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Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative (ladybird.org)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Servo is going to fill that void

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Never heard of it, I'll check it out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I meant alternative browsers, like vimb or surf, but on Gecko and not WebKit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Sorry, should've explained I was just responding to the first sentence in particular.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] lastweakness 2 points 4 months ago

Why would Microsoft care?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Because of the momentum behind Blink/Chromium.