Vivaldi takes a stand: keep browsing human
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They are selling a product that's just chrome with a fancy skin. The only stance they have is praising google and lying to it's users claiming to be better
“Selling”?
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wish they would change to gecko though
Even Mozilla doesn’t really want Gecko anymore, that’s why they started Servo.
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Even Mozilla doesn’t really want Gecko anymore, that’s why they started Servo.
Can anybody tell me why no one uses webkit?
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Can anybody tell me why no one uses webkit?
There are some very minor browser that use webkit.
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36488277
Not open source, but apparently not fully closed source either: https://vivaldi.com/source/.
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Firefox (and thus also the forks) is missing a couple features since the rewrite 5 years ago. The biggest one for me is lack of keyboard shortcuts.
Also it becomes painfully slow on some more complex websites and dark reader is not nearly as good as the dark mode in Vivaldi.
Because of that I only use FF on websites that don't work on Vivaldi.
lack of keyboard shortcuts
What keyboard shortcuts are missing from FF?
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Even Mozilla doesn’t really want Gecko anymore, that’s why they started Servo.
I don't keep up with any of this stuff, and so it just makes me think of memes like this:
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lack of keyboard shortcuts
What keyboard shortcuts are missing from FF?
On Android? All of them. There are no keyboard shortcuts at all on FF for Android.
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On Android? All of them. There are no keyboard shortcuts at all on FF for Android.
How are you using a keyboard in a browser on Android? I didn't use keyboard since BlackBerry KEY.
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There are some very minor browser that use webkit.
I know. Gnome Web among others. But why isn’t there any more mainstream example? Why does everyone use blink?
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Even Mozilla doesn’t really want Gecko anymore, that’s why they started Servo.
They also abandoned it. It has been picked up by the Linux Foundation though, which is exciting.
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They also abandoned it. It has been picked up by the Linux Foundation though, which is exciting.
I have noticed that Mozilla has a long history of bad decisions. I wish that the Foundation wouldn’t just let it bit-rot though.
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How are you using a keyboard in a browser on Android? I didn't use keyboard since BlackBerry KEY.
GitHub - Dakkaron/Fairberry
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Also, with the coming merger of ChromeOS and Android, there will suddenly be tons of Android users with keyboards.
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Can anybody tell me why no one uses webkit?
IIRC it’s used by a few devices that aren’t really built for web browsing. I think the PlayStation browser, some smart TV browsers, and the Kindle browser all use WebKit? But none of those devices are really intended for browsing. They just sort of have the browser bolted onto the side as an “I guess if you REALLY need to use a browser and have no other alternatives” option.
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I have noticed that Mozilla has a long history of bad decisions. I wish that the Foundation wouldn’t just let it bit-rot though.
They aren’t; it isn’t languishing at all. It is being actively developed. Check out the commit log.
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Also, with the coming merger of ChromeOS and Android, there will suddenly be tons of Android users with keyboards.
Sounds like all you gotta do is wait then, since your hyper-niche scenario will become a lot less niche once that happens.
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They aren’t; it isn’t languishing at all. It is being actively developed. Check out the commit log.
Oh! I stand corrected. Haven’t heard news about it in quite some time though. Thank you!
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Also, with the coming merger of ChromeOS and Android, there will suddenly be tons of Android users with keyboards.
You're actually using one? I saw similar project (or this one) some time ago. I also found BB10 keyboards modified to just act as USB keyboard and even tried to buy one but the supply was very limited and they would be gone in a matter of hours. And I have zero experience with JLCPCBs. And all phones are so big now that attaching extra keyboard to them wouldn't be that practical. I would kill for a modern N900 type phone.
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Even Mozilla doesn’t really want Gecko anymore, that’s why they started Servo.
What makes you say so?
They saw potential in Rust for safety and technical guarantees, and started the Servo project. Eventually, they integrated some things into Gecko, and then concluded the Servo project.
What makes you think they don't want Gecko anymore? What makes you say they started Servo when it's a partially integrated and, more importantly, a concluded project?
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You're actually using one? I saw similar project (or this one) some time ago. I also found BB10 keyboards modified to just act as USB keyboard and even tried to buy one but the supply was very limited and they would be gone in a matter of hours. And I have zero experience with JLCPCBs. And all phones are so big now that attaching extra keyboard to them wouldn't be that practical. I would kill for a modern N900 type phone.
Yeah, I developed that, and I'm daily-driving it since 2021. Wouldn't want to go without one.
JLCPCB is really nice.
The phone does get long, but I got used to it quite quickly.
