pdqcp@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 2 years agoWhat are some good non chromium browser alternatives besides Firefox and Safari?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some good non chromium browser alternatives besides Firefox and Safari?pdqcp@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
I keep seen everyone recommend FF and Safari, but are there any other options that you would recommend?
minus-squarenottheengineer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThere’s also Falkon, which has its own engine, but it’s far behind the others. Firefox is the only good choice in my opinion.
minus-squareDestragras@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoFalkon uses a Chromium wrapper https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-overview.html
minus-squareAtemu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoqtwebengine is chromium? I always thought it was webkit…
minus-squareonolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoIt’s Chromium. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-overview.html#qt-webengine-core-module https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtwebengine-overview.html#qt-webengine-core-module Chromium was once based on WebKit (it has since diverged) so perhaps that’s what gave you that impression?
minus-squareAtemu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThere was qtwebkit, that’s where I got the expression from.
minus-squarezhvsrl@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt used to be. This change is also news to me. Really sad tbh.
minus-squarenottheengineer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThanks, didn’t know that. The name Qtwebengine is a bit misleading.
There’s also Falkon, which has its own engine, but it’s far behind the others. Firefox is the only good choice in my opinion.
Falkon uses a Chromium wrapper https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-overview.html
qtwebengine is chromium? I always thought it was webkit…
It’s Chromium.
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-overview.html#qt-webengine-core-module
https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtwebengine-overview.html#qt-webengine-core-module
Chromium was once based on WebKit (it has since diverged) so perhaps that’s what gave you that impression?
There was qtwebkit, that’s where I got the expression from.
It used to be. This change is also news to me. Really sad tbh.
Thanks, didn’t know that. The name Qtwebengine is a bit misleading.