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[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 70 points 2 days ago (4 children)

My first impression was the lead developer calling a PR for gender neutral pronouns in the documentation "personal politics". Pardon me if I'm still underwhelmed, no matter the state of the project.

[–] TGhost@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Ohhh,
The name of this browser, and this commit, that's definitely a no go concerning me.

There is enough as**oles like this,

[–] CitricBase@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

With you in that the sexist comment means avoid, but am I missing something about the browser name? Aren't ladybirds just what ladybugs are called in the UK?

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/insects/ladybird-facts/

[–] TGhost@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] fayoh@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I need a little more help here. Maybe it's just about not having English as a native language, but the link talks about avoiding the word bug because of connections to sodomy?

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

It's not just you. I can't imagine many people associating bug with... sodomy. 🤷‍♀️ What exactly were Middle English people doing with bugs?

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

Honestly the name was enough for me but seeing the commit discussion certainly makes me feel justified for judging a book by its cover.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

That's disappointing.

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 55 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"first alpha release is expected ~16 months from now"

"First Impression: I was not impressed"

You don't say

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This feels like a filler post. What can we usefully learn about a browser that's over a year away from an alpha release?

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

The article sucks, but not because it's about early stage software. I'd love to get a deep dive on its architecture and how it would differ from the other browsers

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago
[–] quissberry@lemmy.cafe 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I tried two months ago when people were talking about it, and I learned the reason why they said it's going to take years for the first release. Honestly I am pessimistic about the browser situation these days, but best of luck

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Might come along just in time for when Mozilla pulls the plug of Firefox and ends up just using a rebrand of Chrome.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

I think trying to do a "modern web browser" which is almost like a whole OS, is the wrong path to take. To retake the internet, we need to return to the basics. A simple web browser that does, at best, HTML and CSS. Heck, maybe even Gopher / Gemini support. No javascript, no worry about code execution, no "dynamics". Much easier to develop and maintain, and promotes a leaner and safer internet.

Now, be it a hobby project or some sort of, by miraculous intervention, cleaned-up Mozilla, that I leave to the peoples.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Stupid name. Branding will not help this browser.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it needs to be called xxxShinybugOfFIREEEEExxx or something because then it would sound like every other browser but with edginess up to 11 /s

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The name is fantastic, however the logo looks pretty cheap, the previous one (used on SerenityOS) was much better and unique.