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Perhaps the author is just dreaming of another browser in addition to the one you prefer. One with different/less features. It is interesting how this is some
by o8r3oFTZPE 5y ago
Perhaps the author is just dreaming of another browser in addition to the one you prefer. One with different/less features. It is interesting how this is somehow a controversial idea. Is there some reason that the number of web browsers needs to remain small.
Different browsers can be really useful. Personally I do not need want the browser the author suggests at all, but that's just me. Every user is different. I use "links" heavily for reading HTML; it is particularly good for printing HTML tables. I do not expect anyone else to use it. (But some do, including user who actually paid money for features.) A different browser is simply an optional program I choose to make use of. I do not use it for anything financial or otherwise sensitive. There are other browsers for that.
In recent years I frequently see comments that seem hostile to the mere idea of more web browsers. I do not understand this. If this author wants some browser with some certain set of features, that is his business.
"Disagreeing" with someone's desire for a browser with different/less features because of the annoyance of native apps. It make no sense. (Blame the developers of today's "native apps", not users who want alternatives.) AFAICT, there is no suggestion in this blog post of trying to take away anyone's preferred web browser and make them use native apps. The author just wants more options besides the popular ones. A browser with different/fewer features in addition to all the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, do-everything-under-sun ones written by online advertising-supported organisations.
- basch 5y agoor even just a "web browser mode" vs "multimedia gateway mode." the techwizardry demands of heavy hitters like YouTube and Facebook have created an "attack surface" that forces active and constantly evolving opt out behavior. the web is actively hostile towards the lay browser (person who browses.) a million notifications to allow and enable things on first visit to a site is a terrible experience. sane defaults should disallow these apis on most popular properties. furthermore, I personally wouldnt mind a split between the browser and a communicator. a separate webrtc phonelike app that handles all teleconferencing. i get why people dont want a native app installed for each voip solution, but a single tool that is cross compatible, pushed out of the "web browser" would make web browsers safer. the average person is using a web browser to look at celebrity news, pictures, youtube videos. delivering those things efficiently doesnt need to be much more complicated than the web was 10 years ago. having a separate button to launch "3d game rendering mode" would be preferable to every site on the web abusing the tech behind the scenes to deliver targeted ads.