[kwlug-disc] Firefox blasphemy: time to switch to Blink rendering engine?

[jekerr at sdf.org]

Hi everyone,
Try this, pick up a sheet of paper, squeeze it between your thumb and
finger. Check the distance separating your thumb and finger.

If I remember correctly, many years ago, that is how close we came to
handing the control of web standards over to Microsoft.

Somebody woke up and asked some very important questions and that plan
flew like an anvil.

Cheers
John

>> I would want Mozilla to remain on that steering committee, no matter
>> what.
>>
>> And this WebGPU sounds interesting.
>  >
>  > ...
>  > Agree, I think.  I want them on the committee, but if Mozilla has
> access
>  > to the open-sourced rendering engine, I'm not sure about what
>  > detrimental direction Google & Apple could take us in.  Perhaps a
>  > failure of imagination on my part.
>
>
> I agree AND I think this is a reason why they need to keep working on a
> renderer/browser.
>
> Standards, and web standards in particular, are established by a
> combination of standard setting and implementation.
>
> If Mozilla did not have a browser, then Google/Apple could just choose
> not to implement a standards which were not profitable for them. Then
> either the standard would be dead, or someone would need to start
> another browser.
>
> Similarly, if Google/Apple are the gatekeeper on the primary fork they
> can just not merge changes they don't like. Someone else could maintain
> a fork with the new feature, but now you have basically re-create
> Mozilla/Firefox.
>
>
> So, I guess make a donation to Mozilla and use Firefox? ;)
>
>
> Andrew
>
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