Ladybird browser update (February 2025)
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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.

    • Cris@lemm.eeOP
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      2 months ago

      Is that in the video or just your hope? If that’s the case I missed it, and that would be super exciting!

  • wyrmroot@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    I didn’t know they’d be able to tap into the Firefox profiling tools, that’s neat! Probably great data to have as they get into debugging of more complex websites.

  • Cris@lemm.eeOP
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    2 months ago

    The part with the progress graph compared to other browsers over time is especially cool!

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    I hope they can do it. Mozilla hasn’t fundamentally changed from where they were at least a year ago (re: their inability to clearly communicate policy “changes”), but the fact that they don’t seem to know what concerns their users and how to communicate in a way that doesn’t stoke their fears—it just makes them harder to work with and recommend.

    Hopefully Ladybird can inject some much-needed competition into browsers.

    • Cris@lemm.eeOP
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      2 months ago

      I definitely agree. They feel deeply confused about their audience and like they perpetually flounder trying to find a sustainable direction or future :/

      • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Ootl, what happened with Mozilla ? I use Firefox and very happy with it so this sounds surprising

        • yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          2 months ago

          In short, they’re trying to make much more money to pay the executives’ 7 figure salaries, and are giving up browser privacy to do so.

          • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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            2 months ago

            7 figure salary ? for an oss project ? that doesn’t sound good or sustainable at all

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        Not if it ties the fork into specific licenses. The other issue is that the internet should not be dominated by two and a half engines (Safari’s being the half). It creates an environment where they can collude to force the direction of the internet, where they are potential single points of failure, or where they can force users into bad terms of service.

        Take this hypothetical: I make Super Browser (SB), but I fork it from Firefox (FF). SB looks and functions completely differently from FF, but it still uses FF’s Gecko engine to render the web. No matter what changes I make, I’m still at the mercy of Mozilla and their priorities.

        This leaves few choices for developers and users alike, and it doesn’t encourage the companies at the top to innovate. Because, what are people gonna do? Leave? For what alternative?

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    The pro-FOSS stance would be to get your communications off of being exclusively proprietary platforms. Developer & early adopter freedom & privacy matters—but instead they are choosing Discord & Microsoft GitHub as their only platforms.

    • Cris@lemm.eeOP
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      2 months ago

      True, but I’m not one to let perfect be the enemy of good.

      • toastal@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        We can & should demand at least gateways & mirrors if not at least a single alternative. Considering they have funding, they can self-host to actually control a forum or chat room as well as a code mirror (even if just HTTP with no forge). Folks are also undervaluing how some users are banned from access to these US-based platforms under US sanctions.