Re: GNUstep and web browsers

Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2026 14:02:42 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.gnustep.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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programming environment wrote:
> Hi ’Steppers,
>
>
> today I came across this:
>
> https://browsers.evolt.org/browsers/archive/worldwideweb/NeXT
>
> This contains the sources (IIRC) of WorldWideWeb, the first web 
> browser written by Tim Berners-Lee
>
> Don’t know, if this is of any value for us (didn’t have the time to 
> look into it yet), given GNUstep has still has no web browser.

It cannot be of "real" value, but it would be of high symbolic value. We 
would need adding https to it though.
Probably NeXT -> OpenStep -> GNUstep !

another thing to check if still alive and in case help for updating

https://mediawiki.gnustep.org/index.php/NetSurf.app

Upstream is at 3.11 now.


Riccardo