Talking of open source browsers, I'm super excited by the Ladybird Browser [0] from the SerenityOS [1] project. They have made such incredible progress in such a short time. For those that don't know its a completely new browser + renderer + js engine, everything from scratch.
Andreas has hinted that he is considering pushing the browser project to be a bigger thing, and positioning it as a legitimate and viable alternative to browsers with a corporate influence (which Firefox unfortunately is):
> Hypothetically, would you consider sponsoring a completely new web browser (no big tech companies involved) that refuses to take money from the advertising industry?
This could only be a good thing, and I for one would happily sponsor a browser (and rendering engine) that is independent and only serving users needs. All other open source browsers and engines are backed by corporations with their own agenda.
Not yet, so far they have approached it the same at the rest of the Serenity project - compile it yourself. Which for the motivations of Serenity as a hobbyist OS make sense, but if Ladybird "graduates" from a hobby project I'm sure they will make builds available.
Andreas has hinted that he is considering pushing the browser project to be a bigger thing, and positioning it as a legitimate and viable alternative to browsers with a corporate influence (which Firefox unfortunately is):
> Hypothetically, would you consider sponsoring a completely new web browser (no big tech companies involved) that refuses to take money from the advertising industry?
https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1612856174965129216
This could only be a good thing, and I for one would happily sponsor a browser (and rendering engine) that is independent and only serving users needs. All other open source browsers and engines are backed by corporations with their own agenda.
0: https://awesomekling.github.io/Ladybird-a-new-cross-platform...
1: https://serenityos.org