The Windows version is not availiable because mozjs the JavaScript engine, Or say, SpiderMonkey, fails to compile on windows currently, and servo developers can not know when it will be fixed. Once it can be build on windows, windows version may come out soon.
This is not true. Servo and Spidermonkey compile fine on windows using the mingw toolchain. For the MSVC toolchain we don't have that fully working, but obviously Spidermonkey is not the problem there since the official Firefox builds use MSVC. Mostly we have to fix the build glue.
The Windows port didn't ship yesterday because of technical glitches post-install. Servo works fine, but after installation it had some strange behavior we couldn't track down in time. It should come in a few days.
> It's made by system developers and for people comfortable with debugging low level issues like kernel panics caused by faulty drivers.
Fixed that for you :P
PS. It is considered bad etiquette to ignore the issues of a Windows user and simply "recommend Linux" in a tech community like this, especially when a Windows build has already been promised. You don't know the reasons why someone is using Windows (ex. because of a policy of their employer).
I sorry to inform you, but Windows is considered harmful, so this is good etiquette now, also known as "word of mouth". You can download and run Linux in fraction of time you will need to argue that this is bad for a user.
Download Linux. Download Servo. Run Linux. Run Servo. Profit.
Yeah I wish Linux desktop was that great. I run Xubuntu for dev work (Rust actually). Even really trivial things, like making the edges of the windows easy to grab to resize -- they get totally wrong: the target area is 1px or so. (Yes I know, Alt+Right click is an option, and I should really just use XMonad.) I go search for this issue. Sure enough, many years ago people were talking about this issue, and it's just one excuse after another. Never resolved; maybe it's a theme issue (with all in-box themes), maybe it should be solved somewhere else. Whatever. End result, out of box, it's difficult to resize a bloody window. I think that sums it up pretty well.
I've less and less love for MS (though Visual Studio...), but even with having to install crappy hacks to fix Win8, it's _still_ a smoother end-user experience than Linux desktop.
With Win10's Linux layer, assuming there's an accelerated X server for Windows, I can't think I'll keep even a VM around much. (If I can turn off Win10's spyware.)
The Linux philosophy is to do one thing, and do it well, this is why they get impeccable codebases, but bad UI/UX design.
Jokes aside, I stopped fighting desktop environments and embraced Ubuntu's Unity some years ago, at the end I learned to appreciate it and nowadays I feel more comfortable with Ubuntu than with OS X.
I still prefer Windows over Ubuntu, but because I have added several utilities to my workflow like Everything Search Engine or WinSplit Revolution (now defunct), not because of Windows' own merits.
I just wish there could be a way to have OS X's hotkeys in Windows, since CMD + <anything> is more comfortable to press than Ctrl + <anything>. I also miss having the behavior CMD + Tab / CMD + ` and the ubiquity of CMD + ,
Hey, stop that. This topic is about nightly builds and contributing to open source project. Linux is great for that because it made by developers and for developers, and not because it has a polished UI/UX. Linux UI is rough. Accept that.
This specific branch was to ask for an ETA for the Windows Nightly, and you hijacked it. I advised you to refrain from hijacking it and you began spitting anti-Windows nonsense like a freshman who drank the Linux cool-aid for the first time.
This is not the place to discuss about operating systems, and people expect from you to respect their preference.
Linux has its technical merits, and because of them it is the most used OS in servers, supercomputers and niches like web development, but it also has its weaknesses, and because of them it isn't the most used OS in homes or corporations.
OTOH, there already exists a Linux distribution which is more popular than Windows, it's named Android, you've probably heard of it. It is a disaster in comparison with Windows, it gets locked, bloated and abandoned by phone manufacturers, phones get declared obsolete ridiculously fast and people are left without even security updates, you don't even have the ability to "format" a phone unless someone breaks a vulnerability to gain root access.
People blinded by Linux usually overlook the disaster behind Android because they're too accustomed to focus their attention in the issues of Windows, but no OS is perfect and people will choose the OS that works better for them, you must learn to accept and respect their decision.
It looks like you are Windows fanatic. Replace "Windows" by "C++" and "Linux" by "Rust" and reread my comments, please. I am talking about development and developers, nightly builds and contribution. You are talking about users. This version of Servo is not for users. This topic is not for users. Stop blaming me for your own error.
Thanks for the suggestion but I'm already using Linux where it makes sense for me (my website, Gitlab instance, etc). I asked about the Windows version since that's what I'm using most of the time being a .Net dev.
