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Re: Show HN: Web browser to help programmers think clearly

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This is interesting and fun to use. I am not sure it would become part of my daily work flow because it is another browser and I am fairly attached to my current browser workflow.

Is it out of the question for a lot of these feature to exist as a plugin to an existing browser? Bonsai could then be integrated to use my search engines prefs, my ad blockers, etc.

Keep up the good work! It is great to see people pushing UI concepts.

Re: Show HN: Web browser to help programmers think clearly

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Thanks for the info. What OS do you run?

Various Linuces, currently Debian.

Have you tried KDE? It has tiling shortcuts (not enabled by default) and an always-on-top feature for windows.

Also, I once set up KDE 4 to put different apps into tabs of a single window. I'm not sure if KDE 5 can still do that, but it sounds like something that you would be interested in.

Re: Show HN: Web browser to help programmers think clearly

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I love that workflow-oriented browser ideas are popping up. Funny enough I just ran into Sigma OS browser earlier today, but haven't tried it yet: https://sigmaos.com/

That looks pretty cool. Some kind of combination between SigmaOS and Bonsai would seem especially interesting and useful.

(Side note: "SigmaOS" initially made me think it'd be an operating system. And "Bonsai Browser" reminds me a tiny bit of everyone's favorite purple monkey helper/[ad|spy]ware, Bonzi Buddy. Especially with the top of the page landing page saying things like "Use a hotkey to make bonsai appear anywhere". I don't actually think anyone would ever possibly confuse the two, but just an amusing thing that came to mind.)

Re: Show HN: Web browser to help programmers think clearly

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Downloaded it, installed it, and loving it! The big thing I'm missing most is LastPass. Without access to my passwords, I can see myself falling back to Chrome. In fact, I need to keep Chrome running so I can look up my login names and passwords there in order to copy them over to Bonsai when I'm being asked to log in. If you could support popular password managers inside your browser, that would help a lot!

You should drop any software that prevents you from changing another unrelated software. In other words, move from LastPass to Bitwarden.

OP is saying browser extensions don't work. Not that LastPass doesn't work with the browser.

Re: Show HN: Web browser to help programmers think clearly

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> prove the browser is something people want. prove the browser is something people want for free

Charging for a browser sounds crazy to me.

I'd buy a browser if it guarantees me privacy, is fast, and does the job. I use a browser every day for multiple hours per day, $50 seems very reasonable.
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