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#Firefox doesn't need any new features to be more attractive for users, it just needs to make CSS theming more accessible

Theme: https://github.com/Godiesc/firefox-one

#FirefoxCSS #browserwar #customization @firefox

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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Usually the answer is limited resources with unclear payoff, i.e. even with Electron's success, it's not clear that there's room for an alternative in the market, and it'd be a lot of effort to do.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is Tauri which is so much better both from UX and DX.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And yet all the big apps are still using Electron.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Tauri v2 just got released, it’s very recent and corps move slowly; besides, rewriting a project in a different framework is a major undertaking, it would be a bad idea to rewrite a major project in Tauri, which is still not as widespread. I’m unfortunate enough to have to work with Electron and Tauri greatly improves on everything that is wrong with Electron. I have no doubt that companies will begin adopt it in the following years (or a similar tool, the underlying architecture is solid).

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

We'll see, and I'd be happy if it wins!

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

So do I, working with electron is the shit