[soganess]

People always say that like it is a problem.

I shit on Firefox every damn day, but that's because I'm a tech-brain(rot) weirdo. Truth is I absolutely love it. Firefox, or one of its derivatives, is the main (often times only) browser on every device I own. I literally wouldn't buy a device if I knew I couldn't install Firefox.

Right now, our options are a world without Firefox or a world where Firefox is supported by the dominant market player. Maybe that changes in the future? Maybe it doesn't. But a chance for a future that isn't just the children of KHTML can't happen if Firefox doesn't exist.

The obvious Apple in the 90s comparison comes to mind.

[pegasus]

> But a chance for a future that isn't just the children of KHTML can't happen if Firefox doesn't exist.

TFA is about one such chance (and why it might be more donation-worthy), no?

[soganess]

It is, but we don't really know anything about Ladybird at this point. I hope for the best and wish Kling nothing but success. They have shown themselves as an exceptional and committed developer.

I hope for a future where I've got even more options, but right now, it's a baby project. Getting standards-compliant rendering working is step zero. Things like site isolation, hardware video acceleration, and extensions that have enough access but aren't running wild with permission are really where a browser in the modern world shows its metal. Not to mention multiplatform support.

An OS isn't just a kernel, and a browser isn't a just rendering engine.