Building a Better Web Browser - James Mickens - Harvard CS Colloquium 2015
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James Mickens's 2015 Harvard colloquium argues that browsers are bloated and insecure because feature races trump clean interface design. He presents a cleaner, more secure browser architecture (Atlantis) with a much smaller API surface.
Why HN recommends it: HN cites it whenever people discuss rebuilding the web platform or what a better browser architecture could look like.
“which I definitely think this still the most forward-looking browser architecture out there” Read on HN ↗