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Servo 0.3 Released with Demo Browser Becoming More Useful

Servo 0.3, the newest version of the open-source web engine, has been released. This update makes the demo browser more functional with improved UI, basic bookmark support, and better HTML/CSS rendering, continuing the project's progress since its adoption by the Linux Foundation.

Background

Servo is an open-source experimental web browser engine initially developed by Mozilla Research, written in the Rust programming language. It was designed to explore new approaches to rendering web pages safely and in parallel across CPU cores. Mozilla cut funding in 2020, and the project is now maintained by volunteers and the Linux Foundation's Servo Project. Version 0.3 marks the first release of Servo's demo browser (called Servo Shell) in many years; it now supports basic browsing features like URL entry, a page inspector, and a simple ad-blocker, though it is not yet a fully functional everyday browser. The project's relevance is that a diverse engine landscape (beyond just Chromium and WebKit) is considered important for web standards and competition.

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