💤 71387

I just wanted to express my excitement about the Ladybird browser, that will probably go into it's first Alpha this year. I hope it will gain enough popularity and donations. If, after many years, there is a lot of progress, I can really see it being the beginning of a new age for browsers.

2 months ago

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👽 drh3xx

@71387 thanks for the link, I'll check it out after work. · 2 months ago

💤 71387

@drh3xx Thx for your comment & appreciate your opinion on it! Today I watched an interview with the main dev of the project and he explained that "a full rewrite in Rust" is not at all what their current goal is and explains a bit more about it. Your comment came to my mind and I thought it might be interesting for you: https://youtu.be/fXnuR6nXJzc?si=cTuNzmhW26n_UrFZ&t=499 · 2 months ago

https://youtu.be/fXnuR6nXJzc?si=cTuNzmhW26n_UrFZ&t=499

👽 lars_the_bear

Rust or not, I think we need more competition in the browser space. I'm watching this with interest. · 2 months ago

👽 drh3xx

@tacomanator functionally, probably not. I just find Rust an ugly AF language at source... FGS I just checked out some small projects on github and it doesn't look half bad now. · 2 months ago

👽 tacomanator

@drh3xx does that make it bad? genuinly asking, as I don't know why that killed your enthusiasm. · 2 months ago

👽 hrdeptgiger

Ladybird is building something new: an independent engine, driven by web standards, and free from conflicts of interest.

I feel that web standards themselves are tantamount to a conflict of interest, being largely in thrall to the tech giants. · 2 months ago

👽 drh3xx

I was excited until it became another case of rewrite it in Rust. · 2 months ago