Arcan-A12 Browser Engine: A Microkernel Architecture Approach to Web Browsing
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Summary
The article discusses Arcan-A12, a browser engine that implements a microkernel architecture approach to web browsing. It emphasizes the decoupling of network communication programs from the browser core, allowing different 'webs' to be accessed based on the chosen communication program. The piece serves as a companion to a previous article explaining Arcan's browser engine functionality, highlighting how resource retrieval, link resolution, and discovery are controlled by separate network communication programs rather than being baked into the browser itself.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledIt is essentially a browser take on a microkernel architecture.
The choice in network communication program will control resource retrieval, link resolution, discovery and so on.
This determines what kind of a web you end up in.
The reason why this is posted here and not on the main Arcan site is to emphasise this decoupling.
It is but one possible solution, and there will be better ideas out there.
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