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Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#101

Post by Immortalin »

nubela wrote: post #24
fooqux wrote: post #16

I've been using your browser for a couple months now (I think I saw it mentioned on Android Police if you're curious) and I've been liking it. It looks slick, and works exactly how I think it should. The one problem I have with it is one I'd like other opinions on, both for my curiosity and your benefit. Frankly, it's not my daily driver because I don't know who you are and don't trust you. Using a (no offense) no-na…

I'm also the developer of http://getgom.com (VPN as a Chrome extension using SPDY SSL proxies), and as a fellow Singaporean when our government openly does surveilance, I __completely__ understand where you are coming from. To be fair, I'm not sure how I can solve his problem though. Open sourcing could be a plausible answer. But fighting Google Play clones and what-not is really time-consuming and as an indie dev, m…

Hi, I would recommend that you set up an offshore company as the app's main developer, if i remembered correctly, the mda does not approve of such apps. btw, you dont have to worry about open sourcing your app as anyone can simply decompile it with apktool. ;)

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#102

Post by wingerlang »

superchink wrote: post #95
ClifReeder wrote: post #60

I notice that you use www.theverge.com in a number of the screenshots for Javelin. The writers at The Verge, the developers that build the site, the designers that make it beautiful - are all paid through ad revenue. Please consider at least adding the ability to whitelist sites if you are going to bundle ad block. *Full disclosure - I am a developer at Vox Media, the publisher of The Verge.

@nubela Sounds like an opportunity to negotiate revenue for inclusion in an optional (for users) whitelist.

Kinda sounds like extortion doesn't it?

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#104

Post by wingerlang »

anigbrowl wrote: post #46
grumblestumble wrote: post #42

Very minor nitpick: Your usage of "thought out" comes across as stilted and unprofessional. I'm guessing English isn't your native language?

I disagree. It's an unconventional usage but one that struck me as both deliberate and effective. BTW almost all people in Singapore grow up speaking English, it's the common language of 4 ethnic groups and is used on all signs, government correspondence and so forth.

I disagree. I made me re-read the sentence more than once, and I still think it doesn't feel right.

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#105

Post by sha90 »

monokrome wrote: post #83
andrewl-hn wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do a video interview, get on several podcasts. Talk about Material design, about privacy, about android development in general. Have a blog and link to it. Personally talk to your users. If some known person (open-source contributor or a startup founder) start using your product, ask for cross-promotion or endorsement of any kind. Just be open. The more people know about you the more they are inclined to trust you.

That doesn't solve the original problem. It's just indirection from it... You still don't know what's going on in the background.

People don't trust Mozilla because they read the code, they trust Mozilla because they do exactly what was described above. They do the things that foster trust.

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#106

Post by nilkn »

roryokane wrote: post #87

Bug reports for the developer nubela: Swipe from the left to open the menu, then scroll down, so that part of the text is cut off, then swipe to the left to close the menu part of the way, but drag your finger back right before the menu closes. If you now scroll, the cut-off text is still visible, creating weird visual artifacts. This goes away when you close the menu completely and reopen it. When I edit the title a…

Something I noticed is that when I open several pages in Stack view externally from the app, then open the Stack in the full browser, the tabs don't properly get thumbnails until I manually switch to them all.

Regardless, this is clearly a forward-thinking mobile browser, more so than Chrome, and so I support it wholeheartedly.

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#107

Post by zevyoura »

robotfelix wrote: post #80

To me, including "mobile-first" as one of your key value proposition seems a little odd. My immediate reaction was to wonder whether any mobile browsers aren't mobile-first? From my (incomplete) knowledge of smartphone browsers they all feature interfaces designed for smartphones and smartphones alone. There must be a better word to use in your tagline - I notice you decided on using "Truly Mobile" further down ;)

I think the implication is that Chrome & Safari are both mobile editions of desktop apps, which is true to some extent.

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#108

Post by nubela »

roryokane wrote: post #87

Bug reports for the developer nubela: Swipe from the left to open the menu, then scroll down, so that part of the text is cut off, then swipe to the left to close the menu part of the way, but drag your finger back right before the menu closes. If you now scroll, the cut-off text is still visible, creating weird visual artifacts. This goes away when you close the menu completely and reopen it. When I edit the title a…

Thanks for this detailed bug report. I'll be working on fixing these issues.

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#109

Post by korzun »

Tossrock wrote: post #84
korzun wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think this mobile browser is going to make a dent in The Verge's ad revenue.

The Verge has about 45% mobile traffic: https://www.quantcast.com/theverge.com If large numbers of people were to start using Javelin, it could certainly affect revenue.

> If large numbers of people were to start using Javelin

If.

Re: Show HN: Javelin Browser

#110

Post by lacus »

monokrome wrote: post #83
andrewl-hn wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do a video interview, get on several podcasts. Talk about Material design, about privacy, about android development in general. Have a blog and link to it. Personally talk to your users. If some known person (open-source contributor or a startup founder) start using your product, ask for cross-promotion or endorsement of any kind. Just be open. The more people know about you the more they are inclined to trust you.

That doesn't solve the original problem. It's just indirection from it... You still don't know what's going on in the background.

It may not answer the technical question but it helps to resolve the human one, which is what their actual concern here is.
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