For anyone interested, here are some web browsers that are actually minimalist and not just reskins of chromium: http://surf.suckless.org/ https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/ http://www.uzbl.org/
I'm amazed no-one has mentioned "dwb" in this thread. Yet another webkit-based browser with vi-like keybindings, but also an extension manager and plugins such as adblock and requestpolicy. Entirely keyboard-driven. http://portix.bitbucket.org/dwb/
I used to use dwb for some time. I thought that it was essentially abandonware at this point, with the primary developer focusing on other projects.
Has it started receiving more attention again, or acquired a new maintainer?