Mozilla's recent source code changes removing the 'we don't sell your data' promise have severely damaged user trust, with a survey showing 90% of Firefox users either distrusting or doubting the organization. Multiple privacy-focused browser alternatives exist, including Librewolf, Waterfox, and emerging projects like Ladybird, offering users various options for secure browsing.
A critique of the current web browser ecosystem discusses how complex web standards create barriers for new browser engines, suggesting a simplified WASM-based alternative. The proposed solution advocates for a browser that runs WASM blobs without HTML, JavaScript, or CSS, potentially enabling more innovation and diversity in browser development.
Microsoft Edge's transition to Chromium in 2020 revealed text rendering inconsistencies on Windows, leading to extensive research and experimentation with text contrast values. The collaboration between Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome teams resulted in improved text rendering defaults for all Chromium-based browsers on Windows, implementing a contrast value of 1.0 to match native Windows applications.