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Just in case, I've published new Sciter based application: https://html-notepad.com



Consider it as a demo of what can be done in principle with Sciter.

Hello Andrew, Why not to use Electron "as it is" then? because Electron is programmed with JavaScript and not with PureBasic? :wink: Moreover, the NodeJS overhead can be almost completely replaced by PureBasic-Commands. You propose to use WebKit that is around 90% of Electron size. So the...

Maybe one of this is the right one? https://webkit.org/ https://webkitgtk.org/ https://www.chromium.org/blink Why not to use Electron "as it is" then? Yet don't forget that main purpose of a browser is to provide secured browsing experience. Rendering stuff is its second goal. So all thes...

It looks to me that Sciter doesn't support some modern CSS features like CSS Grid and I imagine it will always be behind the curve vs WebKit in that regard. I am the author of initial proposal of what is known now as flexbox and grid at W3C : https://sciter.com/docs/flex-flow/flex-layout.htm Flexib...

I really wish for a direct support for SCITER from PB team. As far as I can see there are a few challenges around events and handling (classes, structures and types etc). Maybe the PB team can offer some generic access options to SCITER so that we can focus on the GUI instead of implementing the AP...

But people expect it to look like this: https://msegceporticoprodassets.blob.core.windows.net/inline-media/d91f703e-4516-4844-9897-89af6aab7e9e-en Disclaimer: I am an author of the Sciter Engine. As soon as Sciter is already mentioned in this discussion... I've added recently support of Acrylic (Wi...