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> WebKit. > A web browser designed from the ground-up. Both of these can't be true. Perhaps they're thinking of Ladybird?

by fooqux 3mo ago

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KPGv2 3mo ago
WebKit is a rendering engine, not a browser. It's a bit like saying "that isn't original art because you used Earth physics that govern how paint flows and dries.
- mattmcal 3mo ago
  The particular choice of the marketing phrase "from the ground up" sort of invites this kind of commentary on HN. This is hardly the first WebKit-based browser, so any commenter specifically holding their breath for a new, independent rendering and layout engine or JS engine might feel inclined to roll their eyes and snark.
- mdlxxv 3mo ago
  I dunno. It's more like saying "that isn't your original art because you didn't paint it, only provided the frame". A pretty elaborate frame, yes, but only the frame, not the painting.
  - danpalmer 3mo ago
    I think this is underselling the browser UX. In many ways, Safari, Orion, Chrome, Brave, Opera, are all very different products despite all sharing the WebKit lineage.
    - doodlesdev 3mo ago
      Chrome, Brave and Opera are as much WebKit as Safari and Kagi Orion are KHTML. I wholeheartly agree on the UX part, though.
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- lugoues 3mo ago
  How dare you paint without making your own pigments!
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  - self_awareness 3mo ago
    You make your own pigments? I hope you didn't re-use already existing atoms for that
    - LoganDark 3mo ago
      Sir, you have a license for those electrons?
konart 3mo ago
Can't you build (and design before that) an OS from ground up around Linux?
- randallsquared 3mo ago
  Well, no, to be clear! There are a lot of decisions that are made already for you when you use something else as a foundation.
saagarjha 3mo ago
WebKit is a web engine, not a browser.
- LoganDark 3mo ago
  WebKit is also not the ground.
silverlemontea 3mo ago
Ladybird is dogshit
- MYEUHD 3mo ago
  Ladybird is still in early development. They don't provide binaries. I don't think it's fair to deem it "dogshit" at this point.

> WebKit. > A web browser designed from the ground-up. Both of these can't be true. Perhaps they're thinking of Ladybird?

by fooqux 3mo ago

> WebKit. > A web browser designed from the ground-up. Both of these can't be true. Perhaps they're thinking of Ladybird?

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KPGv2 3mo ago

WebKit is a rendering engine, not a browser. It's a bit like saying "that isn't original art because you used Earth physics that govern how paint flows and dries.

mattmcal 3mo ago
The particular choice of the marketing phrase "from the ground up" sort of invites this kind of commentary on HN. This is hardly the first WebKit-based browser, so any commenter specifically holding their breath for a new, independent rendering and layout engine or JS engine might feel inclined to roll their eyes and snark.
mdlxxv 3mo ago
I dunno. It's more like saying "that isn't your original art because you didn't paint it, only provided the frame". A pretty elaborate frame, yes, but only the frame, not the painting.
- danpalmer 3mo ago
  I think this is underselling the browser UX. In many ways, Safari, Orion, Chrome, Brave, Opera, are all very different products despite all sharing the WebKit lineage.
  - doodlesdev 3mo ago
    Chrome, Brave and Opera are as much WebKit as Safari and Kagi Orion are KHTML. I wholeheartly agree on the UX part, though.
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lugoues 3mo ago
How dare you paint without making your own pigments!
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- self_awareness 3mo ago
  You make your own pigments? I hope you didn't re-use already existing atoms for that
  - LoganDark 3mo ago
    Sir, you have a license for those electrons?

konart 3mo ago

Can't you build (and design before that) an OS from ground up around Linux?

randallsquared 3mo ago
Well, no, to be clear! There are a lot of decisions that are made already for you when you use something else as a foundation.

saagarjha 3mo ago

WebKit is a web engine, not a browser.

LoganDark 3mo ago
WebKit is also not the ground.

silverlemontea 3mo ago

Ladybird is dogshit

MYEUHD 3mo ago
Ladybird is still in early development. They don't provide binaries. I don't think it's fair to deem it "dogshit" at this point.