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Re: Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

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Post by mod50ack »

1arity wrote: post #20

See the history as a tree, not as a list, so branch points can be preserved and you can navigate back over everywhere you've already been. A detailed development roadmap. Privileged browser Apps and Extensions working on mobile. C'mon, it's 2015! ( no PhoneGap required ) An automation API. The same really committed team who optimized V8. Source on GitHub ( not necessarily all of it mind, some can be privileged access…

A history tree seems interesting

A dev roadmap is just a general program requirement. Not specific to web browsers but good.

And you're right about mobile and extensions. There's no need to restrict when you don't have to! For a web browser on iOS, sadly you have to use Apple's engine but that's workable with js injection for extensions. And of course on Android there's no problem. I like that iOS is opening a little (I have an iPhone) but I wish it was more open like android, that way jail breaking would not be required for a lot of features. The one good thing now is that they're letting you side load apps from source with Xcode 7 without paying, but it's some michigas to go through. Mobile platforms are weird.

Re: Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

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Post by IngoBlechschmid »

mod50ack wrote: post #21
1arity wrote: post #20

See the history as a tree, not as a list, so branch points can be preserved and you can navigate back over everywhere you've already been. A detailed development roadmap. Privileged browser Apps and Extensions working on mobile. C'mon, it's 2015! ( no PhoneGap required ) An automation API. The same really committed team who optimized V8. Source on GitHub ( not necessarily all of it mind, some can be privileged access…

A history tree seems interesting A dev roadmap is just a general program requirement. Not specific to web browsers but good. And you're right about mobile and extensions. There's no need to restrict when you don't have to! For a web browser on iOS, sadly you have to use Apple's engine but that's workable with js injection for extensions. And of course on Android there's no problem. I like that iOS is opening a little…

There is an experimental browser project which was created for this very reason (tree-like history): http://rainbow-lollipop.de/ (page is in English)

Re: Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

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Post by jitl »

mod50ack wrote: post #18
nitin_flanker wrote: post #16

I want a web browser that let me open multiple accounts of a similar site at once.

I've always thought the same. It'd be great to have a browser that allowed fully independent sessions to be running simulataneously

Chrome has this feature with dedicated profiles, and you can accomplish this in firefox pretty easily using some good extensions.

Re: Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

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Post by mod50ack »

IngoBlechschmid wrote: post #24
mod50ack wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A history tree seems interesting A dev roadmap is just a general program requirement. Not specific to web browsers but good. And you're right about mobile and extensions. There's no need to restrict when you don't have to! For a web browser on iOS, sadly you have to use Apple's engine but that's workable with js injection for extensions. And of course on Android there's no problem. I like that iOS is opening a little…

There is an experimental browser project which was created for this very reason (tree-like history): http://rainbow-lollipop.de/ (page is in English)

Cool. And of course github at the moment is the best out there for open source. And open source is a must.

Re: Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

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Post by profstyle »

should be simple and easy to navigate, understand what i might do.

Even if i open many tabs shouldnt freeze or crash, Thats one of the most important thing i care about, Mostly firefox does that, keeps crashing if you open many tabs.

Would be great if allows to sync with mobile, like if i enjoy a website and display right away on my mobile, instead of using extension it should the out of the box. We are living on a mobile world now.

Re: Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

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Post by mod50ack »

jitl wrote: post #25
mod50ack wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always thought the same. It'd be great to have a browser that allowed fully independent sessions to be running simulataneously

Chrome has this feature with dedicated profiles, and you can accomplish this in firefox pretty easily using some good extensions.

Yeah, but that's really a hassle and such a workaround shouldn't be required.

And firefox's extensibility is great as usual, but its bloat and the new UI and the ads on the tab pages disillusioned me

Re: Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

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Post by exodust »

A browser where the security updates aren't married to "interface enhancements".

Just give me the security updates for the version I have, because I don't want your designer's latest idea of what a browser should look like, and unwanted new features forced down my throat with the security updates.

Choice about what new features to install - much like Windows updates, would be nice.

At the very least provide ways to keep things working and looking exactly how they are at the moment. Needing an add-on to bring back the status bar in Firefox is a joke.

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