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I 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
It’s okey to flag duplicates, the poster won’t get penalized.
Oh the homepage was discussed yesterday? Let's add /index.html and resubmit it!
Hello 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 :)
If Ladybird is "forked" from SerenityOS now, does that mean the mainline won't run on Serenity any longer?
Over time, I expect them to diverge enough that this becomes impractical, as Ladybird now allows 3rd party code while SerenityOS does not. It’s up to the SerenityOS community how to handle this.
>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?
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It’s okey to flag duplicates, the poster won’t get penalized.
Of course I flag them, but I feel like at this point people just post every conceivable URL related to this pre-alpha project for free karma. Oh the homepage was discussed yesterday? Let's add /index.html and resubmit it!
I'm too used to my Firefox with tree-style tabs and Vim controls to go back to a regular layout. This also makes me a bit of a tab hoarder, though. I'd say "I'll be keeping an eye on this," but I'm sure there'll be plenty of posts about Ladybird before the alpha even drops, haha.
Tree-style tabs could be a core feature. Maybe this is something you can contribute to the project?
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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.
Hello 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 :)
Also, any thoughts on having official communication channels on some open, freedom-respecting platforms, rather than Discord only?
I am happy to see the project thrive.
I wonder what would happen if Ladybird matures well to compete with Firefox and Chrome (hope so), and it's just forked away by some company and completely closed down in a whim, because BSD-2 allows that.