โฒ 1159 โผ Reddit CEO Digs In Heels As User Outrage Engulfs Website (www.huffpost.com) submitted 3 years ago by halo5@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world 355 comments fedilink hide all child comments Wow. Front page of huffpost.com right now. Interesting...
[โ] kofe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) what are some non-google based browsers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] syboxez@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Firefox is basically the only non-WebKit/Blink browser out there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] rms1990@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Is WebKit bad? Gnome uses it for their browser permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] syboxez@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago WebKit is not inherently bad. The thing that makes it not great in my opinion actually has nothing to do with the tech in this instance, but instead has to do with monopolistic practices from both Apple (who directly uses and develops WebKit) and Google (who forked WebKit into Blink). Using Gecko browsers (Firefox and co.) en masse tells website operators that they should develop for that other option and officially support it. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Depending on the operating system this could be Safari on OSX, Firefox, Brave on basically anything, Opera, if it still exists, Konqueror on Linux (fun fact: I think most current browser engines spawned from that), or lynx if you're hardcore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] mkll@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brave is Chromium based permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Isn't it an independent fork? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago* It's based on Chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/README.md This repository holds the build tools needed to build the Brave desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux. In particular, it fetches and syncs code from the projects defined in package.json and src/brave/DEPS: Chromium [โฆ] brave-core Maintains patches for 3rd party Chromium code. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] aaaantoine@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Opera still exists but it's based on chromium now. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] kaioviski@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I think Nyxt is not Chromium-based. Still too experimental to be used as single/main browser, but has some very interesting concepts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] albert180@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago Nyxt uses WebKit permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] syboxez@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Firefox is basically the only non-WebKit/Blink browser out there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] rms1990@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Is WebKit bad? Gnome uses it for their browser permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] syboxez@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago WebKit is not inherently bad. The thing that makes it not great in my opinion actually has nothing to do with the tech in this instance, but instead has to do with monopolistic practices from both Apple (who directly uses and develops WebKit) and Google (who forked WebKit into Blink). Using Gecko browsers (Firefox and co.) en masse tells website operators that they should develop for that other option and officially support it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] rms1990@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Is WebKit bad? Gnome uses it for their browser permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] syboxez@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago WebKit is not inherently bad. The thing that makes it not great in my opinion actually has nothing to do with the tech in this instance, but instead has to do with monopolistic practices from both Apple (who directly uses and develops WebKit) and Google (who forked WebKit into Blink). Using Gecko browsers (Firefox and co.) en masse tells website operators that they should develop for that other option and officially support it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] syboxez@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago WebKit is not inherently bad. The thing that makes it not great in my opinion actually has nothing to do with the tech in this instance, but instead has to do with monopolistic practices from both Apple (who directly uses and develops WebKit) and Google (who forked WebKit into Blink). Using Gecko browsers (Firefox and co.) en masse tells website operators that they should develop for that other option and officially support it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Depending on the operating system this could be Safari on OSX, Firefox, Brave on basically anything, Opera, if it still exists, Konqueror on Linux (fun fact: I think most current browser engines spawned from that), or lynx if you're hardcore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] mkll@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brave is Chromium based permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Isn't it an independent fork? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago* It's based on Chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/README.md This repository holds the build tools needed to build the Brave desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux. In particular, it fetches and syncs code from the projects defined in package.json and src/brave/DEPS: Chromium [โฆ] brave-core Maintains patches for 3rd party Chromium code. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] aaaantoine@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Opera still exists but it's based on chromium now. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] mkll@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brave is Chromium based permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Isn't it an independent fork? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago* It's based on Chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/README.md This repository holds the build tools needed to build the Brave desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux. In particular, it fetches and syncs code from the projects defined in package.json and src/brave/DEPS: Chromium [โฆ] brave-core Maintains patches for 3rd party Chromium code. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] ReaderTunesOctopus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Isn't it an independent fork? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago* It's based on Chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/README.md This repository holds the build tools needed to build the Brave desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux. In particular, it fetches and syncs code from the projects defined in package.json and src/brave/DEPS: Chromium [โฆ] brave-core Maintains patches for 3rd party Chromium code. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago* It's based on Chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/README.md This repository holds the build tools needed to build the Brave desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux. In particular, it fetches and syncs code from the projects defined in package.json and src/brave/DEPS: Chromium [โฆ] brave-core Maintains patches for 3rd party Chromium code. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] aaaantoine@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Opera still exists but it's based on chromium now. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] kaioviski@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I think Nyxt is not Chromium-based. Still too experimental to be used as single/main browser, but has some very interesting concepts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] albert180@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago Nyxt uses WebKit permalink fedilink source parent
