Do these features really need to be a stand-alone browser or could they be a browser extension?
Nyxt Browser
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Re: Nyxt Browser
#42I'll look at this again when they support gecko
I think it'd be cool to merge it (this) with the rendering part of netsurf, which can run on a framebuffer.
Re: Nyxt Browser
#43Every web browser should have a tree based history by this point. This part is cool: > Nyxt is web engine agnostic. We utilize a minimal API to interface to any web engine. This makes us flexible and resilient to changes in the web landscape. Currently, we support WebKit and WebEngine (Blink). Does this browser have anything do to with Next? The logo seems similar.
What does that mean in practice though? Since it’s not a browser plug-in, I assume the download is an actual fully fledged browser. Perhaps I’m missing something obvious. What rendering engine did they choose? Or is it possible to switch between them?
In practice Nyxt is a common lisp environment that has an FFI binding to webkitgtk (and probably qt-webengine). I've only used to webkitgtk. So Nyxt is a lot like eolie and gnome web.
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#44Nice, it comes with a nix expression too. However, I think that regular browsers like chrome/firefox are better in that they offer 99% of customizability at 1% of the effort one would have to spend to configure nyxt. There are extensions that let you inject javascript into a website. You can do a lot with that. Not to mention that mice are very well suited for browsing web. Edit: Typo
Configuring Nyxt is part of the fun. This is the same reason one might choose emacs or vim over vscode. Sure there are extensions in other software but I'm really getting a kick out of setting up Brave's ad-block server with this browser.
Re: Nyxt Browser
#45Do these features really need to be a stand-alone browser or could they be a browser extension?
Sounds like a great project to build!!
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#46Nyxt seems amazing, but it's hard for me to imagine using a browser without Ublock Origin. I understand that it doesn't really make sense for everyone to support webextensions, and it's a huge amount of extra work, but it's just a huge barrier to adoption. It's hard to trust the smaller browsers to keep me private online if there isn't something that gives me that same level of control over blocking. And there's a hu…
This is primarily why I use Brave, particularly on phones. I've had some form of ublock and js whitelisting since 2002 or so and don't even recognize most sites without them.
I assume a lot of the potential "early adopters" for any new browser are privacy/security focused and as neat as it is conceptually that's going to be a steep climb for any new project.
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#47I would love to give Nyxt a try once there is bitwarden integration.
I am using Tridactyl on Firefox which has many of these keyboard navigation features. I tried using qutebrowser (a bit more like nyxt) but I stick with Firefox for the password manager integration and easy installation on all platforms. Also Ctrl+Tab on Firefox switching between most recently is what I want most of the time.
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#48Nyxt seems amazing, but it's hard for me to imagine using a browser without Ublock Origin. I understand that it doesn't really make sense for everyone to support webextensions, and it's a huge amount of extra work, but it's just a huge barrier to adoption. It's hard to trust the smaller browsers to keep me private online if there isn't something that gives me that same level of control over blocking. And there's a hu…
It makes a lot more sense to ad block system wide than to expect every bit of software you use to implement extensions to allow you to do it. There are plenty of services like AdGuard and Lockdown, they can use the same lists that ublock uses, and you protect not just your browser but your email and everything else you use. Some routers will let you do something similar, and you can add a pihole to your network if your router won’t help.
Re: Nyxt Browser
#49Awesome, but why not write this as a browser extension? Why create a new browser for it?
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#50The "lossless tree history" is an amazing feature to have. I have yet to find a modern, usable replacement for the Norwell History Tool XUL extension for older Firefox versions. It allowed one to see browsing as it happened in a logical, orderly timeline instead of a collection of URLs and their last accessed value, so that you could see for example what webpage led to another. I wish this project success for allowin…
You can emulate that by opening tabs only in new tabs. It works fine for <10 tabs.