[9fans] importing web browsers (was Building GCC)

[Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>]

>> it  really does not make any sense to write web browser from the ground
>> up, if there is a workable version.

>here we go again...
>why use Plan 9 at all if every mainstream operating system is 'workable'?
>i guess workable is not the point.

i assumed he wanted to develop and run things mainly in the plan 9 environment
but would like the added distraction with occasional information of the web world,
for which firefox is adequate (and if something that big feels inadequate, that's a huge neurosis).
so he'd like to get it running under plan 9 somehow.

i use vnc to a big sacrificial linux machine, myself, except on the lenovo where i've been
too lazy to finish the wireless and drawterm from linux to my cpu server.
i get much  more done on a plan9-only system.

if he were interested in doing research into new ways of accessing the web,
perhaps using some clever application of 9-inspired ideas,
then firefox would probably be a waste of time.   if he just wants to browse
successfully, perhaps not.   probably by the time he's finished it will be up
to Web 8.3 but that's not really our problem.   i wouldn't waste time arguing about it (here).