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Re: Show HN: We launched a new web browser

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Post by lachstar-x »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #5

Congrats on the launch. I think this indirectly slowed down the foreverdomains server with the HN traffic. Since you advertise "decentralized internet" vs blockchain, I'd love to see this also support some more non-blockchain protocols such as Dat ( https://dat.foundation/ ) and IPFS directly. Maybe even Bittorrent and Tor (Onion router). It may already do some of that, I just couldn't tell from your wording.

Don't forget the boys at the Oxen network and their Session program. Phenomenal work, better than Tor

Re: Show HN: We launched a new web browser

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Post by encryptluks2 »

ajdude wrote: post #12
jjcon wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why exactly? I honestly do not understand HN fascination with Firefox. Firefox isn't even in the top 3 browsers anymore and has about the same Marketshare as Samsung internet. It is irrelevant at this point. Blink is the standard for rendering now just as Linux is the standard for web servers.

> Firefox isn't even in the top 3 browsers anymore and has about the same Marketshare as Samsung internet This is precisely the issue. The fact that Google has such a mass control over Internet rendering means that they are free to write their own standards with absolutely no pushback. It is essentially an Internet explorer situation, whereas if Google wants something to work a certain way, you have no choice but to…

If Firefox wasn't so sluggish maybe more people would use it.

Re: Show HN: We launched a new web browser

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Post by zdragnar »

ajdude wrote: post #12
jjcon wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why exactly? I honestly do not understand HN fascination with Firefox. Firefox isn't even in the top 3 browsers anymore and has about the same Marketshare as Samsung internet. It is irrelevant at this point. Blink is the standard for rendering now just as Linux is the standard for web servers.

> Firefox isn't even in the top 3 browsers anymore and has about the same Marketshare as Samsung internet This is precisely the issue. The fact that Google has such a mass control over Internet rendering means that they are free to write their own standards with absolutely no pushback. It is essentially an Internet explorer situation, whereas if Google wants something to work a certain way, you have no choice but to…

Globally, Safari is #2 on mobile, and in the US specifically, #1. Even on desktop, Safari has a fairly strong showing.

Apple and Mozilla have basically just swapped places when it comes to keeping developers in check wrt adopting chrome-only features.

I don't know that more people using FF would change much at this point, to be honest.

Re: Show HN: We launched a new web browser

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Post by heavyset_go »

yakubin wrote: post #23

> It is also the first browser to support secure web browsing with DANE. Props for that. I wish we moved away from CAs.

Agreed. I don't like the trend of devices, especially IoT devices, that bake in support for CAs without supporting other certificates or allowing you to adjust their trust stores. Real attempts at decentralization away from CAs might force companies to change how their devices deal with certificates and trust, hopefully putting power back in the hands of device owners.

Re: Show HN: We launched a new web browser

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Post by yangcheng »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #22
ajdude wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Firefox isn't even in the top 3 browsers anymore and has about the same Marketshare as Samsung internet This is precisely the issue. The fact that Google has such a mass control over Internet rendering means that they are free to write their own standards with absolutely no pushback. It is essentially an Internet explorer situation, whereas if Google wants something to work a certain way, you have no choice but to…

If Firefox wasn't so sluggish maybe more people would use it.

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Re: Show HN: We launched a new web browser

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Post by pipeline_peak »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #22
ajdude wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Firefox isn't even in the top 3 browsers anymore and has about the same Marketshare as Samsung internet This is precisely the issue. The fact that Google has such a mass control over Internet rendering means that they are free to write their own standards with absolutely no pushback. It is essentially an Internet explorer situation, whereas if Google wants something to work a certain way, you have no choice but to…

If Firefox wasn't so sluggish maybe more people would use it.

That’s a big if, Mozilla has been declining for a long time. They don’t have the funding to progress their aging codebase. Firing everyone in the name of Wokeness hasn’t helped.

Re: Show HN: We launched a new web browser

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Post by ayushnix »

jjcon wrote: post #11
userbinator wrote: post #4

built on Chromium If only Firefox(Gecko) would get some more attention...

Why exactly? I honestly do not understand HN fascination with Firefox. Firefox isn't even in the top 3 browsers anymore and has about the same Marketshare as Samsung internet. It is irrelevant at this point. Blink is the standard for rendering now just as Linux is the standard for web servers.

> Why exactly? I honestly do not understand HN fascination with Firefox.

Well, for starters, uBlock Origin works as intended on Firefox as opposed to Chromium and this will become more apparent with manifest v3.

I don't know about others but I also like how Firefox lets me choose the fonts that I want to see on the web while Chromium browsers don't.

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