Dillo
Dev tools
web browser
SHOW HN2024
430points
109comments
#97of 3,515 in 2024
Top 3%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
24 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.
Performance: 8 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast, lightweight, and snappy on old hardware.
From 3 comments
Dillo just shows how fast the web without css, js and fonts is. It loads before you even lift your finger from the keyboard.
thriftwy on HN20 tabs for less than 1MB of RAM. At one point I used it for programming docs browsing.
agumonkey on HNawesome work! dillo used to be my standard documentation browser when projects started using html for their docs, it was snappy and opened files almost instantly
zem on HN
Good to see it revived after nine years.
From 2 comments
I loved Dillo! great to see new activity
kome on HN2024 is a breakthrough year - first Netsurf 3.11 released after many years (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38804205), Servo picked up from the dust, Ladybird getting better…
niutech on HN
Objections
No JavaScript support, so many modern sites do not work.
From 1 comment
AFAIK, Ladybird goal is to build an independent web browser from scratch that can render the "modern" web. Dillo original goal[1] is to provide access to the web to places with…
rodarima on HN
CJK font coverage is still poor.
From 1 comment
The coverage on CJK fonts it's still bad, even on supported fonts. Also, a tip: <audio> and <video> tags should be able to be redirected into a media player, or xdg-open.
anthk on HN
Requests
Support external media playback for audio and video tags.
From 2 comments
The coverage on CJK fonts it's still bad, even on supported fonts. Also, a tip: <audio> and <video> tags should be able to be redirected into a media player, or xdg-open.
anthk on HNDillo Plus supports external media playback (https://github.com/crossbowerbt/dillo-plus/#external-media-player), maybe it could be backported to Dillo?
niutech on HN
Better HTML5 and CSS support.
From 2 comments
Links+ it's still posting releases, it's 2.29 right now. http://links.twibright.com/
anthk on HNdillo supports some HTML5
khimaros on HN
Questions
How does it compare with NetSurf?
From 1 comment
how does dillo compare with netsurf? I've been considering porting netsurf to an unusual platform, but if dillo has substantially better handling of modern pages, I might use it…
Palomides on HN
Is there a list of supported HTML, CSS and JS features?
From 1 comment
is there a document or code reference that describes the subset of HTML/JS/CSS which is supported by dillo? i've seen a number of people wishing for realistically achievable…
khimaros on HN
Alternatives named
NetSurf
From 2 comments
Rather than joining Ladybird, it would be great to see a merge of Netsurf and Dillo as a very lightweight alternative to Blink/Webkit/Gecko/Goanna-based browsers. For low…
niutech on HNhow does dillo compare with netsurf? I've been considering porting netsurf to an unusual platform, but if dillo has substantially better handling of modern pages, I might use it…
Palomides on HN
Ladybird
From 1 comment
Stupid (and unthankful) question perhaps, but have you considered working on https://ladybird.dev instead? Kling and the small team seem to be making great progress.
mikae1 on HN
Links
From 2 comments
I've never browsed on anything faster than Links with image support and JS support. Before CSS took of it was stil usable and web pages loaded INSTANTLY. I don't I'll ever see…
oblio on HNLinks+ it's still posting releases, it's 2.29 right now. http://links.twibright.com/
anthk on HN
Carbonyl
From 1 comment
Rather than joining Ladybird, it would be great to see a merge of Netsurf and Dillo as a very lightweight alternative to Blink/Webkit/Gecko/Goanna-based browsers. For low…
niutech on HN
Chawan
From 1 comment
If you like Carbonyl, but want something simpler, you may also find my TUI browser Chawan[0] interesting. It supports CSS and JS (kind of...), but unlike Carbonyl, it has its own…
shiomiru on HN