The single biggest change since 1.5 is under the hood: MacSurf's JavaScript engine has been replaced. Duktape (ES5) is gone; MacSurf now runs macQJS which is a QuickJS port for Classic Mac OS and executes modern ES2023 JavaScript natively on Mac OS 9.
by LetsGetTechnicl
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Writing a JS engine for OS 9 in 2026 is like, genuinely impressive
by crims0n
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This is awesome and greatly appreciated, going to boot up my iMac G4 and give it a go.
by pKropotkin
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Not working, “Bad Parameter”
by system7rocks
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Wow. Just wow, I will give this a run on my old iMac G4 later today. Very cool to see this progress, and I am a big fan of NetSurf.
by MetalSnake
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Awesome stuff! I love retro computing especially with Macs.
But it's a bit weird that old PPC Macs get modern browsers, but Intel Macs running 10.14 are stuck with Firefox 115esr.
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