Positively Critical: WebPositive and Haiku

1 · · Aug. 10, 2021, 10:55 p.m.
Few components of Haiku are as important to the operating system and its functionality as the preferred web browser and internal project: WebPositive. In recent days, some users have expressed concern about a “disappearing text” bug, where some text on web pages will disappear for undetermined reasons. This issue is now fixed, but highlights the reason why WebPositive is so important. The history of WebPositive is as intricately woven into Haiku as BeOS was, and has served as a major effort for ...