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Ladybird browser spreads its wings

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Re: Ladybird browser spreads its wings

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Post by pixelatedindex »

For a newbie like me who isn’t like a software eng wizard but is willing to put an hour or two every day, is a project like this a great way for me to learn and contribute? Or is it still so pre-alpha that you need deep domain knowledge to contribute and have an impact?

Re: Ladybird browser spreads its wings

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Post by tterras »

pixelatedindex wrote: post #3

For a newbie like me who isn’t like a software eng wizard but is willing to put an hour or two every day, is a project like this a great way for me to learn and contribute? Or is it still so pre-alpha that you need deep domain knowledge to contribute and have an impact?

Even if not pre-alpha, building a browser needs deep domain knowledge. But on the other hand, after some time you will be rewarded with very, very useful knowledge of how the web actually works. The start would be pretty rough but if your daily work lacks the challenge then I would encourage you to try contribute :)

(Not affiliated in any way)

Re: Ladybird browser spreads its wings

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Post by gaazoh »

pixelatedindex wrote: post #3

For a newbie like me who isn’t like a software eng wizard but is willing to put an hour or two every day, is a project like this a great way for me to learn and contribute? Or is it still so pre-alpha that you need deep domain knowledge to contribute and have an impact?

I think it's a great project to learn and contribute. The scope is very broad, so there are plenty of different areas to contribute to, including not-so-advanced functionality. For example, the initial find-in-page feature was introduced just a few week ago[1] and the core logic relatively simple.

Plus, the build process is well documented and works out of the box (at least on Ubuntu in my experience) and the community is nice and welcoming.

[1]https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/24480

Re: Ladybird browser spreads its wings

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Post by blowski »

I hear so much about Ladybird on HN, that I’m equally excited and cynical.

What is the value proposition? Is it to be another general purpose browser, so there’s more competition with Chrome / WebKit? Or to be a niche browser, that could be an alternative to Electron?

How close is it to achieving that?

Re: Ladybird browser spreads its wings

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Post by 1GZ0 »

blowski wrote: post #6

I hear so much about Ladybird on HN, that I’m equally excited and cynical. What is the value proposition? Is it to be another general purpose browser, so there’s more competition with Chrome / WebKit? Or to be a niche browser, that could be an alternative to Electron? How close is it to achieving that?

As I see it, Ladybird's value is showing that its still possible to write a modern browser engine without the resources of a major tech company like Apple or Google.

In the future it might be a real competitor to Chrome & Safari, but we're several years from that happening, if at all.

Re: Ladybird browser spreads its wings

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Post by ironmagma »

blowski wrote: post #6

I hear so much about Ladybird on HN, that I’m equally excited and cynical. What is the value proposition? Is it to be another general purpose browser, so there’s more competition with Chrome / WebKit? Or to be a niche browser, that could be an alternative to Electron? How close is it to achieving that?

Having looked at the source code… it’s not close. Not even 1/20 of the way there IMO.

But it might not need to be. It’s nice just having a second system. I don’t know to what extent Ladybird can replace Chrome, but the issues that come with a monoculture are known. There’s probably at least some hope that Ladybird could take off once it reaches a critical mass.

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