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		VancouverMan on Dec 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla 2023 annual report: CEO pay skyrockets, Fi... > This hurts because Firefox should have been that embedded framework powering browsers like Brave and electron apps. Years ago, Gecko had at least some support for being embedded within native applications. This was apparently discontinued around 2011, though: https://web.archive.org/web/20110403052816/http://www.h-onli... https://web.archive.org/web/20210723183100/https://groups.go... At that time, there were a number of browsers with native UIs that used Gecko, and software to help embed Gecko in other apps, such as: Camino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_(web_browser) K-Meleon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon Galeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeon gtkmozembed: https://web.archive.org/web/20110505053545/http://www.mozill... JavaXPCOM: https://web.archive.org/web/20100626110814/https://developer... There was also XULRunner, too: https://web.archive.org/web/20161201115812/https://developer... Mozilla and Gecko had a staggering amount of potential back then, but it was squandered away, unfortunately.

soundnote on Dec 30, 2023 [–]

There was a XULRunner-based media player too, I used it for a good while:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songbird_(software)

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