# Ruby-gtk3 - "embedding" into the browser?

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**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [January 22, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gtk3-embedding-into-the-browser/216023 "2012-01-22T23:38:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gtk3-embedding-into-the-browser/216023/1 "2012-01-22T23:38:04Z")

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Hi guys,

I wrote a little GTK wrapper around FTP.

This ruby-gtk app allows me to connect to a remote host, then transfer  
files.

It has a few bugs still, but it works ok, and my goal is to improve it  
further in the future.

A few months ago I watched a Video in where GIMP was embedded into a tab  
of firefox.

This amazed me a lot!

I then thought I could embed ALL my ruby-gtk apps in firefox! 🙂

Especially with my FTP GTK wrapper, this would be awesome.

Can someone tell me if it would be possible to embed ruby-gtk apps in  
firefox eventually that way? Or what is missing or whether this is not  
possible?

It would be GREAT to be able to embed any ruby-gtk app in a browser!

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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gtk3-embedding-into-the-browser/216023/2 "2012-01-23T11:34:28Z")

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Marc H. wrote in post #1042082:

> A few months ago I watched a Video in where GIMP was embedded into a tab  
> of firefox.

Are you talking about this :

> **[Broadway update 3](https://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2011/04/18/broadway-update-3/)**
>
> This week saw some new updates of the broadway backend. We now have a in-browser window manager for the non-toplevel window mode, and the backend now support a bunch more features. I don't want to bore you with technical mumbo jumbo though. Lets see...

> Can someone tell me if it would be possible to embed ruby-gtk apps in  
> firefox eventually that way? Or what is missing or whether this is not  
> possible?

If you are talking about the broadway backend, it is only GTK3, and it  
is experimental. IMHO, it won’t be stable before a year or two. If not  
more.

regards

Simon