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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 dlcarrier »

jiehong wrote: post #44

Congratulations! However, the screenshots for "List markers in RTL text" are the same it seems. The list markers are on the left in both cases.

In this after picture: https://ladybird.org/assets/img/newsletter-apr-2026-rtl-afte..., the bullet points in the lower left panel are to the right of the text, whereas in this before picture: https://ladybird.org/assets/img/newsletter-apr-2026-rtl-befo... they are not only to the left of the text, but they are so far to the left of the text they are nearly exiting the panel itself.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by pjmlp »

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…

Unfortunately a whole new generation failed to learn the IE lesson, and are the first to complain when others don't follow the Chrome OS Platform wishes.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by dotancohen »

dlcarrier wrote: post #42
JoRyGu wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How common is this that they would even care about it anyways? I've run Firefox exclusively for the last 2 decades and have never once run into a site that told me I needed to switch to Chromium for compatibility.

I've never had one tell me; they just don't work, or they get stuck in a loop until they consume all my RAM and the gecko engine crashes. That is, assuming they even show me the page, instead of telling me to go away because they they think I'm a bot.

A few years ago I was maintaining the website for a major brand whose products you probably use. To my horror the website did not support Firefox. I gave them a very minimal estimate on what it would cost to support Firefox along with the estimated percentage of Firefox users in their target market. They were not interested.

Re: This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Post by dotancohen »

shevy-java wrote: post #47
JoRyGu wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How common is this that they would even care about it anyways? I've run Firefox exclusively for the last 2 decades and have never once run into a site that told me I needed to switch to Chromium for compatibility.

I actually ran into such issues, in particular with commercial websits. Some browsers I use do not work for my online transactions for instance - annoyingly the local bank I use for logging into my account as well. It is basically the bank hijacking my money and forcing me into using a specific browser (or, at the least, very few; they improved compatibility a bit in the last years, but there were more issues in the…

Why don't you consider switching banks? In 2008 I had to switch bank for exactly this reason.
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