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Re: Nook Browser

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New browser starter pack: * Fancy logo * Blink engine so it's basically Chrome like every other alternative browser * Mention of AI somewhere on the website * Minimal UI clearly inspired by Safari * Heartfelt promises of speed and privacy * macOS only

* made with <3 by humans

Re: Nook Browser

#92
post #53

Am I the only one that thinks "No selling of browsing data. Ever." implies that you're still harvesting browsing data? That is a level of telemetry that I don't want my browser having.

Right, as I read that I also thought, "Wait a sec, do they have the user's browsing data?" They should say "Your browsing data is local and we don't even have it!" instead.

Re: Nook Browser

#93
post #60

I was looking for a good browser. I’m finally interning, and Brave has taken over as my official browser(I don’t like the concept of workspaces/profiles). I used Comet for a while but found it extremely annoying. I like Zen, but I’m not a fan of sidebars in browsers. Currently settled on Helium. This would have been good, but I can’t seem to understand the obsession with sidebars.

I need someone to explain to me, at length, at some point in my life the value proposition of Brave and what it brings to the table that other browsers do not. For example, most of the key differentiators of Brave could be accomplished similarly in Firebox with a litany of extensions -- such as UBlock Origin as just one example -- or Privacy Badger if you'd like to be less 'heavy handed'. The only other differentiato…

Would use Firefox on the main workstation if it had better devtools, other then that it just works and has some useful features, see: Tor and ipfs integration.

Re: Nook Browser

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post #65

New browser starter pack: * Fancy logo * Blink engine so it's basically Chrome like every other alternative browser * Mention of AI somewhere on the website * Minimal UI clearly inspired by Safari * Heartfelt promises of speed and privacy * macOS only

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Re: Nook Browser

#96

I see we're heading back to the days of MDI web browsers, slowly but surely. It's really strange to me how web browsers used to allow so much configuration (like the option to use MDI tab/window management or just generic tiling) but don't anymore. I've been hoping a browser comes out that is just Opera 8/9 but with the ability to browse the modern web so maybe with the advent of all these new browsers I should start…

You can right-click on a tab in chrome to "add tab to split view" now. You can then choose another tab to display together with this one.

they added tabs to tabs

Re: Nook Browser

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post #70
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New browser starter pack: * Fancy logo * Blink engine so it's basically Chrome like every other alternative browser * Mention of AI somewhere on the website * Minimal UI clearly inspired by Safari * Heartfelt promises of speed and privacy * macOS only

The engine of this browser is Webkit.

>The engine of this browser is Webkit.

Thank you, I looked all over their site trying to figure out which engine they were using.

Re: Nook Browser

#98

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The only difference is zen is Firefox based while arc and nook are chromium based.

According to their FAQ, Nook is WebKit-based.

Oops I misunderstood, I thought the fact that it ran chrome extensions meant it was chromium based. Thanks.

Re: Nook Browser

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I've spent decades being unclear about what the WindowMaker value proposition is. Is there something deeper here? Because on the surface it primarily looks like some desktop widgets/dock-apps. Which isn't bad, it's more than the irrelevancy of the desktop today! widgets are great! But I always feel like there was something more weird & implied with WindowMaker. Maybe just that it was taken as heir apparent to NeXTSTE…

To me I always assumed it was heir apparent to NeXTSTEP. I feel like there was a lot of missed opportunities back in the day. Imagine all the manpower going into Gnome and/or KDE going into GNUStep and keeping up with Apple APIs + embrace/extend of Apple APIs.

Precisely. Gnome, KDE, XFCE, and literally any other Free Software DE implement the Windows kind of desktop organisation. While WindowMaker/GNUStep show what the unexplored future could've been.

Re: Nook Browser

#100
post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I need someone to explain to me, at length, at some point in my life the value proposition of Brave and what it brings to the table that other browsers do not. For example, most of the key differentiators of Brave could be accomplished similarly in Firebox with a litany of extensions -- such as UBlock Origin as just one example -- or Privacy Badger if you'd like to be less 'heavy handed'. The only other differentiato…

I will admit to you that Brave historically had many problems with bad behavior: https://old.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/1j1pq7b/list_of_b... The lobste.rs site has taken hostile speps towards Brave: https://lobste.rs/s/iopw1d/what_s_up_with_lobste_rs_blocking... Still, Brave does offer a few unique advantages. - it is equivalent to Chrome on sites that require it, and does not have the compatibility problems of F…

None of those seem like unique advantages. In fact, the only advantage there seems to be "Ad block is built in", which is still a dubious advantage at best.
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