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Re:The Era of the Trident Engine by nradov on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:14PM (#22148014)
There will probably never be another complete new web browser developed from scratch. Browsers are already being supplanted by native mobile apps, wearable devices, voice interfaces, and (just starting) AR / VR. Browser use is still growing worldwide but the trend is toward slower growth. No one will invest hundreds of person years to build a product in a market with declining growth and entrenched competition.
Re:The Era of the Trident Engine by LoSboccacc on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:45PM (#22148210)
doubtful claim, with all the operating systems being brewed as insurance policy against google pulling a google on android. they will all have their browser too.
Re:The Era of the Trident Engine by nradov on Saturday January 25, 2020 @05:57PM (#22149165)
Modern browser engines are reasonably portable. When a new OS arrives the developers will just port Firefox or Chromium to it.
Re:The Era of the Trident Engine by smallstepforman on Sunday January 26, 2020 @12:20AM (#22150523)
Haiku had a port of Mozilla and Web+ is Webkit based, and it still doesn’t have a port of Chromium or Firefox.