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  1. Timo Tijhof @krinkle ·

    Ladybird is a new independent cross-platform browser engine, complete with its own JS engine. It has non-profit status in the US (501c3).

    Behind it are a long-time KHTML/WebKit developer, and a GitHub co-founder.

    > It started as a humble HTML viewer for the SerenityOS hobby project, but since [..]

    ladybird.org/announcement.html

    via @karlcow @rauschma

    #ladybird #browserdiversity
  2. heavyboots @[email protected] ·

    Welp, finally went ahead and started donating a couple bucks a month to Mozilla. Seemed like it was past time.

    donate.mozilla.org/en-US

    #firefox #browserDiversity

    #firefox #browserdiversity
  3. HRH ginsterbusch @[email protected] ·

    Quick reminder: Why you indeed should use Firefox
    dedoimedo.com/computers/firefo

    #darkages #browserwars #ie6 #browserdiversity #monopoly

    #monopoly #browserdiversity #ie6 #browserwars #darkages
  4. rugk @[email protected] ·

    What you can do:
    Switch to another browser. You see what a company having a monopoly on a browser does. We need #browserDiversity (for a whole lot more reaons BTW)!

    Here is how to switch to #Firefox: mozilla.org/firefox/switch/

    #nochrome #nogoogle #switchToFirefox #Firefox

    #switchtofirefox #nogoogle #nochrome #firefox #browserdiversity
  5. rugk @[email protected] ·

    @clarjon1 @danarel @switchingsocial

    I'd still say three. Blink is nowadays very different from WebKit, you hardly see a common ground anymore.

    So you have three. Actually, did you read my linked #browserDiversity article? Because it's exactly about your point, and I agree: css-tricks.com/the-ecological-

    (Just developing #KHTML seems like a lost ship to me now.)

    #khtml #browserdiversity
  6. rugk @[email protected] ·

    @rootkovska It would be great if people did associate a web service/website with one specific browser or not call websites "chrome apps"…

    (For your use case, #epiphany e.g. provides something like this and AFAIK it works in GNOME with any website.)

    Because #browserDiversity matters: css-tricks.com/the-ecological-

    #browserdiversity #epiphany
  7. rugk @[email protected] ·

    @nolan oh, wow. Thanks for sharing that insight.

    It is indeed bad if web devs act like that, and Firefox also recognizes WebKit prefixes.
    But yeah, real solution is fighting for #browserDiversity.

    #browserdiversity
  8. rugk @[email protected] ·

    @devinius @kuketzblog doch ist es schon; es geht um #browserDiversity: css-tricks.com/the-ecological-

    #browserdiversity