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

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Post by boplicity »

sphars wrote: post #88
wereallterrrist wrote: post #54

Just... give Firefox a shot people. Please: https://i.imgur.com/81OpEOy.png

Just downloaded FF this week and started using it as my primary browser as I start to transition from Chromium-based browsers. May I ask what you did to configure your browser that way (extensions/settings)? I like the look of it, and looking for ways to customize my setup.

Tree Style Tabs are nice. I also have it set up so the URL bar doesn't include search -- and the search bar is separate. This makes it easier to get to the right place by starting to type a url in the url bar. I often just type one letter and then press enter, and voila, I'm where I want to be. It "learns" over time what you're typing in.

Also, of course, you should install uBlock Origin.

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

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Post by meltedcapacitor »

gwn7 wrote: post #79

Fast, efficient, and battery-friendly browser... So far so good. Based on Electron... What? How can it be possible for an Electron based browser to be faster / more efficient / battery-friendlier than the other mainstream ones? Sounds like bullshit. We need to see some benchmarks.

No need for a benchmark, wrapped Chromium is not going to beat Chromium. The curious thing is this urge to lie: a focused UI for Chromium is a valid project, why wrap it in deception and dishonesty?

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

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Post by graderjs »

It would be cool if there was a "reference implementation" of the W3C specs on HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc, that was untethered to a particular megacorporation / browser-vendor / ideology / stance on privacy / insert other potentially divisive fracture line here ... and fully open source.

Then folks could "plug them in" as libraries to their app / custom browser, and go to town adding all the custom ad and spyware or privacy and freedum preserving defenses they like.

Surely a committed group of open sourcers on GitHub could achieve this.

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

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Post by jmondi »

latexr wrote: post #18
cfuendev wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People will complain about literally anything without ever comparing the UI, UX, Speed or Resource Usage of the thing rivaling their favorite app. Everybody should get Min, use it enough time, then make educated opinions instead of hating in web technologies just for the memes. I didn't know Brave was an Electron app

> instead of hating in web technologies just for the memes. Let’s nip this in the bud. The comment you’re replying to says “Everyone is complaining it is built in electron” but I’ve read every comment in this so far tiny thread and there is literally one comment complaining of it being Electron. > I didn't know Brave was an Electron app It’s not: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33983708

Fwiw, I commented on this when there was only one or two comments on this, and all of them were complaining about electron.

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

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Post by fumar »

d12bb wrote: post #45
xnacly wrote: post #3

A browser in electron? At this point just use chromium - makes no difference. Anyway, use firefox or librewolf. Stop enabling the chromium monopoly!

> Anyway, use firefox or librewolf. Stop enabling the chromium monopoly! Or Safari of course, it's really a great browser if one's on the Mac.

I switched to Safari last year. The battery life improvements over Chrome makes it worth. It’s been a solid browser experience and I haven’t gone back to Chrome for anything. I wish I could add Kagi as a default search.

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

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Post by parhamn »

meltedcapacitor wrote: post #93
gwn7 wrote: post #79

Fast, efficient, and battery-friendly browser... So far so good. Based on Electron... What? How can it be possible for an Electron based browser to be faster / more efficient / battery-friendlier than the other mainstream ones? Sounds like bullshit. We need to see some benchmarks.

No need for a benchmark, wrapped Chromium is not going to beat Chromium. The curious thing is this urge to lie: a focused UI for Chromium is a valid project, why wrap it in deception and dishonesty?

Sure it can. A chromium browser has an arbitrary number of chromium processes (e.g tabs). The root process quickly becomes irrelevant performance wise for average users.

Even if you have the simplest tab unloading strategy (like Tab suspender) built in, you'd beat Chrome. But, unloading tabs isn't a safe thing to do in web-standard browsers but fine in niche consumer ones.

Its not really word-smithing either, in all practical ways that matter to the end user, something like tab suspension makes it a much more efficient browser. Even if the JS/rendering (engine) bits are the same speed.

Although, to be fair, I'm not sure if Min does this, the chromium browser I made does.

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

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Post by sshine »

leidenfrost wrote: post #39
thesuitonym wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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".

Exactly!

Except for the virtue signalling around crypto. :-)

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