Yohan Yuki Xieㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 on Nostr: There was a time when #Firefox was the choice in creating a new browser. It ended ...
There was a time when #Firefox was the choice in creating a new browser. It ended after #Chromium came into the picture.
I don't know why, I can't find information about it, but if I'll take a guess:
1. Something changed in Firefox that it's no longer a good choice to fork and create new browsers.
2. Chromium made it very easy to build a new browser on top of it.
The only remaining Firefox forks are #Palemoon, #Waterfox, #LibreWolf, #フロープ ( #Floorp ), #Basilisk, GNU IceCat, and Tor Browser.
So, what happened, really? Anyone with the knowledge? Was it really as simple as #2 (see above)?
I don't know why, I can't find information about it, but if I'll take a guess:
1. Something changed in Firefox that it's no longer a good choice to fork and create new browsers.
2. Chromium made it very easy to build a new browser on top of it.
The only remaining Firefox forks are #Palemoon, #Waterfox, #LibreWolf, #フロープ ( #Floorp ), #Basilisk, GNU IceCat, and Tor Browser.
So, what happened, really? Anyone with the knowledge? Was it really as simple as #2 (see above)?