Wow, this is done in React Native: https://github.com/spolu/dazzle
How hard would it be to compile a version for Android?
It's a bit optimized for WKWebView for now... but not impossible to support android with a bit of work
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#32This looks very promising. A few things:
I couldn't find a gesture to bring up sharing/action extensions [1]. This is super important. For example, I use 1Password for logins all the time.
Also, the rounded corners are distracting and look like an anachronism. I want to view a web page the way it was intended, i.e. not with rounded corners. It should be possible to turn it off.
The "X" in the URL field is confusing. I took it mean that it would clear the field, which is how a lot of iOS input fields work. But it actually closes the pane. I recommend moving it somewhere else and putting back the classic "X" that does clear the field.
No way to reload a page without going into the URL field and hitting "Go" again is a bit annoying.
The "history" is nice as a shorthand, but it's not good enough to be the real web browsing history. I like to keep all my history so I can search it. (No history search either?)
I get the idea of using browser history as a substitute for tabs. However, if it's going to work, it has to work like tabs. Right now, if I go back to a previously visited page, it will not preserve any of its state (such as scroll position or form contents).
[1] https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/e...
Re: Show HN: Dazzle – Mobile web browser designed from first principles
#33just installed it, i'm loving it. Most important to me is that it's FAST. Feels much faster than iOS Safari and iOS Chrome.
I tried to like Brendan Eich's Brave browser for about 2 weeks, but I didn't detect any clear advantages, so I stopped.
Keep up the good work!
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#34As a product page visitor using mobile your page is useless to me. No screenshots, no intro video. I'm not going to make a commitment to using something without either of those two.
For me it's something that actually stood out. Just the features.
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#35Tried Dazzle few times this afternoon and this browser is just brilliant. Why: Currently, user interaction with tabs on mobile browsers is totally broken and super cumbersome. Dazzle is merging browsing history with tabs which is smart and leads to a super smooth user experience. Actually, there are no tabs anymore, just the browser history which pops ups every time you touch the address bar at the bottom. Simple but…
I'm so delighted, I started on a similar browser project a few weeks ago.
It actually started because I wanted to inject javascript into youtube.com to re-enable videos to be played in the background again, and it was just a simple wrapper around a UIWebView. But I've been playing with making each tab a branch in a mind-map type structure, that can be dragged into view, and onto which you can attach the tab to a sibling node or one of its parents.
It's cool to see other people see that there is a need to improve mobile web browsing.
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#36What is the point of having a third party browser on iOS when you can't change the default from Safari?
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#37Great app, totally going to start using it on a day to day basis. It looks like deep links appear to be broken for me:
Link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/public-wifi-nyc/id1232095734...
Renders this screen http://imgur.com/a/E29QX
Also is there better place I can submit this kind of feedback?
EDIT:
Found github repo and made an issue: https://github.com/spolu/dazzle/issues
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#38Just tried this a bit, I like the idea of a simple browser, have tried lots.
Like having the address at the bottom, hate that Safari has this and tabs at opposite ends of tge phone. Corners are cute. Agree with Lobster that "X" is confusing, but useful... seems like the right button with the wrong symbol.
It would also be nice if the last few pages could be frozen, so as not to lose scroll position and half typed comments... but perhaps hard? One better than safari would be to show which tabs are still loaded.
How do I clear cookies? My vote would be for this to happen in the background, perhaps 24hrs after I looked at the page which put them there.
Is it possible for it to use my iOS content blockers?
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#39If it had options to block ads, I would be very interested.
Re: Show HN: Dazzle – Mobile web browser designed from first principles
#40Tried Dazzle few times this afternoon and this browser is just brilliant. Why: Currently, user interaction with tabs on mobile browsers is totally broken and super cumbersome. Dazzle is merging browsing history with tabs which is smart and leads to a super smooth user experience. Actually, there are no tabs anymore, just the browser history which pops ups every time you touch the address bar at the bottom. Simple but…
> t offers a bigger viewport than Safari does
But smaller than Chrome. Which has also nailed tabs IMHO.