. The multilingual web presents a fundamental accessibility barrier: video content produced in one language remains inaccessible to speakers of other languages until subtitles or dubbed audio are produced—a process that is expensive, slow, and incomplete. This paper presents Universal Live Dubbing, a browser-native system that performs real-time speech tra zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  9. Trust is not a security strategy for browser engine. Verify or don't use it. Bionic Reading is a typographic intervention that partially emboldens the initial letters of words to guide the reader's gaze across text, purportedly improving reading speed and comprehension. Despite widespread popular interest, the technique lacks rigorous empirical validation and standardized implementation. This paper presents a comprehensiv zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  10. We proved browser engine works without permission from anyone. Conventional browser history interfaces present a linear, text-based list of URLs and timestamps, offering minimal visual context for navigation. This paper introduces Visual History Scrubbing, a novel interaction paradigm for temporal navigation of browsing history through reconstructed visual snapshots. Kathon's implementation captures full-page screenshots zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  11. If you're still sending your browser engine data to the cloud, you're missing the point. Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) authenticators have become the predominant form of multi-factor authentication, with over 5 billion accounts protected by TOTP-based 2FA globally . However, existing TOTP implementations suffer from three systemic problems: (1) vault fragmentation across proprietary authenticator applications, (2) l zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  12. I spent 2 years building browser engine that doesn't phone home. Self-sovereign identity (SSI) represents a paradigm shift in digital authentication, transferring control from centralized identity providers to individual users . This paper presents the Kathon Vault identity system, which implements self-sovereign browser identity through BIP39 mnemonic seed phrases for Ed25519 hierarchical deterministic (HD) key generati zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  13. The future of browser engine is not in a server rack. It's on your desk. Synchronizing browser state—bookmarks, history, passwords, workspace layouts, and cryptographic keys—across multiple devices remains dependent on centralized cloud infrastructure, exposing users to surveillance, data breaches, and service discontinuation . This paper presents Kathon Sync, a peer-to-peer browser synchronization protocol that eliminate zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  14. No datacenter needed for browser engine. Private browsing modes in mainstream browsers provide only superficial privacy protections, leaving extensive forensic traces in memory, disk, and network artifacts . This paper presents "The Incinerator," an ephemeral browsing subsystem integrated into the Kathon browser that provides genuine forensic resistance through cryptographic memory shredding, randomized browser fingerprin zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  15. We built browser engine so you never have to trust anyone. The phenomenon colloquially termed "enshittification"—the progressive degradation of digital platforms through dark patterns, manipulative UI, and extractive design practices—represents a systemic failure of market incentives in the attention economy . This paper presents the Anti-Enshittification Engine, a comprehensive browser-level defense system that combines zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  16. Sovereign browser engine is not a future concept. It's live. Web browsers have maintained a fundamentally tab-based navigation paradigm since the late 1990s, constraining users to linear, stack-ordered information management that bears little resemblance to human spatial cognition . This paper presents the Spatial Workspace architecture implemented in the Kathon browser—an infinite canvas paradigm that replaces tabbed bro zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  17. Every browser engine inference in the cloud is a bet you're losing. Autonomous browser agents—AI-driven systems that navigate web pages, fill forms, and execute user-delegated tasks—present a fundamental accountability problem: how can users verify that an agent acted correctly and did not exceed its authority? Existing approaches rely on opaque logging in unverifiable formats, making forensic analysis and dispute resolut zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  18. Your browser engine data should not leave your machine. The advent of Manifest V3 in Chromium-based browsers has systematically dismantled the technical foundations of traditional DOM- and request-filter-based ad-blocking extensions, which rely on WebRequest API interception and declarativeNetRequest rule sets . This paper presents a novel architectural departure: a vision-language model (VLM)-based ad-blocking system tha zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

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  19. Every browser engine inference in the cloud is a bet you're losing. Autonomous browser agents—AI-driven systems that navigate web pages, fill forms, and execute user-delegated tasks—present a fundamental accountability problem: how can users verify that an agent acted correctly and did not exceed its authority? Existing approaches rely on opaque logging in unverifiable formats, making forensic analysis and dispute resolut zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

    #anticloud

  20. Your browser engine data should not leave your machine. The advent of Manifest V3 in Chromium-based browsers has systematically dismantled the technical foundations of traditional DOM- and request-filter-based ad-blocking extensions, which rely on WebRequest API interception and declarativeNetRequest rule sets . This paper presents a novel architectural departure: a vision-language model (VLM)-based ad-blocking system tha zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

