Thom Holwerda on Nostr: There's not going to be a new browser engine any time soon. It's Blink, WebKit, and ...
There's not going to be a new browser engine any time soon. It's Blink, WebKit, and Gecko.
Ladybird is like two guys who don't want contributions from like 85% of developers. Servo is not going to be ready for another 10 years. Asking for any already huge, major, and complex project like KDE or GNOME to "just write a new engine" is absolutely insane, and demonstrates a deep lack of understanding in just how complex writing a capable browser engine has become. Jesus, not even Microsoft can do it anymore.
So, what'll it be? Demand the impossible, or play with the cards you're given?
Ladybird is like two guys who don't want contributions from like 85% of developers. Servo is not going to be ready for another 10 years. Asking for any already huge, major, and complex project like KDE or GNOME to "just write a new engine" is absolutely insane, and demonstrates a deep lack of understanding in just how complex writing a capable browser engine has become. Jesus, not even Microsoft can do it anymore.
So, what'll it be? Demand the impossible, or play with the cards you're given?