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minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoReminds me of all those “tech magazine” articles years ago saying “akshually Edge is a really good browser” after the entire Windows user base only used it to download some other browser instead.
minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt was a decent browser. And an independent engine, which everyone here seems rabid for
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNow it’s just another Chromium.
minus-squarebadgermurphy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTrident was such a cooler name than WebKit, too. A rare instance of Microsoft giving something a name that was neither confusing nor lame. I mean, those ActiveX controls were a little… well… Trident was a cool name!
Reminds me of all those “tech magazine” articles years ago saying “akshually Edge is a really good browser” after the entire Windows user base only used it to download some other browser instead.
It was a decent browser. And an independent engine, which everyone here seems rabid for
Now it’s just another Chromium.
Trident was such a cooler name than WebKit, too. A rare instance of Microsoft giving something a name that was neither confusing nor lame.
I mean, those ActiveX controls were a little… well… Trident was a cool name!