Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser

Post by ksp-atlas » Sun, Dec 08, 2024, 6:05 PM UTC

sourcepluck wrote: post #190

ethagnawl wrote: post #140

I was intrigued until I saw this in the FAQ: > What is Nyxt? > Nyxt is a browser with deeply integrated AI and semantic document tools that work as a second brain to help you process and understand more, more quickly. No mention of what sort of "AI", where it's run, etc. If nothing else, this sounds like a recipe for a warm laptop and unreliable results.

I agree that's is a bad look, and I wonder who does Nyxt's writing. And I wonder what they mean, I didn't think there was any sort of LLM integration, and definintely not built in... has something changed there? Do they just mean it's built with Lisp? What are these semantic document tools?

Post by vtodekl » Sun, Dec 08, 2024, 6:09 PM UTC

Post by slightwinder » Sun, Dec 08, 2024, 6:43 PM UTC

goku12 wrote: post #150

sigmonsays wrote: post #143

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The AI plug is obligatory. They have to ride the hype train too. This browser was around before AI was popular and when I used it, it was great. The only downside is the lack of ability to run extensions, like bitwarden.

Nyxt is supposed to be as extensible as Emacs and way more extensible than mainstream browsers that use WebExtensions. The lack of extensions is likely due to its miniscule market share.

Post by slightwinder » Sun, Dec 08, 2024, 6:50 PM UTC

jolmg wrote: post #48

olejorgenb wrote: post #37

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Firefox does, but does a really poor you if exposing that info. (See places.sqlite)

Huh, you're right. I thought it only kept record of the last visit to any URL, because that's what it shows in the GUI, but the DB does have prior records... It's weird how they went through the trouble of hiding entries in the GUI.

Post by pdntspa » Sun, Dec 08, 2024, 6:57 PM UTC

lll-o-lll wrote: post #56

pjmlp wrote: post #54

As someone that started in computing when affordable computing was all about keyboard, and mices only existed in computers with prices similar to buying a car or a mortgage, I don't get the hype of keyboard == hacker mentality. Specially since that on my hacker circle of Demoscene, during the 16 bit days, we were mostly on Atari and Amiga systems, then we had plenty of mouse time, and no one ever stop to wonder we we…

Even outside of the “hacker” community, keyboard has always been associated with higher expertise. Average “MS Word” user - Navigate through various menus to find what they want to do. Power Users - Memorized all the “shortcuts”. I think that’s mostly what it is. A keyboard (and a bunch of memorizing), gives mastery over the applications UI.