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[-] Oisteink@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

You guys should make a browser engine

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Given the complexity of creating a new browser securely (or at all) then this suggestion is not good.

We already have projects that focus on smaller parts of a web browser (e.g a video player) which are free software. We should work on those and encourage their use over all browsers.

[-] Oisteink@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

Easy enough - i assume you are working on one of these

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That is a massive undertaking that hasn't been done in a very long time. Modern browsers have either been around for 20 years or are forks. (Sometimes both)

We are taking about creating something from scratch. That can take 5-10 years to do.

The good news is that we have plenty of tools on our tool belt. Think browsers such as Mull and Librewolf plus extensions like ublock.

[-] Oisteink@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago

Oh - I thought thats what the story was about. Building a new browser engine.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

It is but it takes a lot of time

[-] Oisteink@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

Well - I’m not part of the project but I respect the deveopers that are and that they make the right decision for their work or spare time.

If you are part of the project but feel that your effort is wasted you should indeed work on something else

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