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> Where would you draw the line?

For the back-end: Everything that's required for correctly rendering or executing modern web content (i.e., everything that's mandated by the current snapshot of the HTML living standard plus non-HTML formats which are "de-facto" part of the web, like Flash and PDF).

For the UI: Stuff that can be expected to make the task of browsing web pages easier for the average user.

Neither Hello nor Pocket fit any of the above descriptions.




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