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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:37:39 +0200
From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] mothra
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In-Reply-To: <8l1bpt$2ekv$1@pandora.alkar.net>; from Wladimir Mutel on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 10:48:38AM +0000
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 10:48:38AM +0000, Wladimir Mutel wrote:
> 
> 	Gecko rendering engine is small and almost suitable for embedding,
> 	they said. Near-OSness of Mozilla5/Netscape6 is just a result of
> 	poor decomposition. But it seems 'Gecko' itself could be adopted
> 	under Plan9. To be something like 'page' but for viewing html.
> 
I've been wondering about rendering engines across the board: a lot
of Linux's appeal lies with the availability of games, and I see
little reason, with Tom Duff and Rob Pike's experience and skills
(talents, really) why Plan 9 could not provide similar tools.

Of course, my personal wish list is more or less infinite :-)

Is a URL for gecko readily available?

++L