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I suspect the answer is because of compatibility. Chromium has become the industry standard, everyone tests only on Chrome (and Safari for mobile) so you can ex
by sequence7 5y ago
I suspect the answer is because of compatibility. Chromium has become the industry standard, everyone tests only on Chrome (and Safari for mobile) so you can expect fewer issues if you're based on chromium.
- graderjs 5y agoBut I think it's a valid question. Because for a niche browser (which most of these alternate projects are), mainstream compatibility for all websites doesn't seem like it would be the most important thing. I think the idea of using Gecko[0] is a solid one. :P ;) xx [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev
- sequence7 5y agoI agree it's a valid question and it seems my suspicion is not the main reason. Based on the other replies to the parent it seems that choosing Gecko requires more work.