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Is it safe to trust binaries hosted from sourceforge? Didn't they used to host modified binaries / packages with malware?
> After SourceForge was sold to BizX in 2016, DevShare was discontinued. On May 17, 2016, SourceForge announced that they were now scanning all projects for malware, and displaying warnings on projects detected to have malware.
Is it safe to trust binaries hosted from sourceforge? Didn't they used to host modified binaries / packages with malware?
Once upon a time, yes. It was awful. Was bought many years ago and turned around, however. The guy who owns/runs it has posted here before describing the journey. He mentioned one of the primary reasons for the purchase was due to the many software projects hosted there and at risk of falling off the face of the earth, potentially causing all sorts of mayhem in the process. I respect that.
Anyhow you can go check it out. It's nice. I'm glad it's still around.
Really disappointed by the marketing of these projects. No information whatsoever regarding why I should both download and use the browser. I understand that's something related to Opera revamping, but I just don't understand why such projects don't invest 5 minutes of time explaining features in plain English, and relegate everything to a niche. What a pity.
> A browser controlled by the user, not vice-versa
> Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of Opera 12 and to revive its spirit. We are focused on providing the powerful features power users want while keeping the browser fast and lightweight. We also learned from history and decided to release the browser under the GNU GPL v3.
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They should work on any browser that supports the standards. 10-15 years ago I would agree, but now I feel I must add something to that sentence: any browser that supports the standards before they became Google-ified because it is churning the standards so much that its weapon of monopoly is effectively change --- Firefox can barely keep up, and Microsoft already surrendered. What we really need to get rid of is the…
If I see a website that fails to display text with JS disabled I close it and never come back out of respect to blind people who also can't visit that site.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
They should work on any browser that supports the standards. 10-15 years ago I would agree, but now I feel I must add something to that sentence: any browser that supports the standards before they became Google-ified because it is churning the standards so much that its weapon of monopoly is effectively change --- Firefox can barely keep up, and Microsoft already surrendered. What we really need to get rid of is the…
If I see a website that fails to display text with JS disabled I close it and never come back out of respect to blind people who also can't visit that site.
I'm not well versed enough in the Browser Wars to say one thing or another about except this: I like the name. It lends it self to saying "I use the Otter browser" which is not just a great pun but the pun on 'other' defines what Otter is, the "other" browser. The web needs independent browsers. We need to get rid of the idea that websites are designed to work on any one technology. They should work on any browser th…
If someone says "I use Chrome" what does than mean to you?
Just curious.
Perhaps some websites do not make use of all the standards, thus browsers do not need support for all the standards for these websites to "work". For example, HN does not require a popular browser. In fact it can even be used without a browser. Why are so many "web devs" using HN but few to none of them can/will design similarly fast and flexible websites. Do "web devs" actually use the sites they design. Why would "web devs" use HN when it does not represent their own taste in websites. What does that mean.
And the O is a bit reminiscent of Opera. ( I read it hopes to ape some of the better bits of Opera's past.)
Certainly space for an innovative - I'm in the driving seat type browser. The space is really lack-lustre, and not in a good way.
No more browsers please.