MacSurf 1.68 – NetSurf on OS 9 Released

mplsllc

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.

system7rocks

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.

MetalSnake

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.

crims0n

This is awesome and greatly appreciated, going to boot up my iMac G4 and give it a go.

LetsGetTechnicl

Writing a JS engine for OS 9 in 2026 is like, genuinely impressive

pKropotkin

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