Myk Melez

In addition to the difficulty of implementing Node APIs, some of the Electron APIs are also hard to implement on a different browser engine. I had particular trouble with <webview> when working on Positron.

Nevertheless, I do see the value, and I applaud you for trying to realize it!

Headless Firefox

Over in Headless SlimerJS with Firefox, fellowzillian Brendan Dahl writes about the work he’s been doing to support running Firefox headlessly. A headless mode for Firefox makes it easier to test websites with the browser, especially in continuous integration, to ensure Firefox remains compatible…

Introducing qbrt

I recently blogged about discontinuing Positron. I’m trying a different tack with a new experiment, codenamed qbrt, that reuses an existing Gecko runtime (and its existing APIs) while simplifying the process of developing and packaging a desktop app using web technologies.