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Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by leephillips »

sirn wrote: post #23
twistedanimator wrote: post #6

I used to be a user of pentadactyl, but never liked how it changed the entire look of the browser. Just last a couple of days ago, I found VimFx which is exactly what I always wanted. It's also open source at https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

I'm the other way around: I tried switching from Vimperator to VimFx for a week, but couldn't really make myself compatible with it. I'm too used to browsing with toolbars=none[1] and browse almost exclusively via Vimperator command line. I found VimFx still not enough to be used with everything hidden. Too bad that Vimperator will most likely stop working once Mozilla deprecate XUL addons in Firefox 57[2]. [1]: http…

How do you make the tabs go away?

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by spicytunacone »

Been contently using Vimperator for at least a good year now (coming from VimFX), but I'm trying to find something to jump ship to once support drops. It's going to suck losing Rikaisama and uMatrix/uBO. Between the idiomatic :o/:tabopen searching, marks, recording and buffer management, a simple Vi-like navigation extension can't compare. The fact that there's a .vimperatorrc might be overkill for some, but, like any dotfile, a boon for others. If Vimperator had splits I'd probably stay on some compatible fork.

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by akurilin »

Any of you figured out how to get vimperator / pentadactyl to work with all of the SPAs that have their own shortcuts? e.g. Asana or Reviewable or Gmail etc? I've always had a pretty bad time with combining those.

Also, is there a solid Chrome version of any of the above?

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by wingerlang »

cszerzo wrote: post #3
baotiao wrote: post #2

I have used vimperator for about 6 years, this is only reason that I still use firefox. It's really amazing.

Although i'm not sure exactly how their features compare, I use vimium on chrome which seems to be more or less the same: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...

The key difference for me was the way they create the names of the links in the popup. In Chrome you need to enter more or less random letters, while in vimperator you can write the link name. The difference in usability was HUGE for me and made me switch to FF for a brief moment from using Chrome since its release day.

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by richardboegli »

sirn wrote: post #23
twistedanimator wrote: post #6

I used to be a user of pentadactyl, but never liked how it changed the entire look of the browser. Just last a couple of days ago, I found VimFx which is exactly what I always wanted. It's also open source at https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

I'm the other way around: I tried switching from Vimperator to VimFx for a week, but couldn't really make myself compatible with it. I'm too used to browsing with toolbars=none[1] and browse almost exclusively via Vimperator command line. I found VimFx still not enough to be used with everything hidden. Too bad that Vimperator will most likely stop working once Mozilla deprecate XUL addons in Firefox 57[2]. [1]: http…

When that day comes, move to Pale Moon

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by richardboegli »

chimeracoder wrote: post #44

I love Vimperator - unfortunately, it's incompatible with e10s (multiprocess Firefox) and it is also completely dependent on the deprecated XUL. Replacing that would essentially be a ground-up rewrite[0]. It looks like Vimperator is likely not going to be updated to work with newer versions of Firefox, which is a real shame, because it works far better than any alternative I've found for either Firefox or Chrome. I e…

Try Pale Moon.

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by rvern »

Mauricio_ wrote: post #60

There's also Vimium for Chrome. Not sure how similar they are, but the only feature that matters about Vimium is pressing the F key, which allows you to open links without using the mouse. It's the greatest idea I've seen and it should be a native feature of major browsers.

It is, people just don't know about it (it seems?). In Firefox, just press '/'. You can also toggle 'Search for text when I start typing' in about:preferences#advanced.

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by dvcrn »

I wanted to try Vimperator multiple multiple times but every single time I installed it, it didn't work for some reason. Either Firefox introduced some breaking change that made Vimperator unusable or I received error messages that through a session of Googling I couldn't fix.

Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by [deleted] »

ZenoArrow wrote: post #11
wodenokoto wrote: post #7

The idea sounds intriguing, but I fail to see how `:back` is easier or faster than `cmd+LeftArrow` or how `:open url.com` is faster than `cmd+l url.com` or `cmd+t url.com` What is the killer feature here?

>"What is the killer feature here?" The killer feature is being able to navigate around the web without using a mouse. Some people don't like switching between the keyboard and the mouse and would rather use their keyboard most/all of the time. That's who Vimperator is for. With the examples you gave there's already good keyboard shortcuts for those actions, but in most browsers there aren't decent keyboard shortcuts…

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Re: Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

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Post by [deleted] »

rvern wrote: post #67
Mauricio_ wrote: post #60

There's also Vimium for Chrome. Not sure how similar they are, but the only feature that matters about Vimium is pressing the F key, which allows you to open links without using the mouse. It's the greatest idea I've seen and it should be a native feature of major browsers.

It is, people just don't know about it (it seems?). In Firefox, just press '/'. You can also toggle 'Search for text when I start typing' in about:preferences#advanced.

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