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Flow Browser: Flow makes HTML faster

www.ekioh.com Software & code Software projects Web & internet Candidate

Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2019–2022
peak thread · 46 comments
216 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-03-01
216 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

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If you haven't encountered this browser before, I find it fascinating. It's meant for devices that aren't necessarily computers. For example, someone making a digital "sign" can use HTML and CSS, or dynamic HTML motion graphics, to create their content, and run it in Flow. It doesn't have to be able to run, say, Google Docs. However, the developer wrote a blog post about getting Google Docs to run, by fixing the necessary bugs and adding the necessary features…

This is almost certainly going to be proprietary, so it's nothing to hold your breath over. Ekioh makes enterprise software for set-top boxes. They do know their browser rendering, though: they stripped Webkit down to have a 24mb memory footprint.

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
342

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Total comments
87

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2019-11-28Flow Browser – A parallel, multithreaded HTML browserFirst breakoutrobin_reala12346
2021-03-11Flow Browser – The parallel, multithreaded HTML browserQuillbert18210
2021-03-16Ekioh is making a new browser designed for parallel processingPhilosAccnting20
2022-03-01Flow Browser: Flow makes HTML fasterBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnksec21641