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Vipsy | 4 months ago

The WPT score is a flawed metric (encoding tests are overweighted), but it's one of the few objective yardsticks we have. What matters more is that Ladybird is finding spec ambiguities by implementing from scratch rather than cargo-culting Chrome's behavior. The real test isn't passing 90%—it's whether they can keep pace as the web platform adds new APIs faster than any independent team can implement them. Browser engine development has become a regulatory moat, and breaking it requires either massive funding or accepting permanent incompatibility with the "modern web." Still rooting for them. Browser monoculture is worse than metric gaming.

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LeFantome|4 months ago

Implementing a web browser is running to stand still for sure. But it is clear that Ladybird is implementing the spec faster than it is evolving.

I am not saying they do not have A LOT left to do. But your comment almost makes it sound like they are falling behind and that is most certainly not the case.

The team is quite pragmatic and many perfectly modern websites work already. Again, A LOT to do. But it is looking very doable. They still expect a "usable" release sometime next year.