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Hello friends! I am very excited about this indeed :) If you’d like to know more about Ladybird, I did a presentation about it at the Web Engines Hackfest in S

Hello friends! I am very excited about this indeed :) If you’d like to know more about Ladybird, I did a presentation about it at the Web Engines Hackfest in Spain just two weeks ago: https://youtu.be/De8N1zrQwRs https://youtu.be/De8N1zrQwRs

samwillis 3y ago
Congrats Andreas. What you are building is incredible, both from a technological point of view but also for education and inspiration. That influence you can spread for me is the thing that is most exciting about the project!
NovaDudely 3y ago
Whenever I see your stuff it is always so cool. Im also glad to see everyone still going at it years down the line. Now that there is decent money to back it up it so much better! Party on!
prox 3y ago
Akling, I hope you keep doing inspiring work! Thank you for your contributions!
deoxxa 3y ago
I just want a browser that tastes like a real browser!
lemper 3y ago
Andreas my guy! congrats! and I'm sure many people have asked this request: please integrate adblocking to Ladybird.
- DexesTTP 3y ago
  Well, good news about that, a simplified version of adblocking through content filtering[0] is already part of Ladybird (and has been part of Browser[1], the version of Ladybird integrated in Serenity, for a while). There is even a video[2] where Andreas implemented it! [0] https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Ladybird/WebContent/main.cpp#L106 https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Ladybird/... [1] https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/Applications/Browser/main.cpp#L49 https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc22wPqpaBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc22wPqpaBQ
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- vkoskiv 3y ago
  Basic pattern-based content filtering is already built right into LibWeb[1]. I spot 851 patterns that get filtered currently [2]. 1: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Loader/ContentFilter.h https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/... 2: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Base/home/anon/.config/BrowserContentFilters.txt https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Base/home...
userbinator 3y ago
As someone who has also been attempting to write a minimal browser in my free time, and so far has made much less progress, I fully support your fight against Big Browser.
yafetn 3y ago
Hi Andreas, when are we getting the next batch of “FIXME Roulette” videos? They’re the most entertaining yet educational debugging videos out there.
ChickeNES 3y ago
Is there a chance of an embeddedable/library version in the future? I think there are a lot of places where it would be useful, plus it would allow ports to more esoteric systems
- roetlich 3y ago
  I guess the library part is LibWeb: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Userland/...
LeFantome 3y ago
Huge thank you for SerenityOS, Ladybird, and maybe Jakt at some point. Did this sponsorship result from your presentation?
mysterydip 3y ago
Awesome and well deserved! One of my favorite projects.
wila 3y ago
That was a great presentation. Now I'm going to have to try Ladybird :D
- wila 3y ago
  It works! (of course it does) This is all very interesting. Next is poking around in it for a bit. Thanks so much.
Riverheart 3y ago
Hey akling, since you’re building a browser I’ve got to ask, do you have any thoughts on https://htmx.org/ https://htmx.org/ or whether it could be supported as part of some extension to Ladybird?
- rmuratov 3y ago
  I thought htmx is just a library, does it need support by the browser?
  - DANmode 3y ago
    Make it natively supported, watch it catch on like wildfire if the browser gets any traction with devs.
    - recursivedoubts 3y ago
      @akling i'd be happy to chat about this if you are interested in extending HTML as a hypermedia. I'm the creator of htmx, and I don't think it should have to exist: it's what HTML should have evolved into.
  - Riverheart 3y ago
    The htmx library emulates what would be possible if browsers supported gets/posts on other html elements like buttons. It’s a library because no browser supports this natively.
bArray 3y ago
Hello there, great work! I have been following since a long time, back when you were on Freenode IRC. If you do bridge your Discord to IRC, please do announce it somewhere. One suggestion: maintain your compatibility with Linux, as this would likely bring more people to your browser and lower the barrier to work on the browser.
samwillis 3y ago
Andreas has just had a second one! > In a surprising twist, I have just received a second $100,000 sponsorship for Ladybird development! > This one came in the form of an anonymous cryptocurrency donation, so now I need to talk to my tax accountant ASAP and figure out what to do.. https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1670440822129532928 https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1670440822129532928
- marginalia_nu 3y ago
  I guess it has to be the same guy feeling generous, but I just got a driveby dono of $100,000 in crypto as well :O
  - eep_social 3y ago
    !! Congrats! Sounds pretty amazing coming right on the heels of your decision to go full time. I have so many questions — hope you’ll put out an update when you’re done celebrating ;)
    - marginalia_nu 3y ago
      Yeah it's very generous and amazing. ... although, like Andreas I have some things to figure out in terms of how to liquidate the asset. Swedish banks really don't like crypto, to the point where I've had trouble charging for API access because I couldn't prove the money wasn't from crypto :-/ I have some old friends who are deep into that world, gonna have to see what advice they have. Still, as far as problems go, it's a nice problem to have I guess.
matheusmoreira 3y ago
Congratulations, I wish you massive success.
Intermernet 3y ago
Congrats Andreas! I'm hoping that we see Ladybird become a contender in the browser space and in 10 years the browser landscape is once again diverse! Of course this means that in 20 years we will probably have another stagnated monoculture based on some weird 3rd party, hostile corporate fork of Ladybird, but by that time you will hopefully own a venture capital firm and will be happily sipping mojitos in the Bahamas, and the cycle shall begin again ;-)
- DANmode 3y ago
  > you will hopefully own a venture capital firm and will be happily sipping mojitos in the Bahamas, and the cycle shall begin again ;-) Or he could just be comfortable, and the product could keep delivering the same thing, with incentives mostly aligned on all sides. Not to bring negativity to the thread, but it's certainly possibly to do better than what you've described as a tongue-in-cheek norm.
SahAssar 3y ago
Hey, I tried to contact you (via twitter since I couldn't find an email) about if you would be interested in doing a talk at öredev about ladybird a few months back. I assume the lack of a reply meant you weren't interested, but if that wasn't the case and it was just drowned out in your notifications let me know :)

