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Re: Show HN: Wikipedia Browser a La Andy Matuschak's Evergreen Notes

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Post by phforms »

c_ehlen wrote: post #9
dspillett wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've thought of this too, along with the possibility of having multiple tabs visible in the same window generally (almost like a screen/tmux/byobu/… for a browser with tabs being panes in tmux's terminology⁰, tabs->windows and a browser window being a session). That is probably a very niche desire though, so I don't hold hope of seeing it implemented/supported and don't have time to try write it myself. -------- [0]…

Arc browser is doing something like this. Not as sophisticated but at least you get split views (panes). https://arc.net/

I was trying out Arc and almost forgot about it, but now knowing about this feature changes everything, thanks for pointing it out! Very often I need to see two or more pages side by side and I just hate making a mess in my browser with multiple windows open. They just tend to get lost and I have to move them out of the way or close them one by one, it is just annoying.

You can even have more than two splits, which I did not expect. Also, holding the option/alt key when clicking on a link opens it in a new split which is super convenient.

Re: Show HN: Wikipedia Browser a La Andy Matuschak's Evergreen Notes

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Post by justusthane »

c_ehlen wrote: post #9
dspillett wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've thought of this too, along with the possibility of having multiple tabs visible in the same window generally (almost like a screen/tmux/byobu/… for a browser with tabs being panes in tmux's terminology⁰, tabs->windows and a browser window being a session). That is probably a very niche desire though, so I don't hold hope of seeing it implemented/supported and don't have time to try write it myself. -------- [0]…

Arc browser is doing something like this. Not as sophisticated but at least you get split views (panes). https://arc.net/

Vivaldi has this functionality as well, although the UI around it isn't great. There's no easy way to swap one pane with a different site - you have to untile the existing sites and retile the ones you want.

Re: Show HN: Wikipedia Browser a La Andy Matuschak's Evergreen Notes

#38

Post by samtheDamned »

c_ehlen wrote: post #9
dspillett wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've thought of this too, along with the possibility of having multiple tabs visible in the same window generally (almost like a screen/tmux/byobu/… for a browser with tabs being panes in tmux's terminology⁰, tabs->windows and a browser window being a session). That is probably a very niche desire though, so I don't hold hope of seeing it implemented/supported and don't have time to try write it myself. -------- [0]…

Arc browser is doing something like this. Not as sophisticated but at least you get split views (panes). https://arc.net/

Zen browser does this as well though as a Firefox derivative, though as a quick disclaimer it is a relatively new project.

https://www.zen-browser.app/

Re: Show HN: Wikipedia Browser a La Andy Matuschak's Evergreen Notes

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Post by steezeburger »

1kurac wrote: post #39

Interesting concept, but also a great way to obtain zero browsing history on the topics you research.

Heard that! I made this proof of concept in just a few hours last night, so there's still quite a bit of work to be done. I've already created an issue to add browsing history https://github.com/steezeburger/wikipedia-browser/issues/1
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