Thread 105575184

Been living under a rock for a while, so looking to hear your opinion on Kling's new web browser.
Seems pretty slick. anyone here tried it?
>Unlike most new web browsers, Ladybird does not rely on Chromium or Firefox and uses its own rendering engine and JavaScript engine
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybird_(web_browser)

>>105575184 (OP)
It's written in Swift and releases never ever.

>>105575213
bro, its written in c++

Probably won't be stable enough for public use for another few years but it's nice to see someone trying to make an independent browser.

>>105575230
https://linuxiac.com/ladybird-browser-team-selects-swift-as-preferred-language/
https://old.lemmy.sdf.org/post/20844850

>>105575230
Not for long, they’ve been refactoring in Swift since last August or so according to Kling.

>>105575237
regarding that, i found pic rel (1), which makes me optimistic. i wanna leave firefox and their "we own the rights to anything you transmit through the browser"-license

(1)https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-ladybird-exciting-new-browser/

>>105575184 (OP)
Ladybird... I still can't get over that name. It sounds like a Thai hooker

>>105575255
ok, my bad, youre right
>swift
so what is so bad about swift vs c++?

>>105575294
It's the name of a mid arthouse film from 2017
I assume it's not a reference to that film, but I don't think of anything else when I hear the name.

>>105575328
I couldn't tell my dad I was using a browser called Ladybird without him disowning me forever. This is enough to get people killed in other countries.

>>105575413
just fork it and give it a real butch name to prove you're not gay to your dad

>>105575304
Swift is a gay language for Apple products. More importantly, it's vaporware and will never be usable as a daily driver.

>>105575413
I assume it's just the project name of the browser engine, and the browser itself will get a proper name if it's ever released.
That's notwithstanding how insecure it is that you cannot use a piece of software because the name has "lady" in it

>>105575483
fuck
do they ever clarify what their reasoning is for shifting from c++ to swift? cant be performance

that symbol looks familiar
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>coopting privacy and foss again
not today satan

>>105575550
Memory safety but not Rust

>>105575413
>>105575294
It's a cute name of a cute animal, get a grip