No support for Windows, really? That's unfortunate.
Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
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Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#72Looks like Nyxt, a browser "inspired by Vim", inherits Vim's showstopper bug: Being unusable on many non-US keyboards, at least with the default bindings. The 'switch-buffer-previous' command is bound to C-[, which cannot be pressed e.g. on QWERTZ layouts because the [ character requires AltGr. This is like sending around text files encoded in Windows-1252 and expecting things to just work. Sorry folks, but it turns…
Hardly sounds like either a bug or a showstopper when you can rebind any command
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#73No support for Windows, really? That's unfortunate.
what kind of "hacker" use windows as a main OS though?
windows is only for gaming and testing the software you ship
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#74Looks like Nyxt, a browser "inspired by Vim", inherits Vim's showstopper bug: Being unusable on many non-US keyboards, at least with the default bindings. The 'switch-buffer-previous' command is bound to C-[, which cannot be pressed e.g. on QWERTZ layouts because the [ character requires AltGr. This is like sending around text files encoded in Windows-1252 and expecting things to just work. Sorry folks, but it turns…
Have you tried C-ü and C-+ ?
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#75In terms of fingerprinting/bot detection, is it flagged as suspicious/automated browser?
it would be interesting to have a customizable browser for undetectable automation
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#76Looks like Nyxt, a browser "inspired by Vim", inherits Vim's showstopper bug: Being unusable on many non-US keyboards, at least with the default bindings. The 'switch-buffer-previous' command is bound to C-[, which cannot be pressed e.g. on QWERTZ layouts because the [ character requires AltGr. This is like sending around text files encoded in Windows-1252 and expecting things to just work. Sorry folks, but it turns…
You're not going to get a default that suits everyone. Stop being so sensationalist and just rebind them.
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#77Looks like Nyxt, a browser "inspired by Vim", inherits Vim's showstopper bug: Being unusable on many non-US keyboards, at least with the default bindings. The 'switch-buffer-previous' command is bound to C-[, which cannot be pressed e.g. on QWERTZ layouts because the [ character requires AltGr. This is like sending around text files encoded in Windows-1252 and expecting things to just work. Sorry folks, but it turns…
Hardly sounds like either a bug or a showstopper when you can rebind any command
When a product is unusable without changing configuration, it absolutely is a bug. Being customizable is great, but being broken by default is not.
Besides, the whole point of Vim bindings is supposed to be that they are the same everywhere (muscle memory yadda yadda yadda). When you have to change core bindings to something random to make them work, that whole idea falls apart, and you're probably better off using the platform standard bindings for everything. Plus, you get the additional benefit that the software fits in with the rest of the system, rather than sticking out like a sore thumb.
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#78I’ve always assumed the major browsers had all sorts of security stuff going on behind the scenes, and using a small alternative like this (or suckless surf) was just asking for trouble. But, I don’t have any real knowledge about security stuff. How misinformed is my take? Are these kinds of browsers OK? I’d like something light, if possible.
Lightweight web browsers don't have as large of an attack surface, particularly if they eschew JS, cookies, etc or you disable them. Nyxt is alpha software, so YMMV until it's more feature complete, and independently audited to correctly implement WebKit and WebExtensions. Run Tor Browser without JS in a VM for security+privacy.
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#79Looks like Nyxt, a browser "inspired by Vim", inherits Vim's showstopper bug: Being unusable on many non-US keyboards, at least with the default bindings. The 'switch-buffer-previous' command is bound to C-[, which cannot be pressed e.g. on QWERTZ layouts because the [ character requires AltGr. This is like sending around text files encoded in Windows-1252 and expecting things to just work. Sorry folks, but it turns…
You're not going to get a default that suits everyone. Stop being so sensationalist and just rebind them.
What nonsense. Every single modern operating system has bindings that are usable with all keyboard layouts. Having such a default is not only possible, it's the status quo everywhere, except in software designed during the era of the moon landings.
Re: Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hardly sounds like either a bug or a showstopper when you can rebind any command
When a product is unusable without changing configuration, it absolutely is a bug. Being customizable is great, but being broken by default is not. Besides, the whole point of Vim bindings is supposed to be that they are the same everywhere (muscle memory yadda yadda yadda). When you have to change core bindings to something random to make them work, that whole idea falls apart, and you're probably better off using t…
>When a product is unusable without changing configuration, it absolutely is a bug
I don't think that adage applies when the target user is the average VIM user