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I see a lot of people suggesting Firefox, which is great. But also, considering Chrome is basically Chromium, can't we just fork Chromium and keep using that?

by dheera 5y ago

fabrice_d 5y ago
Brave said they will keep the v2 capability in their Chromium fork "as long as it's possible" (paraphrasing, I can't find the exact tweet to quote).
- Eelongate 5y ago
  Does Brave have their own extension repository yet, or are they still leaving that all up to Google? I don't see much value in Brave supporting a feature dropped from Chrome if it only has Chrome extensions and they all drop support for it anyway.
  - asddubs 5y ago
    this kind of thing is why we need firefox, not chromium fork X.
    - ddalex 5y ago
      firefox said that they will move to V3 as an effort to maximize browser compatibility
      - einr 5y ago
        Firefox has said they will implement V3, but "we will diverge from Chrome’s implementation where we think it matters and our values point to a different solution." Specifically, "we have decided to implement DNR and continue maintaining support for blocking webRequest. Our initial goal for implementing DNR is to provide compatibility with Chrome so developers do not have to support multiple code bases if they do not want to. With both APIs supported in Firefox, developers can choose the approach that works best for them and their users." https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...
  - BuckRogers 5y ago
    Microsoft does, and it has just about everything that I use. Huge opportunity for them. None of the smaller vendors have their own extension store.
kaba0 5y ago
Can such a fork be upheld for a long time? Browsers are one of the most complex programs out there. I have my doubts even regarding whether Brave could maintain such a fork, let alone smaller entities.
ComputerGuru 5y ago
I don’t think you quite grasp how much money Google throws at developing Chromium. Maintaining a fork is a massive undertaking.

I see a lot of people suggesting Firefox, which is great. But also, considering Chrome is basically Chromium, can't we just fork Chromium and keep using that?

by dheera 5y ago

I see a lot of people suggesting Firefox, which is great. But also, considering Chrome is basically Chromium, can't we just fork Chromium and keep using that?

fabrice_d 5y ago

Brave said they will keep the v2 capability in their Chromium fork "as long as it's possible" (paraphrasing, I can't find the exact tweet to quote).

Eelongate 5y ago
Does Brave have their own extension repository yet, or are they still leaving that all up to Google? I don't see much value in Brave supporting a feature dropped from Chrome if it only has Chrome extensions and they all drop support for it anyway.
- asddubs 5y ago
  this kind of thing is why we need firefox, not chromium fork X.
  - ddalex 5y ago
    firefox said that they will move to V3 as an effort to maximize browser compatibility
    - einr 5y ago
      Firefox has said they will implement V3, but "we will diverge from Chrome’s implementation where we think it matters and our values point to a different solution." Specifically, "we have decided to implement DNR and continue maintaining support for blocking webRequest. Our initial goal for implementing DNR is to provide compatibility with Chrome so developers do not have to support multiple code bases if they do not want to. With both APIs supported in Firefox, developers can choose the approach that works best for them and their users." https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...
- BuckRogers 5y ago
  Microsoft does, and it has just about everything that I use. Huge opportunity for them. None of the smaller vendors have their own extension store.

kaba0 5y ago

Can such a fork be upheld for a long time? Browsers are one of the most complex programs out there. I have my doubts even regarding whether Brave could maintain such a fork, let alone smaller entities.

ComputerGuru 5y ago

I don’t think you quite grasp how much money Google throws at developing Chromium. Maintaining a fork is a massive undertaking.