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Comment on Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative

JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

That’s always struck me as odd, but I’m also very much an outsider looking in. A “gecko electron” does sound intriguing though.

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kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Servo is going to fill that void

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- JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Never heard of it, I’ll check it out
  
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rottingleaf@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I meant alternative browsers, like vimb or surf, but on Gecko and not WebKit.

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- JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Sorry, should’ve explained I was just responding to the first sentence in particular.
  
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Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I wonder why Microsoft decided to switch from their own engine to Blink, they could’ve switched to Gecko and keep the web a little bit more free

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- lastweakness@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Why would Microsoft care?
  
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- JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Because of the momentum behind Blink/Chromium.
  
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