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This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by vondur »

einpoklum wrote: post #10

> Human Rights Foundation ... “AI for Individual Rights” program That sounds quite dodgy. Ladybird doesn't have AI, why would such a program support its development? But even before that: "Human Rights Foundation" sounds like "The Human League" which George makes up in Seinfeld as a fake charity. And promoting AI as a "human right" is quite suspicious. If I had to, I might be that this is something backed by one of t…

Ha I immediately thought of the Human Fund from Seinfeld. Their fake slogan “money for humans”

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by LeFantome »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #4

https://ladybird.org/assets/img/newsletter-apr-2026-reddit-g... To whoever had the evangelion r/unixporn as a way to test out ladybird reddit. I respect you so much as I really liked reading about evangelion (I haven't watched it as much BUT I have watched countless documentaries explaining it and had evangelion as my wallpaper for sometime) Now coming to the point, the fact that reddit is working in ladybird sounds…

YouTube works in Ladybird. Most things do. Biggest problem other than speed is that a lot of the “verify you are a human” checks do not work with it.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by adamrt »

bityard wrote: post #2

It looks like this is getting pretty usable! This post reminded me of gaming emulator updates that I also love to read. "Fixed X bug to make Y behave correctly, which means game Z works now." (One of the things they fixed was CSS Doom, so I guess there is some legitimate overlap to gaming at any rate.)

Good call! I’ve heard Andreas say multiple times building a browser is like building an emulator. Each website uses different features in different ways, and he likens websites to roms.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by NBPEL »

The hardest part for browser development has always been "artificial" web compatibility, as you know a lot of websites are forcefully blocking specific browser from loading, only allow Chromium to load their websites, that is the reality check for Ladybird, and seriously what stopping new web browsers from being able to compete, same with DRM Widevine, it's REALLY hard to acquire (unobtainiumware) for new browser, even big browser like Zen Browser with 10M users failed to acquire it

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by fooqux »

charcircuit wrote: post #15
geophph wrote: post #6

> strava.com : Login works now that Navigator.getBattery throws the spec-mandated error type instead of one of our own (#8770). what’s Strava want with my battery level?

Bots trying to brute force accounts may not have the API implemented like a real device may.

Sure, and my desktop computer just reports 100% battery level? Which can't be easily replicated by a static header in the bot?

This would be a silly thing to use to identify bots.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by charcircuit »

fooqux wrote: post #26
charcircuit wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bots trying to brute force accounts may not have the API implemented like a real device may.

Sure, and my desktop computer just reports 100% battery level? Which can't be easily replicated by a static header in the bot? This would be a silly thing to use to identify bots.

It's not silly if it works.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by JLO64 »

JuniperMesos wrote: post #19
JLO64 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love EVA, but I’ll cautiously recommend it. I feel like there are two sides to it: the mecha/alien/monster sci-fi side which has an amazing aesthetic, and the personal drama focusing on self loathing and loneliness. I think the first side is the most attractive to most people, but what really sticks with me to this day is the latter. If you do end up watching I have to warn about the watch order. There are two time…

Skip Eva watch Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan.

Both are great shows made by GAINAX, but I highly watching suggest their prototypes as well: Gunbuster and Diebuster. All four are great Mecha shows made by the same studio and it's fun spotting the similarities across all of them.

What I consider to be a spiritual successor to these GAINAX mecha shows was the most recent Gundam series "Gquuuuuux" which shared many staff members from them and has plenty of homages that were fun to spot! Also had the same mechanical designer as the Evangelions so I got a kick out of that.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by Onavo »

NBPEL wrote: post #24

The hardest part for browser development has always been "artificial" web compatibility, as you know a lot of websites are forcefully blocking specific browser from loading, only allow Chromium to load their websites, that is the reality check for Ladybird, and seriously what stopping new web browsers from being able to compete, same with DRM Widevine, it's REALLY hard to acquire (unobtainiumware) for new browser, ev…

They can mock the User Agent for the purposes of compatibility testing. When you control the browser itself, nothing's impossible. (aside from DRM specific issues)
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