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It's not impossible, and the examples listed are living proof that it is possible. People often cite the failure of Edge/Trident - even with the resources of M
by quicklime 3y ago
It's not impossible, and the examples listed are living proof that it is possible.
People often cite the failure of Edge/Trident - even with the resources of Microsoft, it's still impossible to compete with Google.
But there's a big difference between "competing with Google and taking significant market share away from Chrome" and just "writing a browser engine that supports the modern web and runs on personal computers". The latter is definitely not impossible.
- fabrice_d 3y agoI also don't think it's impossible, but none of these engines show that it's possible either (same goes for Servo that is being revived by Igalia). None of them is usable for day-to-day browsing yet, and they are likely still in the phase where a lot of impressing progress can be made quickly. I'd be curious to see how they progress on interop tests like https://wpt.fyi/interop-2023 https://wpt.fyi/interop-2023
- paulddraper 3y agoWhich one of those examples finished? I wish them all the best, but you can't hold up some half finished project as proof of feasibility.
- userbinator 3y agoOn the other hand, is Big Browser "finished" either? When you realise that change is their weapon, and that they've been successfully convincing web developers with propaganda that the latest is the greatest, the latest features that only work in their browser, while at the same time deprecating features that existed for possibly decades before in all browsers and providing essentially equivalent functionality, you'll see the truth of the situation. It's not "embrace, extend, extinguish"; it's "embrace, extend, extend, extend, extend..."