Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
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Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#2Shut up and take my money!
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#3Any free alternative?
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#4Seems quite similar to https://sizzy.co/
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#5Any free alternative?
Chromium
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#6Hey, I'm Kilian, the creator and solo developer of Polypane. Exciting to see this on the homepage again.
Happy to answer any questions folks have!
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#7Any free alternative?
The top comment from the last time this was submitted pointed to an open source (AGPLv3) implementation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29340887> but I don't know how they compare feature-wise
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#8I wish such a browser could accurately emulate a mobile device's browser, not just change screen size, but even Apple's iOS simulator fails at this.
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#9I wish such a browser could accurately emulate a mobile device's browser, not just change screen size, but even Apple's iOS simulator fails at this.
No need, nowadays sites just guess you're on a phone if you resize the browser window too narrow and whinge at you to "use a desktop device or use our app for the best experience".
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#10I wish such a browser could accurately emulate a mobile device's browser, not just change screen size, but even Apple's iOS simulator fails at this.
No need, nowadays sites just guess you're on a phone if you resize the browser window too narrow and whinge at you to "use a desktop device or use our app for the best experience".
> "use a desktop device or use our app for the best experience".
Plot twist: their "app" is just the same site wrapped in a webview, minus the nags to install the app.