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Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by temptemptemp111 »

kyleee wrote: post #98
gota wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am sorry, I am truly not aware. I'll google it but appreciate a link if you have it at hand. Thanks and sorry - I didn't mean to start a thread that is not useful for most people

A probably incomplete list of gripes: * cryptocurrency related bits, relation to BAT token * Fiasco where they collected earnings on behalf of creators without their consent/knowledge/optin * Run by Brendan Eich who some people don’t like because he created javascript, and/or is not supportive of gay people in some ways I am sure I am forgetting some

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Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by qingcharles »

dustincoates wrote: post #130
hardwaresofton wrote: post #126

If you think this is awesome you should check out a browser a friend of mine is building called Horse (yes, called “horse”) https://browser.horse/ The reason I like it is that he’s unified tabs and bookmarks almost, it’s a great UX that looks like some things you might have seen but still feels different. He’s also got wicked design sense — but I’m biased so. I also feel like I’m doing him a disservice — he’s got one…

I can't tell if this is a joke or not. Your comment is completely earnest, but the website seems to be a send up of websites that don't tell you anything about the product.

But, it does have a 3D horse. So, there's that.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by MrZander »

hardwaresofton wrote: post #126

If you think this is awesome you should check out a browser a friend of mine is building called Horse (yes, called “horse”) https://browser.horse/ The reason I like it is that he’s unified tabs and bookmarks almost, it’s a great UX that looks like some things you might have seen but still feels different. He’s also got wicked design sense — but I’m biased so. I also feel like I’m doing him a disservice — he’s got one…

Gonna be honest, that website is doing a big disservice for the product. No screenshots and the navigation disappears when I click a link so I have to hit the browser back button to go to the next page.

No screenshots is huge though. That should be front an center for something that is all about the UI experience. Why would I commit $100 dollars to something I can't see.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by donw »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #122
omneity wrote: post #84

The crypto wallet video ad in the middle of the article is intrusive and frankly infuriating, especially when there is no video illustrating the lifecycle of the new vertical tabs.

That's Brave for you. The founder is a crypto nut, and the browser is adware (shows ads itself instead of merely rendering ads on third party websites).

Brave is my daily driver.

Haven't seen an ad in... years. For crypto or otherwise.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by aero-glide2 »

kusuriya wrote: post #104

Im conflicted, I like the general idea behind brave, their vertical tabs look good, but the browser deeply integrates this crypto grift and robs sites I visit and have their ads allowed of their revenue then wants them to "opt-in" to their grift to get the money they stole.

You can literally disable it in the welcome screen when you first install.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by mo_42 »

qudat wrote: post #118
dangond wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some examples? I finally got around to using a tiling window manager this week and have been loving it, but would love a browser without a status bar to go with it

The main one that comes to mind is https://surf.suckless.org/ But there are many other minimal UI browsers as well as Firefox that support no tabs. I’ve been using qutebrowser which doesn’t have much of a UI since it is vim based

I like tab-less browsers. Leaving tab/window management to the OS means I don’t have to learn browser-specific commands on top of the OS's ones.

I'm using Firefox with a custom userChrome.css:

#TabsToolbar { visibility: collapse !important; }

Works quite ok but I cannot disable opening tabs completely in Firefox.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

kusuriya wrote: post #104

Im conflicted, I like the general idea behind brave, their vertical tabs look good, but the browser deeply integrates this crypto grift and robs sites I visit and have their ads allowed of their revenue then wants them to "opt-in" to their grift to get the money they stole.

They're disabled by default. It's better to try it out than to read opinions on the internet about the browser and form a viewpoint, I say this because I too have been guilty of the same.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #122
omneity wrote: post #84

The crypto wallet video ad in the middle of the article is intrusive and frankly infuriating, especially when there is no video illustrating the lifecycle of the new vertical tabs.

That's Brave for you. The founder is a crypto nut, and the browser is adware (shows ads itself instead of merely rendering ads on third party websites).

> and the browser is adware

Been using the browser for 2 years and yet to see an ad.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

game_the0ry wrote: post #28

I really liked brave and this is an interesting feature, but I had to stop using it when I tried syncing my bookmarks - for some reason, a bunch ended up duplicating, and I have a lot of bookmarks that are well organized. Otherwise, I would have kept using it - it was fast and energy efficient on my intel macbook, way better than chrome. I also have to say - I hate when I have so many tabs open. It's basically a mani…

They've improved the sync functionality a lot this year. It's much faster and reliable now.
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