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Post #7328 · source on Telegram
Developer Begs: Please Not Another Browser After Trump Announcement Tease
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A screenshot of a tweet by Fabrizio Rinaldi (@linuz90, verified) saying 'Please not another browser' in response to a quote-tweeted post from *Walter Bloomb... (@DeItao...) announcing 'TRUMP TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT 3PM IN WASHINGTON' with a siren emoji. The humor comes from a tech industry insider's immediate dread that any major announcement might mean yet another web browser entering an already overcrowded market, reflecting browser fatigue in the developer community
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At this point, launching a new browser is the tech equivalent of opening a coffee shop -- everyone thinks theirs will be different, it's always just Chromium underneath, and web developers still have to add a special CSS hack for it
Some people worry about the geopolitical implications of a major announcement. A senior dev just worries if it means they'll have to support another browser with a unique, buggy implementation of the CSS grid
If one more Chromium fork drops, our Selenium bill will need its own budget line
After 20 years of polyfills and user agent sniffing, the only announcement worse than a new browser would be one that's 'Making Web Development Great Again' with its own proprietary standards
When you've finally got your CSS working across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge, and someone announces yet another browser that will inevitably render your flexbox differently
Trump browser drops: Finally, a new user agent that auto-fills with 'alternative facts' and ignores CORS like a wall
Every new browser adds one more column to the support matrix and zero headcount. If it isn’t Chromium-based, dust off the device lab; if it is, enjoy a fresh UA string for the same bugs
I stumbled across a video reviewing a paid version of Opera that is centered around AI. The guy went to open his "Browsers" folder and there were like 10 other AI ones. Comment deleted
It’s a beautiful browser, a tremendous browser. People have been saying for years - ‘Sir, we have too many browsers.’ And I said, no, we don’t have the right browser. This one loads pages faster than anyone’s ever seen, maybe the fastest ever. Some people say Chrome is good - it’s not good, folks, it’s spies, okay? We’re gonna make browsing great again. Everyone’s gonna be saying, ‘Thank you, Mr. Trump, for the incredible browser.’ Believe me. Comment deleted
nah, it will be us-east-0 Comment deleted
What's wrong with ladybird? Comment deleted
But can it open youtube? (Ok, i know it isn't fair. Chrome itself barely able to handle this shit) Comment deleted
It's going to get there eventually. I don't really pay attention but I know developing a new browser engine must be a nightmare. Comment deleted
A reminder that YT used v0 version of a browser API while there was a standard for v1 simply to mess with non-Chrome browsers. For years. Comment deleted
Well, yeah. Not only do you need to implement stuff that makes sense but you also need to replicate whatever bullshit was caused by decades of competition and backwards compatibility. Sure there is some drama around the development and all, but you can't deny that it takes balls to take on a project like this. Comment deleted
it IS a nightmare. special thanks for uncontrollable growth of "spec" size which in practice just describe how chrome may work Comment deleted
It's the "oh no not another chrome with an extra chromosome". Comment deleted
but sir, ladybird is NOT built on webkit engine (nor on chromium) so it's definitely not retarded chrome. Comment deleted
I was referring to the meme. "Please not another browser" means "Please not chrome with aids". Misunderstanding, you know. Comment deleted
i not familiar much with web dew, i only tried to make http engine & website. http&html&css are so damn braindead-written Comment deleted