Servo Night Builds Begin, Linux Packages Coming

[starshipeleven]

i doubt it, Addons will be similar to Chrome's/Safari for Servo Browser. so a lot of them will be Limited in what they can do

Firefox team already said in the blog that they are designing their API to make sure the usual suspect addons (noscript, umatrix, and so on) can work with it, as a way to distinguish themselves from Chrome.

[liam]

Firefox team already said in the blog that they are designing their API to make sure the usual suspect addons (noscript, umatrix, and so on) can work with it, as a way to distinguish themselves from Chrome.

What's more, they have said that their extension API will be a strict superset of Chrome's (so, it will evolve, as necessary, to ensure chrome extensions work in Firefox).
The goal isn't to lose the power of extensions, but to create a MINIMAL interface to the desired functionality.

[starshipeleven]

The goal isn't to lose the power of extensions, but to create a MINIMAL interface to the desired functionality.

You mean "to blatantly steal all Chrome's extensions in one simple swoop" right?

Anyway that's a good move. Less NIH crap and more shared standards. We all need that.

[liam]

You mean "to blatantly steal all Chrome's extensions in one simple swoop" right?

Anyway that's a good move. Less NIH crap and more shared standards. We all need that.

Is that an accusation that people have been throwing around?
The browser landscape seems to be, SLOWLY, crystallizing around a few key ideas. Adhering to standards (de facto or otherwise) is a good idea (INTERNET EXPLORER!!!). Providing a common(ish) extension api. Making the browser a key platform target for development.
That last idea is still being heavily researched because there is some legacy crap that the web has foisted upon us that is making things difficult, but there are some ideas of there (personally, I'd love to see movement away from css to a constraints based layout scheme --- that alone would make web sites consistently predictable and more performant).
ANYWAY, this was a bit of a ramble, but servo has its role to play, if it is able.