THE NEW Miscellaneous Talk That Doesn't Deserve A New Thread Thread Thread (Part 2)

Yeah maybe it does not exist for a good reasonโ€ฆ

gnu icecat?

also i looked it up and fennec is a(n android exclusive) thingโ€ฆ

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I wonder how different would the internet be if firefox and chrome had switched places in the fame theyโ€™ve attainedโ€ฆ

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I meanโ€ฆ when chrome was new and firefox was common, it was common, not as common as chromium as a whole but firefox had a very large market share once upon a time

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And what if it stayed that way? Would firefox become just like what chromium is now?

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likely not, chrome is a capitalistic monopoly driven by google. With firefox at the helm it would likely have gotten bad faster, but it would not have made gecko/spidermonkey as popular as chromium/v8, it simply has no incentive to force out other browser engines or spread itโ€™s hegemony. Chromium and webkit and some minor open source engines would have likely benefited, as opener more community driven projects like firefox are more likely to support web standards which define less about your browser and gracefully degrade instead of getting angry you arenโ€™t on chrome. Chromium would likely have still be VERY popular, maybe even slowly overtaking firefox eventually, google is a really powerful ally.

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So we eventually end up where we are nowโ€ฆ

Could fennec be eventually ported to other OS?

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It seems like a relatively small browser so probably not anytime soon.

But the icon looks so cute!

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Honestly I might use fennec, I use waterfox, which is quite good, but isnโ€™t anything special, if fennec has any good features it might sway me

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So we mightโ€™ve found you a new browser to use in a wayโ€ฆ

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whelp, iโ€™m hugely conflicted right now and may switch broswers, but waterfox had a big update I somehow missed, fennec is on f-droid but has telemetry not fully disabled, etc. lots of factors. I may switch soon, and am currently just wishing librewolf would port to mobile

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So librewolf for pc and fennec for phone is it then?

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A desert Beetle Onymacris plana is found to be the first animal found to use running as a cooling mechanism. They cool off by 13 degrees Celsius via running!

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What would that be called, ice-blooded?

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No wonder my throat felt so terrible for the past several daysโ€ฆ[1]


  1. Yes, I know the article is slightly old. โ†ฉ๏ธŽ

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Is this your first time going through the disease?

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I think I mightโ€™ve started that, i got horribly sick for weeks a couple months ago

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Are you saying you were the patient 0 of that variant?

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