Cloudflare backs Ladybird, a new open-source browser, and Omarchy, a Linux setup tool, to advance innovation across the modern open web.
  • amzd@lemmy.world
    241·
    2 days ago

    to advance innovation across the modern open web.

    CloudFlare is literally the exact opposite of the open web…

    • jcr@jlai.luFrançais
      104·
      2 days ago

      There has been way too many advertising around this “Ladybird” to be a honest …

        • LeFantome@programming.dev
          61·
          2 days ago

          The founder of the Ladybird project is quite good at getting attention for his projects. He used it first to build community around his SerenityOS project. He is using it now to build awareness around Ladybird and, in particular, to attract financial sponsors.

          My assumption is that the level of promotion triggers distrust in the commenter.

          In my view, it should be a model for Open Source projects in general. He managed to get enough Patreon support to go full-time on SerenityOS. Many devs provide absolutely crucial software used by everyone while struggling to also work ful-time and pay the bills. He was able to use that full-time freedom to start something as ambitious as a ground-up browser project within SerenityOS. And he attracted many collaborators to his cause. Progress was rapid enough that he split off into the dedicated Ladybird browser project for which he now has an impressive list of financial sponsors. This has allowed his to hire full-time staff. There are still volunteers.

          If every Open Source project followed his lead, the world would be a difference place.

          It is worth noting how much more slowly SerenityOS is evolving now that he is gone. And what is happening is largely invisible to the wider world.

          In my mind, the effective community engagement has allowed the Ladybird project to advance with less corporate oversight, not more. There is less risk of this becoming Google or Mozilla. Of course, time will tell.

  • zeezee@slrpnk.net
    111·
    2 days ago

    I tried ladybird and it’s obviously very early stages but it’s so slow that I am quite curious how they’ll solve the JavaScript performance problem that V8 engineers have spent the last almost 20 years solving.

    I wish them luck tho as we do need more alternatives in the space

    • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
      22·
      2 days ago

      Does it need another C++ browser engine though? I don’t see what advantage this will possibly offer over just using Blink or WebKit.

      • glitchdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        anything that takes market share away from google and google controlled platforms. As it is, google effectively owns the internet, and that’s too much power for any single company to have.

        • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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          2 days ago

          Yes but why will it take market share away from Google? I can’t see why anyone would use it. It’s going to be slower, less well supported and not even any more secure.

          Servo at least has potential upsides: better security and performance. But another C++ engine is never going to have either of those.