Why do I want this? There are already many browsers available, and this one isn’t even (apparently: yet) FOSS, so why should I be excited about this one?
There are only four browser engines running all the the different browsers. Each engine controlled by a massive company. Each company tries to capture user data with their default offering.
Orion browser claims it will i be different but that is currently just a claim.
Even the title says it’s webkit based
That page only lists browser engines it thinks are “notable”, which is not the same as viable. Microsoft stopped developing its own engines when it moved Edge to Blink.
Currently there are four viable browser engines (still being developed and capable of displaying enough sites with enough accuracy to make a plausible daily driver) in two families: WebKit and its fork Blink, and Gecko and its fork Goanna. Goanna is not corporate. In addition, there are some experimental engines, like Ladybird’s.
I won’t deny that the situation is dire, but it isn’t quite as bad as you’ve painted it. Yet.
Isn’t this why ladybird exists?
That’s a question for a search engine.
Yeah, that’s one way to do an elevator pitch!
Did you think I was a salesperson?
No I don’t, but then again, you seem to be trying to spread awareness about this thing.
Narrator: “It won’t go well”
Haha well at least we know that they’re still actively working on it!
That’s all I can think of when I hear/read “if all goes well”
This is kind of dope. Used Orion on macOS and it was pretty slick. Uses both Firefox and Chrome extensions.
Probably won’t be as popular on Linux.
Really im just waiting for ladybird. I use safari on my apple devices because of battery life and Zen on Linux and Mac devices for ublock and foss. I’m ngl every time I use a chrome based browser though I’m reminded how websites are supposed to work everything is about 1 billion times faster. I sure hope ladybird will allow me to finally not browser hop / hate my browser. There’s no need for new browsers that aren’t foss at this point.
