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  • mplsllc · 1 days ago

    The single biggest change since 1.5 is under the hood: MacSurf's JavaScript engine has been replaced. Duktape (ES5) is gone; MacSurf now runs macQJS which is a QuickJS port for Classic Mac OS and executes modern ES2023 JavaScript natively on Mac OS 9.

    • anthk · 1 days ago

      This needs to backported to main Netsurf ASAP.

      • mplsllc · 1 days ago

        The most annoying bug I was able to fix that is also present up stream was this weird viewport, extra scroll bar, that would appear on some pages. I need to figure out how to get involved with the main repo if they'll have me.

    • system7rocks · 1 days ago

      Wow. Just wow, I will give this a run on my old iMac G4 later today. Very cool to see this progress, and I am a big fan of NetSurf.

      • thisislife2 · 1 days ago

        Yeah, I wish more people contributed to Netsurf and it gets the momentum it needs to compete with Blink, Gecko and Webkit. So many divided efforts in this area - there's Ladybird, Flow, Servo, Goanna. Even just improving Webkit and making it truly multi-platform (it isn't available for Windows, and the Linux version is apparently not as performant) would greatly even the field.

        • mplsllc · 1 days ago

          Netsurf seems pretty closed in terms of who they allow to contribute. However, I need to look more into it and not use the excuse that it's "too complicated" to see if they are interested in my bug fixes.

      • MetalSnake · 1 days ago

        Awesome stuff! I love retro computing especially with Macs.

        But it's a bit weird that old PPC Macs get modern browsers, but Intel Macs running 10.14 are stuck with Firefox 115esr.

      • crims0n · 1 days ago

        This is awesome and greatly appreciated, going to boot up my iMac G4 and give it a go.

        • mplsllc · 1 days ago

          Awesome! Please let me know how it goes (good or bad) I am always open to feedback.

        • LetsGetTechnicl · 22 hours ago

          Writing a JS engine for OS 9 in 2026 is like, genuinely impressive

          • steve-atx-7600 · 18 hours ago

            Seriously. I am going to check this out. Otherwise, I can only use the last release of tenfourfox on my g4 but only through the https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice proxy running on another machine.

          • pKropotkin · 22 hours ago

            Not working, “Bad Parameter”

            • mplsllc · 16 hours ago

              I'm trying to figure this out now, I can't replicate it myself. Actual hardware of emulation? Spinning disk drive of SSD?