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The last one (flik/flak) might work well with the new browserhtml UX for servo, 3d navigation, breaking away from the traditional forward/back buttons ironicall
by tmzt 10y ago
The last one (flik/flak) might work well with the new browserhtml UX for servo, 3d navigation, breaking away from the traditional forward/back buttons ironically echoed in the "open" design.
See the screenshot/mockup here
https://github.com/browserhtml/browserhtml/blob/master/browser.gif https://github.com/browserhtml/browserhtml/blob/master/brows...
As another comment mentioned, why not start with Firefox which has had the same branding since Ian introduced it in a blog post probably over a decade ago.
Simplify the logo to nearly dichromatic, with subtle depth cues.
Beyond that the brand has to be about something, like a faster more open web in the past, and possibly privacy and security should be added now.
Edge seems to be stalling, Chrome is fast but the core (blink) is becoming outdated as is Gecko. ("Next-generation layout" as it was called back when XPCOM was a thing.)
Battery life matters in mobile and that's something that WebRender can improve with the right driver support.
The other opportunity here is privacy, improve the extension API and the network layer to support filters, making Firefox the ad-blocking friendly browser. This woulsd be faster than a SOCKS proxy, avoid the extra copies and context switches.
Talk about the "advanced security" and how the latest standards are supported on all platforms, unlike IE or Chrome.
Consider introducing a new HTML-based UX on the Gecko-based browser along with process isolation and Rust components.
Simplify the UX to match Chrome, but introduce new extension points using web components or the like. Chrome has extensions that can "read any page", Firefox could limit them to pages they are activated on by user action. It should be possible to have extensions that cannot access "chrome" features, such as file IO or socket IO.
Maybe have a specific area in the UX where page actions can be registered, similar to the old CSS stylesheet picker in early versions of Firefox. This would avoid browser toolbars and other things that slow Firefox down over time.