@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoMicrosoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, toowww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down112cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@beehaw.org
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minus-square@diffusive@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoThere is a net effect in browsers and in rendering engines especially. The more people use chrome engine (that is pretty much everyone except Firefox) the more web developers support only Chrome because… Cost/layoffs. For this reason i make a point in using only FF (except for websites that already don’t work with Geko). Monopolies are not good for anyone (especially with current Google attitude)
minus-square@laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoSaying “everyone except Firefox” is not accurate. Iceweasel, Pale Moon, Librewolf, etc, they all use the Gecko rendering engine. Are they a fraction of a blip in the ecosystem? Unfortunately, yes.
minus-square@Andrenikous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoI kind of want to checkout Iceweasel off name alone.
minus-square@laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoI think I did once many years ago, and it looked like pretty much Firefox with a different theme. I’m assuming today it looks more like its own thing.
There is a net effect in browsers and in rendering engines especially.
The more people use chrome engine (that is pretty much everyone except Firefox) the more web developers support only Chrome because… Cost/layoffs.
For this reason i make a point in using only FF (except for websites that already don’t work with Geko).
Monopolies are not good for anyone (especially with current Google attitude)
Saying “everyone except Firefox” is not accurate. Iceweasel, Pale Moon, Librewolf, etc, they all use the Gecko rendering engine. Are they a fraction of a blip in the ecosystem? Unfortunately, yes.
I kind of want to checkout Iceweasel off name alone.
I think I did once many years ago, and it looked like pretty much Firefox with a different theme. I’m assuming today it looks more like its own thing.