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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel bad for the people who were eliminated. The browser has been stagnating for a while now, maybe a smaller team can be more focused on making a better, more modern browser.

The mobile browser is top notch. The desktop browser has been slowly catching up with the basic innovations of other browsers.

They definitely need to find a new source of funding.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They need to stop bloating the web, so that browser development stops taking billion dollar budgets.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure, Google is at the forefront of that endeavor. Apple has no interest in keeping up. And Mozilla needs to stay in the talks for whatever Google proposes to ensure the webstandard can be implemented by others.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

History questions: which company invented JavaScript?

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Netscape. Specifically the homophobe guy that's now leading the Chromium-based browser Brave.

I'm being a jackass about it, because that was 28 years ago. You can't say they should stop bloating the web and then bring up an example from before Google even existed.

[–] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

They need another source of funding, maybe cutting salaries of the Cs would work for one.

I don't think this is them focussing back on the browser, especially looking at the job listings posted in another comment. It seems to me it's just a focus on AI, probably in the hope of making money.