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Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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The more I think about this, the more convinced I am that I want a browser that functions like an IDE. Multiple panes with tabs, that can be resized either to custom sizes or automatically (binary space partitioning). It’s too much for a general purpose browser, which is how we’ve got the Chrome, Safari, Firefox we have. But I think the appeal of a more information-dense browser is broader than we think, anyone doing…

So emacs ?

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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I see the name “Brave Browser” and my brain just refuses to engage. Their marketing team ruined the product for me before I ever got the chance to try it.

> I see the name “Brave Browser” and my brain just refuses to engage. Not sure I follow. I used Firefox for 20 years but had to switch to a Chromium browser due to performance. Went with Brave, seemed to be the best of the bunch. I've been happy with it. What's the problem with the name?

There are no problems with the browser. It's the PR surrounding it. Clickbaity tech news websites have been trying to ruin Brave's reputation while Brave users continue to enjoy a fully FOSS browser with the best privacy period.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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post #83

The more I think about this, the more convinced I am that I want a browser that functions like an IDE. Multiple panes with tabs, that can be resized either to custom sizes or automatically (binary space partitioning). It’s too much for a general purpose browser, which is how we’ve got the Chrome, Safari, Firefox we have. But I think the appeal of a more information-dense browser is broader than we think, anyone doing…

And not an IDE like VSCode, but a fully customizable IDE. It's so frustrating to yearn for basic features in VSCode only to be ignored for years. For example, on macOS, a good amount of space is wasted because we can't hide the menu/title bar. We can't customize tabs either. No vertical tabs like Edge. No tabs height customization. It's either their way or the highway. A gripe with Brave: Why doesn't the mouse-over f…

>It's so frustrating to yearn for basic features in VSCode only to be ignored for years

What is a "basic feature" to you is apparently not that to most people, certainly not to me. Just how important could it be to resize the tab height? And what would vertical tabs do that the open editors panel doesn't? I also don't follow regarding the menu bar -- that's the way all apps behave on MacOS? You can put it into fullscreen mode if you want.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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Now if only you could hide the tab-favicon sidebar... Arc does this, but they don't give you the URL bar. It may sound nitpicky (and it is) but I really want the hidden tab sidebar AND a visible URL bar. Here's hoping either Arc or Brave will make this an option.

I'm on Arc. If you're ok with the url bar being visible where you want it to be visible — you can trigger it per-domain (tab?) then this is how it looks like when you enable Developer Mode for a "site":

https://shottr.cc/s/H7dA/SCR-20230602-dhd.png

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

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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'm curious but somewhat discouraged by the lack of a single screenshot. I don't want to install a minimalist browser that won't have extension capability and a lot of other features just to see if I like one thing that it does.

I'm so sorry, this is actually great advice for my friend, I'm sending it to him right now, here's a screenshot:

https://twitter.com/PascalPixel/status/1585224743480721408

I've passed it on, hopefully he'll have the website updated with a screenshot in like... 10 mins

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

#147

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.

Thanks for this feedback, sorry I'm so late in getting to it, but here's a screenshot:

https://twitter.com/PascalPixel/status/1585224743480721408

I'm talking to pascal right now and urging him to put a screenshot up!

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

#148

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…

> Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).

Would you mind providing just a little more information? This is clearly an issue but I'm not sure what it could be -- I'm not sure sentry is installed on the site either.

What page were you on where you saw that? Were you not able to load the page itself?

If you wouldn't mind opening up the browser console, I'd love to know what went wrong.

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

#149

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.

The comment is earnest, and it's not a joke!

Here's a screenshot of the browser: https://twitter.com/PascalPixel/status/1585224743480721408

Re: Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs

#150
post #83

The more I think about this, the more convinced I am that I want a browser that functions like an IDE. Multiple panes with tabs, that can be resized either to custom sizes or automatically (binary space partitioning). It’s too much for a general purpose browser, which is how we’ve got the Chrome, Safari, Firefox we have. But I think the appeal of a more information-dense browser is broader than we think, anyone doing…

Or, getting rid of tabs and going back to individual browser windows, but with some mechanism to visualise and navigate between them better on the desktop (e.g. window shrinks to 30% of full size on loss focus and stays to a side of the desk top until restored). I remember managing a fairly large number of Internet Explorer windows on Windows 98.
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