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Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

77 points by ldong 10y ago

dgquintas 10y ago
There's also vimium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...
- eeZi 10y ago
  And cVim: https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim Now how do they compare?
  - thameera 10y ago
    As a long time cVim user I've found out that 99% of my browsing can be done with its scroll up/down and open link features. When combined with this switch to recent tabs extension, the mouse becomes almost irrelevant: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toggle-switch-recent-last/odhjcgnlbagjllfbilicalpigimhdcll https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toggle-switch-rece...
    - b3n 10y ago
      Vimium has the `visitPreviousTab` built in for toggling between two tabs.
      - patrickjson 10y ago
        There is something like this in Surfingkeys, B - Go one tab history back F - Go one tab history forward
  - drops 10y ago
    Surfingkeys has a couple of features over cVim that I really like: -pressing '?' on any page will open the list of shortcuts -searching through bookmarks / history ('t') is prettier -very useful feature of switching through all the current open tabs with link hints ('T') There's one shortcoming I noticed, however, is that when you go to the link hint mode, there are no indication than you entered it. On cVim there's a "follow link" notice in the lower right corner. I'm a fairly casual user though, someone else will probably find more differences and pros / cons for each extension
- shakeel_mohamed 10y ago
  I LOVE the scroll with j & k, it's smoothest scrolling experience I've ever seen!
- jlgaddis 10y ago
  I've tried a bunch of these "vim-like" plugins and I always come back to Vimium (on Chrome). On Firefox I'm stuck with Vimperator, which means I don't use Firefox very often.
  - darkr 10y ago
    Why so? Firefox is still my browser du jour mainly because of Vimperator. I also use Vimium when in chrome, but Vimperator is way more powerful, and plugins are trivial to write: https://vimpr.github.io/plugins-en.html https://vimpr.github.io/plugins-en.html
  - scns 10y ago
    you should check out VimFX for firefox, its modeled after Vimium but i like it even better.
eloycoto 10y ago
Does someone know if there is a Firefox fork?
- bello 10y ago
  VimFX works pretty well on Firefox: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
- setrofim_ 10y ago
  For Firefox, Vimperator FTW! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/vimperator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/vimperator/
- nachtigall 10y ago
  Since Firefox now supports great parts of WebExtensions (https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/12/webextensions-taking-root/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/12/webextensions-tak...), I am curious if this works natively in Firefox 48? (or Firefox Developer Edition, which is at 50 now and might have better support and more bugs fixed)
- lordfoom 10y ago
  Pentadactyl is great, but you'll have to find the signed xpi.
  - darkr 10y ago
    Pentadactyl is EOL. Vimperator is still being actively developed..
    - lordfoom 10y ago
      I think that's an assumed EOL on Pentadactyl because of Electrolysis. The devs don't talk but the community is trying to come up with a way to continue. Vimperator has similar issues with Eloctrolysis, I think? I hope pentadactyl makes it, cos it's my favorite of the vim extensions. Vimperator just doesn't feel as advanced.
snaky 10y ago
How does it compare with Pentadactyl?
ramblenode 10y ago
I tried Pentadactyl and Vimperator before settling on qutebrowser. It's just fantastic and worth checking out if you're in the market for a keyboard-driven browser. https://www.qutebrowser.org https://www.qutebrowser.org
- lordfoom 10y ago
  I'm on pentadactyl and loving it, but haven't heard of qutebrowser - what made qutebrowser stand out for you, if you don't mind me asking?
  - Sir_Cmpwn 10y ago
    What got me to make the switch was that it wasn't Firefox. I got so fed up with Mozilla's bullshit that I went looking for anything else, especially after they broke all of my custom addons. Qutebrowser ended up pleasantly surprising me.
nagarjun 10y ago
I'm loving this! Great stuff. Is there a way to exclude websites from activating SurfingKeys?
- patrickjson 10y ago
  https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys#hotkey-to-toggle-surfingkeys https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys#hotkey-to-toggle-su... use Alt-s to toggle it by default.
- deleted 10y ago
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mercer 10y ago
For another approach to power-tooling your browser, have a look at Gleebox (http://thegleebox.com/ http://thegleebox.com/). I use it constantly to navigate between pages, to get a readable version of the page (!read), and to switch between tabs using a fuzzy-search approach. On some sites I've even added custom jquery-based selectors to quickly navigate around the pagfe.

