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Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

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Post by nachtigall »

eloycoto wrote: post #5

Does someone know if there is a Firefox fork?

Since Firefox now supports great parts of WebExtensions (https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/12/webextensions-tak...), I am curious if this works natively in Firefox 48? (or Firefox Developer Edition, which is at 50 now and might have better support and more bugs fixed)

Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

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Post by lordfoom »

ramblenode wrote: post #10

I tried Pentadactyl and Vimperator before settling on qutebrowser. It's just fantastic and worth checking out if you're in the market for a keyboard-driven browser. https://www.qutebrowser.org

I'm on pentadactyl and loving it, but haven't heard of qutebrowser - what made qutebrowser stand out for you, if you don't mind me asking?

Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

#13

Post by jlgaddis »

dgquintas wrote: post #2

There's also vimium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...

I've tried a bunch of these "vim-like" plugins and I always come back to Vimium (on Chrome). On Firefox I'm stuck with Vimperator, which means I don't use Firefox very often.

Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

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Post by drops »

eeZi wrote: post #3
dgquintas wrote: post #2

There's also vimium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...

And cVim: https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim Now how do they compare?

Surfingkeys has a couple of features over cVim that I really like:

-pressing '?' on any page will open the list of shortcuts

-searching through bookmarks / history ('t') is prettier

-very useful feature of switching through all the current open tabs with link hints ('T')

There's one shortcoming I noticed, however, is that when you go to the link hint mode, there are no indication than you entered it. On cVim there's a "follow link" notice in the lower right corner.

I'm a fairly casual user though, someone else will probably find more differences and pros / cons for each extension

Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

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Post by darkr »

jlgaddis wrote: post #13
dgquintas wrote: post #2

There's also vimium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...

I've tried a bunch of these "vim-like" plugins and I always come back to Vimium (on Chrome). On Firefox I'm stuck with Vimperator, which means I don't use Firefox very often.

Why so? Firefox is still my browser du jour mainly because of Vimperator. I also use Vimium when in chrome, but Vimperator is way more powerful, and plugins are trivial to write: https://vimpr.github.io/plugins-en.html

Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

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Post by b3n »

thameera wrote: post #8
eeZi wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And cVim: https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim Now how do they compare?

As a long time cVim user I've found out that 99% of my browsing can be done with its scroll up/down and open link features. When combined with this switch to recent tabs extension, the mouse becomes almost irrelevant: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toggle-switch-rece...

Vimium has the `visitPreviousTab` built in for toggling between two tabs.

Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

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Post by lordfoom »

darkr wrote: post #15
lordfoom wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pentadactyl is great, but you'll have to find the signed xpi.

Pentadactyl is EOL. Vimperator is still being actively developed..

I think that's an assumed EOL on Pentadactyl because of Electrolysis. The devs don't talk but the community is trying to come up with a way to continue. Vimperator has similar issues with Eloctrolysis, I think?

I hope pentadactyl makes it, cos it's my favorite of the vim extensions. Vimperator just doesn't feel as advanced.

Re: Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

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Post by Sir_Cmpwn »

lordfoom wrote: post #12
ramblenode wrote: post #10

I tried Pentadactyl and Vimperator before settling on qutebrowser. It's just fantastic and worth checking out if you're in the market for a keyboard-driven browser. https://www.qutebrowser.org

I'm on pentadactyl and loving it, but haven't heard of qutebrowser - what made qutebrowser stand out for you, if you don't mind me asking?

What got me to make the switch was that it wasn't Firefox. I got so fed up with Mozilla's bullshit that I went looking for anything else, especially after they broke all of my custom addons. Qutebrowser ended up pleasantly surprising me.
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