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Re: Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

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Post by poetril »

sprkwd wrote: post #10

Out of the new, new wave of browsers, I'm actually enjoying Arc browser at the moment. https://arc.net

I've been using Arc on my work machine, really hoping they release a Linux compatible version soon so I can use it on my personal machines as well.

Re: Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

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Post by wongarsu »

moffkalast wrote: post #25
latexr wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Electron, WebKit, nope. Electron uses Chromium. Which uses Blink, not WebKit.

Well the worst part of Firefox is arguably Gecko. If one could make a browser with Firefox's backend and instead render with Blink that would be pretty dope.

Too bad Mozilla gave up on Servo.

Re: Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

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Post by antihero »

thesuitonym wrote: post #28
sshine wrote: post #17

Electron, WebKit, nope. Kudos for experimenting with minimalism! But this is not the alternative to Firefox I've been looking for.

You've got me curious, what are you looking for in an alternative?

Firefox but with Servo

Re: Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

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Post by Cupprum »

DrSarez wrote: post #29

"a fast, minimal browser [...] written entirely with CSS and JavaScript using Electron" - That sounds like an oxymoron to me.

Electron used to be much worse than it is right now. The project matured a lot. That being said, there still are some things to improve.

Re: Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

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Post by moffkalast »

khuey wrote: post #26
moffkalast wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well the worst part of Firefox is arguably Gecko. If one could make a browser with Firefox's backend and instead render with Blink that would be pretty dope.

> a browser with Firefox's backend and instead render with Blink Gecko is Firefox's "backend" ...

Isn't it just the rendering engine? There's more to a browser than just laying out html.

Re: Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

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Post by avian »

rexreed wrote: post #14

If you want fast and minimal, give Lynx a try. The original fast, minimal, privacy protected browser: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/

Lynx won't load Google Analytics scripts for sure. On the other hand your user agent string will be pretty much unique on the web. Partly because approximately no one is using Lynx and partly because Lynx leaks the versions of itself and just about every related library on your system in the UA string.

Re: Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

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Post by leidenfrost »

thesuitonym wrote: post #28
sshine wrote: post #17

Electron, WebKit, nope. Kudos for experimenting with minimalism! But this is not the alternative to Firefox I've been looking for.

You've got me curious, what are you looking for in an alternative?

The most sincere answer would be: "A fast and modern browser with privacy at max, light and fast, with with linux/BSD in mind, by some magical entity that somehow gets enough money with donations, where they let me to donate without disclosing my identity but not with crypto because I'm against crypto".
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