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Which efforts would that be?

Pretty much every other browser is based on Chromium. Some very niche ones on webkit.

I don't think that Otter Browser is based on Chromium.

Otter Browser looks like it uses QtWebKit. So not chromium, but still the same KHTML/WebKit/Blink family.

just great. we really need a new alternative because I don't like where Firefox is heading and I have been using it since the beginning.

Orion Browser is proudly based on WebKit.

Maybe those efforts were not as huge as you think they were? I also don't know what you're referring to. I'm not a FF fanboy or anything like that, but I have made my choice and I'm sticking to it so I can divert my mental energy towards other more productive areas.

How many alternative browsers can you name that are not mere forks of Blink or Webkit?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29378307

maybe people will look at alternatives:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers