Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

(github.com)

71 points | by gattilorenz 10 hours ago

7 comments

  • bensyverson 1 hour ago
    This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.
    • manytimesaway 1 hour ago
      So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?
      • bensyverson 11 minutes ago
        Life isn't black & white
      • hyperhello 1 hour ago
        To me it proves that a technology can be understood and implemented by one person.
      • prokopton 1 hour ago
        Can hardware became more obsolete?
  • Cyan488 3 hours ago
    When I owned a iMac G3, the Classilla browser was surprisingly good. Looks like development ended in 2021.

    Also, the branding was "Mac OS 9".

    • felixding 2 hours ago
      Exactly. I don't know why some people'd change the branding.
      • ndiddy 1 hour ago
        Apple keeps changing the name of their desktop operating system, so Hacker News has some sort of filter to automatically change "Mac OS" to whatever the newest name is in order to fit Apple's brand guidelines. This has the consequence of making some submission titles read as anachronistic when the sumission is about an old OS version.
      • Springtime 2 hours ago
        The project didn't, only the HN submission title.
  • manoDev 1 hour ago
    That's impressive, too bad modern web requires more than 2000x the transistor density to run JS at decent speed. We really f*** up.
  • simgt 3 hours ago
    Cool! I've been wondering for some time if a good low-distraction but pleasant environment could be an old Mac OS on a (good looking) Hackintosh. The UI was baked with UX research at least.
    • Wowfunhappy 23 minutes ago
      It's a significantly newer Mac OS than Mac OS 9, but this is basically my life. Mavericksforever.com.
  • gcp123 3 hours ago
    Freaking love it! Gonna put this on my 1998 Bondi Blue iMac G3 today.
  • iwontberude 2 hours ago
    Time to fire up the ol PowerMac G4 MDD (last native support for Mac OS 9)
  • hyperhello 3 hours ago
    Absolutely love it.