Author here - happy to answer any questions :)
Can it provide vim keybindings and modes inside a textbox?
Yes! All standard input elements have vim motions support but fair warning that a lot of the standard motions aren't implemented yet.
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#12Pretty cool.
I have been using Vimium[1] on Chrome which works ok.
1. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbai...
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#13Author here - happy to answer any questions :)
Is it possible to automatically install extensions and set native Firefox configuration through the config? All my other programs are setup by just cloning my dotfiles and I really wish Firefox had that option.
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#14Author here - happy to answer any questions :)
Is it possible to automatically install extensions and set native Firefox configuration through the config? All my other programs are setup by just cloning my dotfiles and I really wish Firefox had that option.
You can't configure extensions yet but you can set prefs! https://glide-browser.app/api#glide.prefs.set
Re: Show HN: Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser
#15found this on your ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Bear Blog. having fun with it. set it up like my zen browser (with the sidebar + pinned tabs) and testing it out for my productivity stack at work. I themed out the glide-hint css via userChrome.css to better match my aesthetics. keep up the great work, i will be keenly following along.
1. https://freeimage.host/i/KMQu3EQ 2. https://freeimage.host/i/KMQAJ9t
Re: Show HN: Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser
#16found this on your ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Bear Blog. having fun with it. set it up like my zen browser (with the sidebar + pinned tabs) and testing it out for my productivity stack at work. I themed out the glide-hint css via userChrome.css to better match my aesthetics. keep up the great work, i will be keenly following along. 1. https://freeimage.host/i/KMQu3EQ 2. https://freeimage.host/i/KMQAJ9t
Oh wow this is very cool, thank you for sharing!!
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#17This looks really cool! My current setup is Firefox with VimFX[0] and an elaborate config.js, but when the NixOS package gets merged I will definitely try it.
For anyone wanting to stick to stock Firefox ESR, I highly recommend checking out VimFX.
0: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
The big downside of VimFX compared to Glide is lack of Firefox internal API documentation. I've had to dig through Firefox source code several times to find out how to do things e.g. wrangle tabs that would have been easy to do with the WebExtensions APIs. The fact that Glide makes these APIs available in the config file is the part I'm most excited about.
Re: Show HN: Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser
#18found this on your ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Bear Blog. having fun with it. set it up like my zen browser (with the sidebar + pinned tabs) and testing it out for my productivity stack at work. I themed out the glide-hint css via userChrome.css to better match my aesthetics. keep up the great work, i will be keenly following along. 1. https://freeimage.host/i/KMQu3EQ 2. https://freeimage.host/i/KMQAJ9t
How many tabs do you have open on average? Do you ever have trouble finding tabs with just being able to see the favicon?
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#19Pretty cool. I have been using Vimium[1] on Chrome which works ok. 1. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbai...
Does it work on chrome:// pages? That always bugged me about the Vimium Firefox port.
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#20Author here - happy to answer any questions :)
I like the hints API, especially that it can hint on browser elements. However, power users may find it desirable to be able to use the hints system to select arbitrary kinds of elements. Perhaps you could extend the hint functionality to allow callers to pass a CSS selector that determines what elements get hinted? One use case is to write a command that lets the user choose an element and copy its text.