    #anticloud

  21. We built browser engine so you never have to trust anyone. The phenomenon colloquially termed "enshittification"—the progressive degradation of digital platforms through dark patterns, manipulative UI, and extractive design practices—represents a systemic failure of market incentives in the attention economy . This paper presents the Anti-Enshittification Engine, a comprehensive browser-level defense system that combines zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

    #Anticloud #Research

  22. Sovereign browser engine is not a future concept. It's live. Web browsers have maintained a fundamentally tab-based navigation paradigm since the late 1990s, constraining users to linear, stack-ordered information management that bears little resemblance to human spatial cognition . This paper presents the Spatial Workspace architecture implemented in the Kathon browser—an infinite canvas paradigm that replaces tabbed bro zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

    #Anticloud #Research

  23. Every browser engine inference in the cloud is a bet you're losing. Autonomous browser agents—AI-driven systems that navigate web pages, fill forms, and execute user-delegated tasks—present a fundamental accountability problem: how can users verify that an agent acted correctly and did not exceed its authority? Existing approaches rely on opaque logging in unverifiable formats, making forensic analysis and dispute resolut zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

    #Anticloud #Research

  24. Your browser engine data should not leave your machine. The advent of Manifest V3 in Chromium-based browsers has systematically dismantled the technical foundations of traditional DOM- and request-filter-based ad-blocking extensions, which rely on WebRequest API interception and declarativeNetRequest rule sets . This paper presents a novel architectural departure: a vision-language model (VLM)-based ad-blocking system tha zenodo.org/search?q=anticloud #browserengine

    #Anticloud #Research

  25. Servo 0.1.0 arriva su crates.io, il motore browser in Rust diventa una libreria utilizzabile

    Servo pubblica la versione 0.1.0 su crates.io, permettendo per la prima volta di integrare il motore browser Rust come libreria nelle proprie applicazioni.

    yoota.it/servo-0-1-0-arriva-su

  26. Servo 0.0.6: layout incrementale, debugger e molto altro

    Servo 0.0.6 porta il layout incrementale della struttura ad albero, il debugger funzionante con breakpoint e pausa, e una lunga serie di miglioramenti al motore web open source scritto in Rust.

    yoota.it/servo-0-0-6-layout-in

  27. @javi IMO this doesn't mean #Firefox isn't necessary any more.

    For most parameters, it's the only free #browser engine left.

    So we can still use #LibreWolf (and maybe other forks) that does remove the #enshittification parts, providing a decent browsing experience, protecting our #privacy and #security. 👍

    Still better than switching to #Chromium's engine and delivering the WWW to #Google right away.

    #Webbrowser #BrowserEngine #digitalindependence

  28. (Linux news in previous posts)

    FOSS NEWS

    Odysee plans feature to play any YouTube video directly inside its app soon without ads:
    alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/
    (Oh no, why the heck they want another legal trouble? I mean, it sounds good for the users, but it gives a reason to authorities to mess with them, and potentially sue them into bankruptcy, like they already did with their parent company, LBRY. Of course, NewPipe, Invidious, FreeTube, etc. do the same, but those are community projects, can't be attacked that easily, and even if they can be, they don't have that much to lose. In contrast, Odysee is a company, which employs people, who have to make a living. Also, it's a separate platform, which will be lost, if they lose the lawsuit (which is pretty likely, because authorities don't give a crap about digital freedom, only about the big corps' business, they don't consider YouTube datamining people a crime, but they do consider companies "hurting" big tech, see the YouTube Vanced case))
    (And tbh, I personally prefer to watch YouTube videos without tying my watch history into an online account, FreeTube already offers a really solid experience)

    Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with AI Kill Switch and Other Changes:
    9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-n

    Firefox 149 Enters Beta with Split View, More Robust HTTP/3 Upload Performance:
    9to5linux.com/firefox-149-ente

    Ladybird web browser begins Rust adoption, starting with JavaScript engine, with AI help:
    alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/

    Servo Browser Engine Starts 2026 With Many Notable Improvements:
    phoronix.com/news/Servo-Januar

    Thunderbird 148 Email Client Improves Accessibility in Various Tree Views:
    9to5linux.com/thunderbird-148-

    Ente launches Locker, a new open-source secure vault with end-to-end encryption:
    alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/

    (more FOSS news in comments)

    #WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Odysee #YouTube #Firefox #Firefox148 #FirefoxBeta #Ladybird #Servo #Thunderbird #Ente #EnteLocker #Browser #EmailClient #WebBrowser #BrowserEngine #Email #FosseryTech

  29. (Linux news in previous posts of thread)

    FOSS NEWS

    After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role:
    itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-

    TABS API is Mozilla’s Latest Bet on the Agentic Web:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mozill

    Firefox recent updates improve tab group handling:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification:
    phoronix.com/news/Firefox-147-

    A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/a-gr

    GIMP 3.2 RC1 launches with proper SVG export, improved text editor, and UI enhancements:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    Signal to add pinned messages feature for chats on all platforms:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    Bluesky adds new moderation tools with expanded categories & a unified enforcement system:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    Proton Mail apps update adds navigation features on iOS and Android:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    diVine is Vine back from the dead, thanks (in part) to Jack Dorsey:
    betanews.com/2025/11/17/divine

    Spotube 5.1 released with audio source plugins, NewPipe integration on desktop, and more:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine:
    phoronix.com/news/Servo-Sponso

    Cryptomator 1.18 desktop now lets you restore lost or damaged master keys & vault config:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/eart

    Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork

    (more FOSS news in comment)

    #WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse #Firefox #Blender #GIMP #Signal #Bluesky #Proton #ProtonMail #Vine #diVine #Spotube #Servo #Cryptomator #OpenE2140 #Earth2140 #Zork #Zork1 #ZorkI #ZorkII #ZorkIII #BrowserEngine #Browser #WebBrowser #SocialMedia #Chat #ChatApp #Email #EmailService #Gaming #FOSSGaming #OpenSourceGame #FosseryTech

  30. (Linux news in previous posts of thread)

    FOSS NEWS

    Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups:
    itsfoss.com/news/mozilla-ai-wi

    Firefox 145 Brings Rounder Tabs, New PDF Edit Tools + More:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/firefo

    Thunderbird 145 Adds Microsoft Exchange Support + More:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/thunde

    Mullvad VPN rolls out LWO for desktop and Android to bypass firewalls and censorship:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    CoMaps updates to November OSM data, drops Germany speed cameras:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    Proton offering 2 years of Proton Pass to cultural institutions worldwide:
    proton.me/blog/free-password-m

    LibreOffice 25.8.3 released for Windows, MacOS, and Linux:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/11

    ODF 1.4 Release Marks 20 Years of OpenDocument Format:
    itsfoss.com/news/odf-1-4-relea

    Servo Shell Improvements For macOS & Android, More Servo Browser Engine Progress:
    phoronix.com/news/Servo-Octobe

    Servo 0.0.2 Released For Those Wanting To Try Out This Example Rust Web Browser:
    phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.0.2-

    The Godot Engine 2025 showreel is out:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-

    GZDoom successor project UZDoom gets a first preview release:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/gzdo

    Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.12 has been released:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/hero

    (more FOSS news in comment)

    #WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #Firefox #Firefox145 #Thunderbird #Mullvad #MullvadVPN #CoMaps #Proton #ProtonPass #LibreOffice #ODF #Servo #Servoshell #Godot #GodotEngine #GZDoom #UZDoom #HeroesOfMightAndMagic2 #fheroes2 #FOSSGaming #FOSSGame #Gaming #Game #Browser #WebBrowser #VPN #Maps #Email #EmailClient #OfficeSuite #BrowserEngine #PasswordManager #FosseryTech

  31. Servo 0.0.1 is here, the first standalone release of the Rust-based browser engine. It matches the Oct 19 nightly with extra testing and now ships builds for Linux, Android, macOS (Apple Silicon), and Windows. A small but real step forward.

    dropletdrift.com/servo-0-0-1-i

    #Servo #RustLang #BrowserEngine #OpenSource #WebDev #WebTech #Linux #Android #macOS #Windows #AppleSilicon #ParallelRendering #Multithreaded #WebRender #DOM #Performance #SoftwareRelease #TechNews #Mozilla #Developers

  32. "Readers may recall that Japan recently passed the Smartphone Act, officially the Bill on the Promotion of Competition for Specified Software Used in Smartphones. Among its most important reforms is a direct prohibition on Apple’s long-standing ban on third-party browser engines on iOS.

