Firefox Browser Ported to HaikuOS

Post by rbanffy » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:49 PM UTC

kryptiskt wrote: post #16

rvnx wrote: post #3

Beautiful to see such passion and great execution, especially for 20 years in a row. It's like a piece of art. I suspect the company that created BeOS actually lost the source-code and that's potentially the real reason they don't want to share, because from an economic perspective there does not seem anything of value there.

Palm bought BeOS back in the day, but they didn't do anything with it. It was spun out with the PalmOS into Palmsource when Palm went to other OSes, so it didn't follow the rest of Palm into HP (and then LG). Palmsource was then swallowed by a Japanese company called Access, which was and apparently still is making a browser for embedded applications called Netfront.

Post by rvense » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 1:53 PM UTC

lightedman wrote: post #61

usrnm wrote: post #58

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I actually hope that history does repeat itself, and google gets severely punished

If history does repeat itself, the punishment wont be very large, despite guilty judgment. Microsoft was found to have engaged in monopolistic practices, but was still given a relative slap on the wrist instead of outright broken up.

Post by ahoka » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 2:00 PM UTC

viraptor wrote: post #64

IshKebab wrote: post #60

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I don't remember Windows 95 & MS Word 6 being especially snappy. I think this is nostalgia.

The apps were snappy, but the hardware wasn't. Every menu/window opened immediately and without unnecessary animation... unless it needed some unexpected processing - then you were potentially waiting for the spinning rust to handle the swap file.

Post by ahoka » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 2:04 PM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #70

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #52

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Window Maker still exists. There's an ongoing Wayland port / reimagining: https://github.com/phkaeser/wlmaker .

The thing I liked most in the NeXT was the sparing use of color. It was part necessity, but also usability. What does the color of the window bar being blue communicate? I am an enthusiast for Gnome’s less is more approach.

Post by ahoka » Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 2:07 PM UTC

desdenova wrote: post #30

graemep wrote: post #22

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> The interface is so incredibly snappy So that feels like its 20 years in the past > there is a lot of basics missing such as WiFi support. So that sounds like 20 years in the past too Where does the future bit come in?

Exactly what I thought as well. UIs get increasingly slower as time passes, not snappier. We had snappy UIs in the 80s and 90s.