samwillis 3y ago

Congrats Andreas. What you are building is incredible, both from a technological point of view but also for education and inspiration. That influence you can spread for me is the thing that is most exciting about the project!

NovaDudely 3y ago

Whenever I see your stuff it is always so cool. Im also glad to see everyone still going at it years down the line. Now that there is decent money to back it up it so much better! Party on!

prox 3y ago

Akling, I hope you keep doing inspiring work! Thank you for your contributions!

deoxxa 3y ago

I just want a browser that tastes like a real browser!

lemper 3y ago

Andreas my guy! congrats! and I'm sure many people have asked this request: please integrate adblocking to Ladybird.

DexesTTP 3y ago
Well, good news about that, a simplified version of adblocking through content filtering[0] is already part of Ladybird (and has been part of Browser[1], the version of Ladybird integrated in Serenity, for a while). There is even a video[2] where Andreas implemented it! [0] https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Ladybird/WebContent/main.cpp#L106 https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Ladybird/... [1] https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/Applications/Browser/main.cpp#L49 https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc22wPqpaBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc22wPqpaBQ
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vkoskiv 3y ago
Basic pattern-based content filtering is already built right into LibWeb[1]. I spot 851 patterns that get filtered currently [2]. 1: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Loader/ContentFilter.h https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/... 2: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Base/home/anon/.config/BrowserContentFilters.txt https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Base/home...

userbinator 3y ago

As someone who has also been attempting to write a minimal browser in my free time, and so far has made much less progress, I fully support your fight against Big Browser.

yafetn 3y ago

Hi Andreas, when are we getting the next batch of “FIXME Roulette” videos? They’re the most entertaining yet educational debugging videos out there.