    This ban has functioned as an effective ban on browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave & Vivaldi, by forcing them to use Apple’s WebKit engine, which they cannot modify or control. This results in no effective browser competition on iOS, and web apps being deprived of the APIs and performance they need to compete with native apps."

    open-web-advocacy.org/blog/jap

    #Japan #Apple #iOS #iPhone #BrowserEngine #Interoperability

  33. #Development #Outlooks
    Trying Servo, the independent browser engine · “I’m excited to see where Servo goes next.” ilo.im/165sga

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    #Servo #Browser #BrowserEngine #Acid3 #Rust #WebDev #Frontend

  34. "#JamieZawinski has #repeatedly said:

    Now hear me out, but What If…? #browser #development was in the hands of some kind of #nonprofit #organization?

    In my #humble but #correct #opinion, #Mozilla should be doing two things and two things only:

    #Building THE #reference #implementation #WebBrowser and
    Being a jugular-#snapping #attack #dog on #standards #committees.
    There is no 3."
    "Perhaps this is the only #viable #resolution."

    "#Mozilla, for all its many #failings, has #invented a lot of #amazing #tech, from #Rust to #Servo to the #leading #budget #phone #OS. It shouldn't be trying to #capitalize on this #stuff. Maybe 3encourage it to have semi-independent #spinoffs, such as #Thunderbird, and as #KaiOS ought to be, and as #Rust could have been."
    "But #JamieZawinski has the only #clear #vision and #solution we've seen yet. Perhaps he's #right, and #Mozilla #should be a #nonprofit, #working to #fund the one #independent, non-#vendor-driven, #standardscompliant #browserEngine."

  35. 🚀🎉 "Slightly better" character tokenization is here, folks! A self-proclaimed non-expert dabbles in browser engine magic, making #Ladybird a whopping nanosecond faster than Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. Let's all pretend this revolutionizes your internet experience! 🙄💻
    ryanliptak.com/blog/better-nam #SlightlyBetterTokenization #BrowserEngine #FasterInternet #WebDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

  36. #Mozilla Clarifies on #DataCollection: #FirefoxLabs to Not Require #Telemetry or Studies in Future #Updates
    quippd.com/writing/2025/06/18/
    Article by @quippd on Youssuff Quips
    “I’m glad that Mozilla came to the same conclusion I did — that Labs features shouldn’t be locked behind data collection.”

    Me too! Although I don't personally use #Firefox, I can say that it's not good if #Chromium becomes the only #browserEngine. Monopolising is not a good thing, and this seems to be even truer in #technology.

  37. 🚀✨ Introducing Vaev: the browser engine that renders google.com! 🎉 Because everyone needs yet another browser engine built from scratch, right? 😂 Just what the internet ordered: a faster way to rediscover the world's most revolutionary homepage. 🙄 #InnovationAtItsFinest
    github.com/skift-org/vaev #Innovation #BrowserEngine #TechNews #WebDevelopment #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

  38. I am renaming my web browser engine to Phenyl. The current name MoeNavigatorEngine suggests that is is tied to or dependent on the MoeNavigator browser, but instead it is an independent software library.

    Phenyl is the name of a ring of carbon and hydrogen atoms in organic chemistry. Phenyl rings are parts of different organic molecules. A browser engine can be seen as a part of many different programs that interact with servers.

    This renaming is also a good opportunity to put all classes in the same namespace and remove old files that aren't necessary anymore.

    The browser engine and its documentation is available on Codeberg: codeberg.org/moenavigator/moen

    The renaming is done in the "rename-phenyl" branch.

    #MoeNavigatorEngine #Phenyl #BrowserEngine #Software #Development #Programming

  39. A year of Servo reboot: where are we now?, youtube.com/watch?v=RdtlD_7JAs, by Rakhi Sharma, at Open Source Summit North America.

    Excellent overview of the current state of Servo. Nice talk.

    #servo #BrowserEngine

  40. @owa As your org members are way more knowledgeable than myself: if we take away the end application and focus on the underlying toolkits, how far behind is WebKit/JavaScriptCore in comparison to Gecko/SpiderMonkey and Blink/V8?

    #web #webdev #browser #engine #browserengine #javascript #apple #safari #webkit #javascriptcore #google #chrome #blink #v8 #mozilla #firefox #gecko #spidermonkey

  41. Which browser engine do you prefer?

    I personally prefer Gecko browsers (mainly LibreWolf) but I use Ungoogled Chromium too sometimes.

    #browser #blink #webkit #gecko #browserengine #webbrowser #fosserytech

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