The http://nw.js project reuses webkit and node.js in order to offer an interesting alternative to build desktop applications in html, css, and javascript. The http://electronjs.org project does something quite similar.
The http://www.netsurf-browser.org gives the impression of offering all the same building bricks, and also that it could possibly be a much smaller alternative. Does anybody feel like offering remarks on what would be a reasonable starting point to massage the netsurf source code in that general direction? Would a plan like that actually be viable? Better yet, is anybody possibly already working on a similar idea? If you are interested in this subject, I would be more than happy to have a chat about it, and explore the possibilities.