http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/11/future_of_firefox_is_chrome/
>The head of Mozilla's Firefox browser is looking to the future. And, for the moment at least, it seems to lie in rival Chrome.
>Senior VP Mark Mayo caused a storm by revealing that the Firefox team is working on a next-generation browser that will run on the same technology as Google's Chrome browser.
>The biggest surprise, however, was that the project, named Tofino, will not use Firefox's core technology – Gecko – but will instead plumb for Electron, which is built on the technology behind Google's Chrome browser, called Chromium.
Mozilla stahp!
Fuck that shit.
SJWzilla proved a long time ago they're not intersted in Making Browsing Great Again.
Now they're bunch of cunts interested only in them sweet foundation money
Rip
Browsers are monopoly now. Might as well use Yandex botnet
Welp. No other serious alternatives anymore.
>>54017361
Excuse me?
Where were you when "those furry degenerate faggots" you all seem to hate so much saved general-purpose computing?
miss me yet?
>>54017006
>tfw Firefox is finally working 100% as I want it right now
>It's stable, fast, reliable
>All my addons work flawlessly
>tfw I know that one day it will all go to hell
>tfw that day is coming soon
Maybe I should just blacklist Firefox updates.
>>54017556
Please save us from homosexuals, DRM and stupid browser designs
>>54017006
Just another press-statement completely backfiring and exploding in their face.
They really, REALLY cannot do these things at all.
And now you know why Mozilla is going down the drain. Their internal communication is a carbon-copy of their external communication.
>>54017593
Im in that situation too. I even found a perfect theme last night.
Fuck this shit
>>54017597
>brave has ads and micropayments
>not stupid browser designs
>guaranteed to also have drm
>will also probably have to start sucking liberal cock so people will forgive him for supporting prop 8
>>54017593
Just disable automatic updates and do it manually after checking out the release notes for every new version.
It's not like you're going to miss the shitstorm on /g/ the day it happens. Also, if you are using the current address bar (the awesome bar), I believe a new version is on its way and it's even shittier.
Servo when?
Well... We can always fork Firefox just before this shit happens and work with what is left.
From now on I won't give th Mozilla Foundation a dime.
>>54017776
right after e10s is stable
>never
>>54017006
rip xp support, rip mozilla, long live samsung and servo
>>54017006
So Firefox is just just going to be another Chrome skin like Opera, welp time to go to Palemoon!
Firefox died with the introduction of Australis, is anyone seriously still using that garbage?
>>54017417
I guess you missed the we have to rebase to a newer FF version news.. :/
My ideal browser would be a Firefox fork that still uses Gecko for XUL (addon compat), but uses Blink for HTML.
>>54017752
I don't think Linux versions auto update the same way, it's usually done through the package manager.
>>54017945
You're absolutely right. That said, do people auto-update on Linux? I figure most users would at least like to see what updates are out there and to choose when to update.
>>54017982
Well, most users run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade or pacman -Syu and just update everything that's available to update after having a quick glimpse of the applications updating.
So my original point is I might go ahead and blacklist Firefox updates from pacman.
It's all KDE's fault for choosing to license KHTML LGPL rather than full-blown GPL, you know right?
>>54017998
That sounds reasonable.
>>54018051
what difference would it have made?
Chromium is open source if that's your thing.
>>54017006
well blink is a piece of shit, and edge is for windows only. no good graphical browser for Linux, game over.
>>54018144
Tried Midori, Otter, Qupzilla...
All fucking shit!
So /g/ is gonna make another browser now correct?
>>54018144
Time to move to homosex OS, John.
also
WHY THE FUCK DID THEY EVEN START DEVELOPING SERVO IF THEY WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER CHROMIUM WITH A DIFFERENT THEME
>>54018172
Nah. Just buy a Mac and use Safari.
Still waiting on a decent update to luakit.
Is there a project out there that makes a compatibility layer for OS X apps on Linux?
>>54018259
http://www.darlinghq.org/
>At this point, does not yet run OS X application with a GUI
https://medium.com/@david_bryant/embed-everything-9aeff6911da0#.ku4ztbaao
inb4 Google vs US government case
>>54017006
>The Register
dropped
>>54017417
Yeah, it's still working. For how long, though?
>>54017556
>Helped create javascript
Hope he dies in a fire
>>54018325
web as we know it is impossible w/o java :)
The Register is blatantly misrepresenting what "Tofino" is.
It's a series of UX experiments. Mozilla basically trapped a bunch of UX "devs" in a room for a few months and is forcing them to design a new interface. They're using electron for prototyping, it's easier to modify javascript on the fly.
https://medium.com/project-tofino/browsers-innovators-dilemma-and-project-tofino-ef634c6164f0?source=latest---
Sounds good.
Chrome has the better backend
-multiple processes
-gpu supported features
-pages rendered correctly
Firefox has the superior frontend
-awesome bar is the biggest feature
-tabs and tab placement
-general ability to adjust the interface.
>>54018459
>-pages rendered correctly
kek, I really love how Chrome shits itself with any sort of css element alignment, can't wait for Firefox to have the same shit.
Time to find a new browser. Fucking Mozilla, they used to be great.
>>54018412
Also do note that Mozilla is also working on a completely different project that makes Gecko compatible with Electron.
https://github.com/mozilla/positron
The fact that these experiments use Electron APIs does not necessarily mean they will be using Chromium itself as the backend.
>>54017006
downloading chrome
>>54017417
Technically furfags should be the most trustworthy people in computing today. They aren't pajeets nor jews nor hipsters nor SJWs, they're only in it for their own weird fetishes.
>>54017556
>miss me yet?
I see what you're doing with that Brave botnet shit, so, no.
