Re:Servo plans to move their layout engine to “Layout 2020”
by xcdzvyn on Friday April 14, 2023 @12:01AM
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I wouldn't say this is an uncommon philosophy. I for one am very aware that Firefox is, for the most part, an objectively worse browser than Chrome; SpiderMonkey is worse than V8, Gecko is worse than Blink. I still use it in a futile attempt to avoid Google's monopoly on the web (and for tree-style tab), but I'm perpetually disappointed by Mozilla's mismanagement of Firefox.
It's as if Mozilla is trying to morph Firefox in to a discount Chrome clone by stripping it of its only appeal, killing it's viability to both markets simultaneously.
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Re:Servo plans to move their layout engine to “Layout 2020”
by kelnos on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:27AM
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I agree with you that Mozilla's mismanagement of... everything... had been a disappointment, but Firefox is... fine. I've used it for years and have few complaints. I expect it's strictly worse than Chrome on several axes, but I doubt in ways that most people would notice or care about.
Re:Servo plans to move their layout engine to “Layout 2020”
by lelanthran on Friday April 14, 2023 @03:27AM
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I wouldn't say this is an uncommon philosophy. I for one am very aware that Firefox is, for the most part, an objectively worse browser than Chrome;
Maybe it is objectively inferior to chrome, but not enought to make me switch.
IOW, I'm not missing anything by staying with FF because all the sites I use work with FF.
In fact, a site that only works on one browser is probably not a site that anyone goes to anyway, objective metrics be damned.