Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I don't see why this would be difficult.
>
>> `M-x eww RET
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/index.html RET'
>
>> and you're off.  The `n'/`p'/`u' commands work as in Info already, so
>> the only thing that's missing is the index (which is trivial to add).
>
> AFAIK, the main reason why Info-mode is not sexy is its plain
> visual appearance.  The above page in `eww' looks like Emacs-20's
> Info-mode.
>
> E.g. we need titles to be bigger and the main text to use
> proportional font.  Otherwise, I don't see the advantage.

That's not an advantage.  It is breaking even.