5 ms·
Internet Explorer but hear me out before you cry: The current browser ecosystem has more or less two engines: WebKit based browsers and Firefox. We have basica
by antifarben 4y ago
Internet Explorer but hear me out before you cry:
The current browser ecosystem has more or less two engines: WebKit based browsers and Firefox. We have basically WebKit monoculture. If you'd find a fundamental flaw in WebKit, you'd be able to break most browsers.
If Internet Explorer would be open source we would have the chance to get a third engine running. Browser engines aren't trivial and IE also had some good sides after all these years.
I guess if IE would become FOSS this would bring some fresh air to the ecosystem.
- anthk 4y agoI would be happy enough if Dillo parsed the video and audio tags as <a> links.
- DarrenDev 4y agoDuckDuckGo are building new native browser apps for Mac and Linux. Not sure how far along they are, but I know they have teams working on each.
- Georgelemental 4y agoThose are just wrappers around the platform WebView I think.
- MarcellusDrum 4y agoIt is for Mac and Windows, not for Linux. They also are using WebView/WebView2, so they aren't building an engine. https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22848133/duckduckgo-browser-pc-mac-beta-privacy-default-settings https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22848133/duckduckgo-brow...
- dunefox 4y agoWe already have Firefox and few people use it compared to chrome. A third engine does not matter.
- zarzavat 4y agoWebKit and Blink are two different engines. They split off 9 years ago. There’s no such thing as a WebKit monoculture. There may be a Blink monoculture depending on how much you care about mobile browsers, mobile Safari is still very popular especially in the US.
- vimy 4y agoiPad Safari is close enough to desktop Safari now that it switched to the same user agent as desktop Safari. That surely helps to bump Safari’s marketshare.
- rasz 4y agoYes, but not the IE. Opera Presto! Source code even leaked after Opera switched to webkit, and some Russians tried patching new things, but legal status made unsustainable :(.