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tibbydudeza on Dec 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Arc browser launches its Windows client in beta

Afaik they using Swift on Windows for the UI (rendering is V8) ???.

MrAlex94 on Dec 13, 2023 | [–]

Web rendering would be Blink, with V8 being the JavaScript engine. I believe they have their own UI rendering process.

I know of another company that does something similar for the UI process, but with WebKit instead as the base:

https://github.com/ultralight-ux/ultralight#rocket-dual-high...

dr_strangelove on Dec 13, 2023 | [–]

The architecture is described here:

https://youtu.be/Xa_fNuaSE_I?t=416

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