https://salvogendut.github.io/chimeric/tags/web-browser/ Recent content in Web Browser on Chimeric Hugo en-us Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:40:12 +0200 https://salvogendut.github.io/chimeric/posts/browsing-the-internet-on-symbos/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:40:12 +0200 https://salvogendut.github.io/chimeric/posts/browsing-the-internet-on-symbos/ <p>Browsing the modern Internet from an 8-bit computer is no small feat. <strong>SymZilla</strong> was originally developed by SymbOS’s Prodatron as a document viewer. My contribution was to add networking and support for displaying simplified HTML pages, helping bring web browsing to <a href="https://symbos.org/">SymbOS</a> on classic machines.</p> <p>The browser relies on <a href="https://github.com/salvogendut/GB-proxy">GB-proxy</a>, a companion proxy designed to reduce the complexity of today’s web. GB-proxy retrieves pages on behalf of the client, handles SSL/TLS connections, strips pages down to a simpler form of HTML, and shrinks and converts images into a format SymbOS can display. This lets the browser concentrate on presenting a practical, lightweight version of the web within the limits of the platform.</p>