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Show HN: PolyBrowser 1.0 – A new way to browse the web. What do you think?

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#41

I'm kind of a broken person, I can't use a web browser without getting distracted if it doesn't have vim bindings. This kind of browser really doesn't lend itself to that. I don't see how this browser will ever suit me or people like me, which is kind of a problem; how do you expect random non-techhy people to discover this if the techhy people don't move first? I do like the idea. I find myself wishing I could do a…

> how do you expect random non-techhy people to discover this if the techhy people don't move first?

I feel like non-techy people would be much easier to convince to try a new browser than techy people, especially ones so deeply entrenched in things like vim bindings. There's just a much smaller change involved going from a normal browser in a stock consumer OS like Windows to this than going from something like using vim bindings to this.

Re: Show HN: PolyBrowser 1.0 – A new way to browse the web. What do you think?

#43
Tried it on my MacBook Pro 17, Yosemite.

1) I agree with the other comments, UX/UI improvement is needed.

2) Sometime when I try to 'swipe' from my trackpad, it does 'to previous page' on the tab, which is not active - next to the active tab. (two tabs opened only - when it happened, didn't try with more tabs)

3) Scrolling/Swiping speed optimisation :)

Looking forward for more updates! Thnx!

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