Clearly I have no idea what Ladybird browser is. Why should I be impressed? I would expect every browser to be capable of this. EDIT: Lots of great answers. Thanks everyone. Glad this inspired such lively discussion.
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Early stages of Google Docs support in the Ladybird browser
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Re: Early stages of Google Docs support in the Ladybird browser
#22Clearly I have no idea what Ladybird browser is. Why should I be impressed? I would expect every browser to be capable of this. EDIT: Lots of great answers. Thanks everyone. Glad this inspired such lively discussion.
~~I think its a browser writing by one person.~~ Edit: the point is that its an independent browser, not that its built by just one person
I don't think this is true? If nothing else, github[0] lists 30 contributors.
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#23*Kind of. More power to them, but modern browsers are one of the most advanced and sophisticated pieces of software in the world, probably right next to an OS. WebKit and Chromium respectively have had billions of dollars and decades of development poured into them. The current duopoly state of the market reflects that fact, unfortunately.
I believe Andreas actually worked on WebKit for awhile so he is well aware of how challenging implementing a browser is
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#24Clearly I have no idea what Ladybird browser is. Why should I be impressed? I would expect every browser to be capable of this. EDIT: Lots of great answers. Thanks everyone. Glad this inspired such lively discussion.
Nobody is trying to impress you. There have been no new browser engines for years, with the idea that its impossible to develop one anymore being a meme people would espouse regularly. This is impressive as a group of random interested people have made significant progress to making a functional web browser off the back of passion, not billions of dollars. Andreas has be an incredible force for showing what bringing…
I think you may have misinterpreted my comment. I just wanted to know why this was news.
Re: Early stages of Google Docs support in the Ladybird browser
#25*Kind of. More power to them, but modern browsers are one of the most advanced and sophisticated pieces of software in the world, probably right next to an OS. WebKit and Chromium respectively have had billions of dollars and decades of development poured into them. The current duopoly state of the market reflects that fact, unfortunately.
From the FAQ [1]
> Q: Why bother? You can’t make a new browser engine without billions of dollars and hundreds of staff.
> Sure you can. Don’t listen to armchair defeatists who never worked on a browser.
[1] https://awesomekling.github.io/Ladybird-a-new-cross-platform...
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I think it being ‘cool’ is entirely the point…
Re: Early stages of Google Docs support in the Ladybird browser
#28*Kind of. More power to them, but modern browsers are one of the most advanced and sophisticated pieces of software in the world, probably right next to an OS. WebKit and Chromium respectively have had billions of dollars and decades of development poured into them. The current duopoly state of the market reflects that fact, unfortunately.
Of course WebKit and Blink (Chromium) are both just shitty descendants of the beautiful (and foss) KHTML from Conqueror.
Re: Early stages of Google Docs support in the Ladybird browser
#29Clearly I have no idea what Ladybird browser is. Why should I be impressed? I would expect every browser to be capable of this. EDIT: Lots of great answers. Thanks everyone. Glad this inspired such lively discussion.
Ladybird is a NEW browser. If you don't want to see NEW things, why are you on hacker NEWs?
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Nobody is trying to impress you. There have been no new browser engines for years, with the idea that its impossible to develop one anymore being a meme people would espouse regularly. This is impressive as a group of random interested people have made significant progress to making a functional web browser off the back of passion, not billions of dollars. Andreas has be an incredible force for showing what bringing…
I think you may have misinterpreted my comment. I just wanted to know why this was news.
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