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To do this, one has to acknowledge that there are limited options at this point, and very limited potential for a viable browser alternative. Sure, there are 10
by 0des 5y ago
To do this, one has to acknowledge that there are limited options at this point, and very limited potential for a viable browser alternative. Sure, there are 100 or more browsers out there, but the discriminator of viable makes it really tough. By viable, I mean no funny business, no basing it on chrome, no crypto-anythings attached, no bundled pockets.
This might just be me showing my ignorance, but for the common person to be able to stand a chance of writing a full browser that people want to use, we will have to create something new that overlays or subverts the WWW portion of the internet. The current system of RFC's and even knowing which ones we acknowledge and which ones we silently dont, is so byzantine that someone born today could spend the next 30 years of their life trying and they won't be able to make a browser and keep up with web standards and expectations. This here is a big reason why only big and wasteful tech juggernauts can do this.
Im old enough to remember the birth of the WWW, and I never thought things would or even could get this good and bad at the same time. This web needs to be taken out behind the barn so we can think about something new, and maybe this time protect it at all costs.
- benibela 5y ago>By viable, I mean no funny business, no basing it on chrome, no crypto-anythings attached, no bundled pockets. Lynx does not have any of that If you encounter a website that does not work in Lynx, complain to the website admin
- shadowgovt 5y agoIs it possible to log into a Google account with Lynx these days?
- Inityx 5y ago>If you encounter a website that does not work in Lynx, complain to the website admin Cool, let me go submit 5,000,000 complaints to a few megacorporations real quick
- bogwog 5y agoLol
- 0des 5y agoLynx is my main browser, something to reconcile is that most of the web does not work without the new trendy design stuff. Single page apps are a big one. I'm a nerd, and willing to make sacrifices, others might not be.