I actually installed Chromium today, I'm not using it yet, but it's really only a matter of time now, or I use a firefox fork. It must be intentional, no-one can possibly fuck up such a good browser so bad without doing it on purpose. It's a shame to see FF go but hopefully in the future when this fad of SJW dies, real hard working people that actually care about the browser and not just social justice can work to make it good again, though by that point it's probably going to be impossible.
Maybe it'll finally manage to be a decent browser now.
>>54017891
what?
>>54018412
>>54018579
That sounds better, I can sleep in peace now.
>>54018379
>implying the web as we know is good
>not using carrot nose smiley for extra memeiness
:~^)
>>54017556
wait, this dude is behind the brave browser???
well, brave it is then.
>>54021805
welcome newfriend
>>54021845
>implying implications
That's what you get for bloating up the web standards so much.
No one wants to write an engine that handles all that modern web crap flawlessly, evven when retard web devs throw mbs of javascript at you.
>>54017593
>>It's stable, fast
Stopped reading there.
>>54018078
KHTML (Konqueror/KDE) -> WebKit (Safari/Apple) -> Blink (Chromium/Google) -> Everything else Chromium based
The problem that guy suggest is that IF KDE had made KHTML full GPL, Apple wouldn't had picked it up for WebKit and none of this would had happened.
I personally blame Mozilla for relying on Gecko for so long. It's no secret Gecko's codebase is a clusterfuck no one in this planet fully understands and a rewrite was long overdue. I remember circa 2006 when everyone was pointing this out and Mozilla did nothing because they were beating IE out of the competition. Shame they didn't think of their future.
>>54022124
I tried switching to Konqueror, but it's a fucking mess.
>>54021805
It's a literal botnet, that's the entire gimmick.
>>54022407
as far as I've seen its based on chrome, but looks shittier.
I am using vivaldi anyways.. Esthetics > fear for privacy
READ THIS BEFORE YOU START SPROUTING SHIT AS USUAL
>>54018412
>>54018412
>>54018412
>>54018412
>>54018412
FUCKING IDIOTS
>>54021060
get iridium instead
And here I was hoping I wouldn't have to start seriously working on my Servo based browser for a couple years yet.
>>54022165
Konqueror as a browser is quite shitty, but it renders pages in the most beautiful way I've ever seen.
>checked on KDE 3.x
>>54022817
I know. I wish it was usable.
>>54022817
What do you mean by that?
>>54022882
It's an obscure browser, back when I tested it, plugins were still a thing and it's UA caused big sites to serve shitty versions of their pages -- Yes, you can the UA but you have to go through some trial and error.
I suppose with HTML5 displacing most plugins this has changed, but I haven't really tested it recently.
Well, FORK Mozilla, then.
>>54017556
Nope. I'm happy you're gone. Seeing what you're doing with your new browser, I can only imagine what damage you would have caused to Firefox.
Also, it should be obvious that this is a clickbait or just plainly horribly researched article. See also >>54018412.
>>54017006
RIP mozilla. damn shame.
>>54017006
Once they do this, why would anyone bother using FF over chrome?
Palemoon wins. And if someone prefers Chrome, they will just use it instead of the dime store knockoff.
>>54023018
Maybe I was unclear. I meant to ask you about that "it renders pages in the most beautiful way I've ever seen" part.
I think I've used it sometimes (mostly because Firefox was not installed yet), but I tend to confuse it with Rekonq. One of them also worked as a file manager for a short time.
>>54023333
>Once they do this
Once they do what?
Read this, tripfagging shithead: >>54018412
>>54023371
They are already trying to make FF more like Chrome. A good number of my FF extensions don't even work in FF anymore because of this shit. They still work in Palemoon, btw.
>>54023333
>no 60fps in youtube
>Palemoon wins
Nope
>>54023333
>Palemoon wins
Said no one, ever.
>>54017006
the moment they switch to webshit i am done with FF
>>54017417
>serious
>>54024828
wut
>>54024852
You haven't been paying attention
>>54017006
>all my fucking extensions
Fuck you mozzarella
why do they stop making their own core? Gecko as Firefox, Presto as Opera...
the core, I think the main function of it is a rendering engine, is hard to maintain?
>>54025525
>why do they stop making their own core?
Who ever said that? Fuck's sake, they're even developing the Servo engine as a research project in order to improve Gecko!
READ THIS >>54018412 AND STOP THIS WHOLE "FIREFOX IS GOING BLINK" MADNESS
>>54018412
And then they suddenly decide to release the prototype as the actual product as they found out using electron is far easier than maintaining an aging gecko or trying to create a massively parallel rendering engine like servo
>tfw switched to palemoon a week ago
>>54017006
>people actually believe this is true when Mozilla is developing Servo
Fucking retards.
>>54025887
Clickbaiting "journalists" are doing their share of damage here too.
Google Chrome team has revealed themselves to be dick sucking nigger lovers. Please, there must be a way to get rid of this shit. And Mozilla thinks this is eventually the way to go.
>>54025980
What do you mean with "that shit"? The vocal search?
The biggest reason I hate Google for is their getting rid of the text reflow feature. A capability every browser had since the dawn of the web was suddenly removed in their push for "mobile-optimized" websites, and every other browser maker promptly followed suit (notable exception: the almighty Opera). That's truly an unpunished crime against accessibility
>>54026092
I'm referring to the trending searches pushed upon you whenever you use the search bar in android, example in the screenshot above. There is no way to get rid of it. Seems to be a "punishment" for not enabling web history.
>>54026129
What's the point of searching through the Google app instead of directly using FF's awesomebar, where you can simply not enable suggestions?
>>54026167
Stupid me, I was not aware that it existed
>>54018412
thanks bruh
>>54018412
>trapped a bush of UX devs
top kek
