Dillo web browser domain is for sale

by marttt on 8/13/2022, 9:06 AM with 28 comments
  • by butz on 8/13/2022, 2:28 PM

    Sad to see small browsers go. They are very convenient for a quick read of simple HTML websites, as they start instantly and are very fast, as they usually do not support JavaScript. Good that NetSurf seems to be chugging along with minor updates in git, albeit there were no release for two years...

  • by blippage on 8/13/2022, 11:51 AM

    I have a lot of respect for Dillo. It uses the FLTK, and is the very definition of "non-bloat". The real problem is that nearly all website render terribly. It just can't keep up with the complexity that it the modern web. It's a real shame.

    Lately I have become interested in the older protocols like Gopher, and some of the bulletin boards. There are some recent protocols that address the complexity of the web: Gemini and Spartan (which is Gemini without TLS, basically).

  • by gurjeet on 8/13/2022, 6:32 PM

    Sad news :-(

    This is why I prefer the projects, at least the small ones, don't try to maintain a domain of their own. Sooner or later the domain will not be renewed, by mistake, loss of interest in maintaining infrastructure, or because the domain holder passes away, etc.

    I have changed the Wikipedia page to change the project's website to be http://dillo.sourceforge.net/

  • by dredmorbius on 8/13/2022, 11:20 AM

    FWIW, I'd noted the domain was parked a couple of months ago:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31745740

    No actual discussion at that time.

  • by mrweasel on 8/13/2022, 3:28 PM

    That sucks, I have a weird fascination with Dillo. It didn’t really seem like it was going anywhere, but still, it was nice knowing that it was out there.

  • by bmacho on 8/13/2022, 7:13 PM

    I loved their download section with the text

        Downloading Dillo

    Dillo is following an evolving software model where every new version shall be better than the previous one; there's no place for unstable releases, so just keep up with the latest one: dillo-3.0.5[0]
    I've found it inspirational. (Also they provided all the previous versions, just for case).

    ( Also I believe that virtually every software gets worse and worse and worse with time, I usually go for the first versions. )

    [0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210212022912/http://www.dillo....

  • by amelius on 8/13/2022, 3:21 PM

    I'd like to see more projects that redefine the web.

    The fact that we're stuck at 3 or so browser engines shows that we've reached a dead end in terms of choice.

  • by H8crilA on 8/13/2022, 6:28 PM

    FWIW Safari's homepage is also sold to the highest bidder, currently Google. The price was $15B for 2021.

    https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/25/analysts-google-to-pay-apple-...

  • by pipeline_peak on 8/13/2022, 9:01 PM

    I find myself using reader mode Safari a lot on iOS.

    I wonder if it’s feasible to write a browser from scratch that attempts to render just that.

  • by RunningDroid on 8/13/2022, 9:06 PM

    Apparently most repos still point to this domain as the homepage for dillo: https://repology.org/project/dillo/information

  • by lysergia on 8/13/2022, 3:38 PM

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