"built on web standards" - I believe it needs critical mass of both websites and installs for this to be a feature when the mainstream browser has hardcoded quirks.
Also, I am very curious why is someone like Shopify sponsoring this.
Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
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Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#22Hello friends, Ladybird founder here! Here's a short video from Chris Wanstrath announcing our non-profit yesterday, and kicking things off with a $1M donation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9edTqPMX_k Happy to answer questions :)
What is the biggest challenge you expect for ladybird to be successful and do you consider this project still a "hobby" now? Thanks again for your hard work!
We have a number of big challenges in the immediate future, but I think the biggest one of all will be the long tail of compatibility and correctness issues that inevitably awaits us after everything falls into place.
This is definitely more than a hobby at this point. I already manage 3 employees, with 3 more joining in the next month!
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#23I really appreciate someone taking a stab at a project of this scale, but is it really worth discussing for like the 70th time when even the alpha is two years away? https://hn.algolia.com/?q=ladybird
This is only the second time i've seen this project so maybe this is just your perspective.
Twenty hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40845954
Also twenty hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40845951
One day ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40838973
Along with 60 other threads you can see by clicking the link I posted.
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#24Hello friends, Ladybird founder here! Here's a short video from Chris Wanstrath announcing our non-profit yesterday, and kicking things off with a $1M donation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9edTqPMX_k Happy to answer questions :)
How does Ladybird avoid Mozilla's fate? How can it be a long term sustainable project?
Ask for money from the start?
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#25Hello friends, Ladybird founder here! Here's a short video from Chris Wanstrath announcing our non-profit yesterday, and kicking things off with a $1M donation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9edTqPMX_k Happy to answer questions :)
What's the trouble with the Android port?
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#26Hello friends, Ladybird founder here! Here's a short video from Chris Wanstrath announcing our non-profit yesterday, and kicking things off with a $1M donation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9edTqPMX_k Happy to answer questions :)
What's the pitch for those who currently use firefox?
Something about only being a browser company? Mozilla is many things, but purely browser focused is not it.
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#27>Why build a new browser in C++ when safer and more modern languages are available? >Ladybird started as a component of the SerenityOS hobby project, which only allows C++. The choice of language was not so much a technical decision, but more one of personal convenience. Andreas was most comfortable with C++ when creating SerenityOS, and now we have almost half a million lines of modern C++ to maintain. >However, now…
So half a million lines of tech debt?
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is only the second time i've seen this project so maybe this is just your perspective.
Twenty hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40845954 Also twenty hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40845951 One day ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40838973 Along with 60 other threads you can see by clicking the link I posted.
I guess we do because I’m here every day and it’s the first I’ve seen it.
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#29Not the little spout! Please, any picture but the little sprout.
Re: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder
#30>Why build a new browser in C++ when safer and more modern languages are available? >Ladybird started as a component of the SerenityOS hobby project, which only allows C++. The choice of language was not so much a technical decision, but more one of personal convenience. Andreas was most comfortable with C++ when creating SerenityOS, and now we have almost half a million lines of modern C++ to maintain. >However, now…
Jakt[0] was being developped by Andreas at some point. It seems stall for now.