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I wrote a couple custom browsers for both pro and personal reasons. I found out that there is a tiny niche market for a privacy-focused, minimalist browser that
by dexterlagan 3y ago
I wrote a couple custom browsers for both pro and personal reasons. I found out that there is a tiny niche market for a privacy-focused, minimalist browser that a) does not understand cookies, b) executes JS only when allowed to and c) is capable of displaying most decent Web sites without garbling them. I had good success with using Chromium as backend, and slowly adding the stuff we do need (download manager, password vault, auto-complete). Turns out it's quite easy to setup, but there's one annoying chunk: dealing with creating tabs or new windows. 'Modern' Web sites use and abuse that mechanism to display pop-ups, and it's quite a challenge to handle. Good luck to ya!
- isoos 3y agoIs your work open source?
- sshine 3y ago> I found out that there is a tiny niche market for a privacy-focused, minimalist browser You mean like Orion by Kagi, Mullvad Browser, Brave, Falkon, Safari, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser, Firefox Focus, Midori? I feel like the best browser in this market has yet to show itself. I doubt it will be one where the author claims it will fail.
- kybernetikos 3y ago"just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu". At the start of a project, it can be difficult to know if it will snowball, and since most projects don't, creators often feel like they have to get in ahead of the negativity and set expectations.
- sshine 3y agoMaking a browser is a big undertaking, and I would set the same level of ambition. And then I wouldn’t post it on a forum until it has reached a milestone. :-)
- ilaksh 3y agoIf you used Chromium to "write a browser" then in no way did you write a browser. You wrapped Chromium.
- popcorncowboy 3y agoThere's a joke about the latest wave of "AI" companies in here somewhere...
- dexterlagan 3y agoYes agreed, I meant writing a wrapper. Writing a browser engine isn't my cup of tea :)