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Just curious, is there a strong need out there for alternative web browsers? It’s seems like there are a lot of choices already to Chrome and Firefox: eg Opera,
by thealienthing 4y ago
Just curious, is there a strong need out there for alternative web browsers? It’s seems like there are a lot of choices already to Chrome and Firefox: eg Opera, Brave. What’s the goal of yet another web browser?
- takoid 4y agoOpera, Brave, and most other browsers besides Firefox are based on Google’s Chromium.
- sanxiyn 4y agoSafari and Orion are based on WebKit. WebKit and Chromium are quite different these days.
- kbenson 4y agoThere's really only Firefox and WebKit derivatives (everything else you listed), for the most part. I'm increasingly of the opinion that duopolies don't result in good progress, so I fully support new entrants in this space, even if I think it's unlikely they'll get near the popularity needed to compete at a high level.
- KeyBoardG 4y agoAndreas gets asked these questions weekly (probably daily), and answers in his FAQ. Its not to compete, or be a business. https://awesomekling.github.io/faq/ https://awesomekling.github.io/faq/
- w_for_wumbo 4y agoSomeone could have said the same around media players, there's Windows Media Player, Quicktime etc. Thankfully VLC didn't listen, and we have a marvel today to thank for it.
- edgyquant 4y agoAlso some would say MPC is a great improvement over VLC even though no one really thought they needed one at the time