From 9c9ca2dd027658dfc95ceedecb1603e0635c9805 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael De Roover Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:27:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add context to readme file --- readme.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 75aa6ee..8d5aa62 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ This is an implementation of a very basic Webkit based browser. The source code #### Building You need libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev to build this program. Afterwards you can use `gcc browser.c -o browser $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.0)` to compile. Run `./browser` to run it. + +#### Context + +This project is purely satirical. It has accompanying rants [here](https://devrant.com/rants/3836329) and [here](https://devrant.com/rants/3836860). The code here attempts to paint a picture of how easy it can be to build a functioning web browser. You pick an engine and the engine goes brrrrr... Which appears to be what most browsers are doing these days, merely adding their own UI to an existing engine. I do not want this to be the case.