ChickeNES 3y ago

Is there a chance of an embeddedable/library version in the future? I think there are a lot of places where it would be useful, plus it would allow ports to more esoteric systems

roetlich 3y ago
I guess the library part is LibWeb: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Userland/...

LeFantome 3y ago

Huge thank you for SerenityOS, Ladybird, and maybe Jakt at some point. Did this sponsorship result from your presentation?

mysterydip 3y ago

Awesome and well deserved! One of my favorite projects.

wila 3y ago

That was a great presentation. Now I'm going to have to try Ladybird :D

wila 3y ago
It works! (of course it does) This is all very interesting. Next is poking around in it for a bit. Thanks so much.

Riverheart 3y ago

Hey akling, since you’re building a browser I’ve got to ask, do you have any thoughts on https://htmx.org/ https://htmx.org/ or whether it could be supported as part of some extension to Ladybird?

rmuratov 3y ago
I thought htmx is just a library, does it need support by the browser?
- DANmode 3y ago
  Make it natively supported, watch it catch on like wildfire if the browser gets any traction with devs.
  - recursivedoubts 3y ago
    @akling i'd be happy to chat about this if you are interested in extending HTML as a hypermedia. I'm the creator of htmx, and I don't think it should have to exist: it's what HTML should have evolved into.
- Riverheart 3y ago
  The htmx library emulates what would be possible if browsers supported gets/posts on other html elements like buttons. It’s a library because no browser supports this natively.

bArray 3y ago

Hello there, great work! I have been following since a long time, back when you were on Freenode IRC. If you do bridge your Discord to IRC, please do announce it somewhere. One suggestion: maintain your compatibility with Linux, as this would likely bring more people to your browser and lower the barrier to work on the browser.

samwillis 3y ago

Andreas has just had a second one! > In a surprising twist, I have just received a second $100,000 sponsorship for Ladybird development! > This one came in the form of an anonymous cryptocurrency donation, so now I need to talk to my tax accountant ASAP and figure out what to do.. https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1670440822129532928 https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1670440822129532928

marginalia_nu 3y ago
I guess it has to be the same guy feeling generous, but I just got a driveby dono of $100,000 in crypto as well :O
- eep_social 3y ago
  !! Congrats! Sounds pretty amazing coming right on the heels of your decision to go full time. I have so many questions — hope you’ll put out an update when you’re done celebrating ;)
  - marginalia_nu 3y ago
    Yeah it's very generous and amazing. ... although, like Andreas I have some things to figure out in terms of how to liquidate the asset. Swedish banks really don't like crypto, to the point where I've had trouble charging for API access because I couldn't prove the money wasn't from crypto :-/ I have some old friends who are deep into that world, gonna have to see what advice they have. Still, as far as problems go, it's a nice problem to have I guess.

matheusmoreira 3y ago

Congratulations, I wish you massive success.

Intermernet 3y ago

Congrats Andreas! I'm hoping that we see Ladybird become a contender in the browser space and in 10 years the browser landscape is once again diverse! Of course this means that in 20 years we will probably have another stagnated monoculture based on some weird 3rd party, hostile corporate fork of Ladybird, but by that time you will hopefully own a venture capital firm and will be happily sipping mojitos in the Bahamas, and the cycle shall begin again ;-)

DANmode 3y ago
> you will hopefully own a venture capital firm and will be happily sipping mojitos in the Bahamas, and the cycle shall begin again ;-) Or he could just be comfortable, and the product could keep delivering the same thing, with incentives mostly aligned on all sides. Not to bring negativity to the thread, but it's certainly possibly to do better than what you've described as a tongue-in-cheek norm.

SahAssar 3y ago

Hey, I tried to contact you (via twitter since I couldn't find an email) about if you would be interested in doing a talk at öredev about ladybird a few months back. I assume the lack of a reply meant you weren't interested, but if that wasn't the case and it was just drowned out in your notifications let me know :)