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Monthly update on the FOSS "Ladybird" browser engine (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Update was from 3 days ago, I'm really hopeful ladybird could be a future browser option to help break the stranglehold chrome has over the market, while Mozilla is struggling to find meaningful direction.

It seems like an exciting project with monthly progress updates :) they keep chipping away at compatibility.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I thought it constituted a full engine, curious on your take.

Two reasons:

  • It is often a last consideration for web devs. If I had a dollar for every time WebKit broke just at my work...
  • I don't like Apple, so since it's my dumb comparison, they get demerits for being a stupid walled garden that's hard to leave.

It's mostly that last one for me. It's indeed a valid engine, but my understanding is that it's not particularly great to work with. Either way, you can just take my comment as a thinly veiled dig at Apple.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Totally get it.

    I just started using the Orion browser from Kagi. It’s actually using WebKit underneath and is kind of like Safari but outside the walled garden (minus sync which requires iCloud right now).

    They only support macOS and iOS/iPadOS right now, but are working on Linux & Windows versions.

    Worth a shot imo

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