[HN Gopher] Dooble Web Browser
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       Dooble Web Browser
        
       Author : smartmic
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2023-04-08 21:17 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (textbrowser.github.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (textbrowser.github.io)
        
       | snvzz wrote:
       | This is just another browser using Qt's WebEngine (uses
       | chromium's blink underneath) lib.
       | 
       | It would be interesting if it was an actual new engine.
       | 
       | Alternative (non-khtml-derivative nor gecko) open-source engines
       | sorted by descended perception of liveliness include:
       | Ladybird[0], NetSurf[1], Links[2] and Dillo[3].
       | 
       | 0. https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Ladybird
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       | 1. https://www.netsurf-browser.org/
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       | 2. http://links.twibright.com/about.php
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       | 3. https://www.dillo.org/
        
         | jug wrote:
         | Ladybird is so crazy. How they are accomplishing that much in
         | this short period of time with their manpower. I mean, it's no
         | small feat to make a web browser render many of today's
         | websites.
         | 
         | I wonder if it's skill or a good underlying rendering
         | architecture that allows rapid evolution like this.
         | 
         | I've learnt that reinventing the wheel to "get it right" is
         | usually a fallacy among junior devs, but I wonder how much
         | cruft that hampers productivity accumulates in a highly complex
         | renderer over time.
        
         | pipeline_peak wrote:
         | Writing a browser engine that supports the modern web and run
         | on personal computers is never going to happen unless there's
         | some legal intervention. All the examples you've given are
         | living proof.
         | 
         | We're at the mercy of Blink and WebKit. The latter only due to
         | Apples iron grip on iOS browsers.
        
           | callumprentice wrote:
           | https://awesomekling.github.io/Ladybird-a-new-cross-
           | platform...
           | 
           | A mammoth task but the Serenity team is making huge progress.
        
           | quicklime wrote:
           | It's not impossible, and the examples listed are living proof
           | that it is possible.
           | 
           | People often cite the failure of Edge/Trident - even with the
           | resources of Microsoft, it's still impossible to compete with
           | Google.
           | 
           | But there's a big difference between "competing with Google
           | and taking significant market share away from Chrome" and
           | just "writing a browser engine that supports the modern web
           | and runs on personal computers". The latter is definitely not
           | impossible.
        
       | paulryanrogers wrote:
       | Page wasn't clear what it is though the GitHub project had this:
       | 
       | > Dooble is a scientific browser. Minimal, cute, unusually
       | stable, and available almost everywhere. Completed.
       | 
       | Guess it's not so completed if they're still updating.
        
         | andybak wrote:
         | What a terrible post and/or landing page (HN's rules probably
         | hamstrung OP to some degree).
         | 
         | Absolutely lacking in any context. I'm still unclear about the
         | "why should I care?" part.
        
           | blueflow wrote:
           | I found it to be a refreshing contrast to all these websites
           | that try to sell me some software or product. And the sort of
           | things mentioned in the changelog gives a good impression
           | about the state of the codebase.
        
             | user00012-ab wrote:
             | There are like 100 new things on HN every day. No one is
             | really going to look at your page if you give 0 explanation
             | on what it is or why someone should care. Even a 1
             | paragraph about summary would have been useful.
             | 
             | Even the title here was completely void of any meaning on
             | what this was.
        
               | blueflow wrote:
               | Its a web browser.
        
               | andybak wrote:
               | We have those. Why is this one interesting or different?
               | 
               | Heck. What rendering engine is it using?
        
               | blueflow wrote:
               | I found it interesting because it has stability written
               | on their Github page and the Change log reads like a
               | matured project. I might try it as replacement for
               | Firefox. I don't know what you would find interesting.
        
               | andybak wrote:
               | I didn't make it to the changelog because I had nothing
               | that gave me a sense of whether this was worth digging
               | into.
        
           | masukomi wrote:
           | I had the same reaction. I came to the comments here hoping
           | someone had already explained "why i should care" or "why i
           | should use this". Alas...
        
       | stareatgoats wrote:
       | Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29736882
       | (December 30, 2021, 52 comments)
        
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