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It's definitely not gone unnoticed. It's the entire reason why Gecko-based native browsers like Camino[0], K-Meleon[1], and the since-turned-WebKit Epiphany[2]
by kitsunesoba 4y ago
It's definitely not gone unnoticed. It's the entire reason why Gecko-based native browsers like Camino[0], K-Meleon[1], and the since-turned-WebKit Epiphany[2] existed alongside Firefox. The only reason those ceased to exist is because Mozilla elected to kill Gecko embedding (which in retrospect, also set the stage for Blink and WebKit's dominance with how important embedding would become).
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_(web_browser)
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Web
- eyelidlessness 4y agoYeah I chose “mostly unnoticed” very purposefully. I used Camino (even when it was Chimera!) because I wanted the native UI it offered. At the time, the vast majority of Mac software was either Cocoa, or ported to Carbon from classic Mac OS, or some Java monstrosity. The tech crowd either didn’t know or didn’t care that Mozilla/Firefox used XUL/web tech to implement its UI, and my preference for the native interface was outlandish to most of my tech peers at the time.