77 points by ldong 10y ago

There's also vimium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...

eeZi 10y ago
And cVim: https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim Now how do they compare?
- thameera 10y ago
  As a long time cVim user I've found out that 99% of my browsing can be done with its scroll up/down and open link features. When combined with this switch to recent tabs extension, the mouse becomes almost irrelevant: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toggle-switch-recent-last/odhjcgnlbagjllfbilicalpigimhdcll https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toggle-switch-rece...
  - b3n 10y ago
    Vimium has the `visitPreviousTab` built in for toggling between two tabs.
    - patrickjson 10y ago
      There is something like this in Surfingkeys, B - Go one tab history back F - Go one tab history forward
- drops 10y ago
  Surfingkeys has a couple of features over cVim that I really like: -pressing '?' on any page will open the list of shortcuts -searching through bookmarks / history ('t') is prettier -very useful feature of switching through all the current open tabs with link hints ('T') There's one shortcoming I noticed, however, is that when you go to the link hint mode, there are no indication than you entered it. On cVim there's a "follow link" notice in the lower right corner. I'm a fairly casual user though, someone else will probably find more differences and pros / cons for each extension
shakeel_mohamed 10y ago
I LOVE the scroll with j & k, it's smoothest scrolling experience I've ever seen!
jlgaddis 10y ago
I've tried a bunch of these "vim-like" plugins and I always come back to Vimium (on Chrome). On Firefox I'm stuck with Vimperator, which means I don't use Firefox very often.
- darkr 10y ago
  Why so? Firefox is still my browser du jour mainly because of Vimperator. I also use Vimium when in chrome, but Vimperator is way more powerful, and plugins are trivial to write: https://vimpr.github.io/plugins-en.html https://vimpr.github.io/plugins-en.html
- scns 10y ago
  you should check out VimFX for firefox, its modeled after Vimium but i like it even better.

eloycoto 10y ago

Does someone know if there is a Firefox fork?

bello 10y ago
VimFX works pretty well on Firefox: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
setrofim_ 10y ago
For Firefox, Vimperator FTW! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/vimperator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/vimperator/
nachtigall 10y ago
Since Firefox now supports great parts of WebExtensions (https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/12/webextensions-taking-root/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/12/webextensions-tak...), I am curious if this works natively in Firefox 48? (or Firefox Developer Edition, which is at 50 now and might have better support and more bugs fixed)
lordfoom 10y ago
Pentadactyl is great, but you'll have to find the signed xpi.
- darkr 10y ago
  Pentadactyl is EOL. Vimperator is still being actively developed..
  - lordfoom 10y ago
    I think that's an assumed EOL on Pentadactyl because of Electrolysis. The devs don't talk but the community is trying to come up with a way to continue. Vimperator has similar issues with Eloctrolysis, I think? I hope pentadactyl makes it, cos it's my favorite of the vim extensions. Vimperator just doesn't feel as advanced.

snaky 10y ago

How does it compare with Pentadactyl?

ramblenode 10y ago

I tried Pentadactyl and Vimperator before settling on qutebrowser. It's just fantastic and worth checking out if you're in the market for a keyboard-driven browser. https://www.qutebrowser.org https://www.qutebrowser.org

lordfoom 10y ago
I'm on pentadactyl and loving it, but haven't heard of qutebrowser - what made qutebrowser stand out for you, if you don't mind me asking?
- Sir_Cmpwn 10y ago
  What got me to make the switch was that it wasn't Firefox. I got so fed up with Mozilla's bullshit that I went looking for anything else, especially after they broke all of my custom addons. Qutebrowser ended up pleasantly surprising me.

nagarjun 10y ago

I'm loving this! Great stuff. Is there a way to exclude websites from activating SurfingKeys?

patrickjson 10y ago
https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys#hotkey-to-toggle-surfingkeys https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys#hotkey-to-toggle-su... use Alt-s to toggle it by default.
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mercer 10y ago

For another approach to power-tooling your browser, have a look at Gleebox (http://thegleebox.com/ http://thegleebox.com/). I use it constantly to navigate between pages, to get a readable version of the page (!read), and to switch between tabs using a fuzzy-search approach. On some sites I've even added custom jquery-based selectors to quickly navigate around the pagfe.