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Disappointed that there isn't any innovation wrt tabs; they aren't mentioned at all. I understand Lightspeed aims to be minimalistic, but many of these default

by owlish 12y ago

Disappointed that there isn't any innovation wrt tabs; they aren't mentioned at all. I understand Lightspeed aims to be minimalistic, but many of these defaults are just illogical. Default click-to-play at the moment already ruins many audio sites where the flash applet is hidden, and turns others into a game of Where's Waldo. Completely dropping extensions is antithetical to the central idea as well. Ideally, the browser would be barebones and fast (what Firefox once was) and any features would be an addon. Otherwise, you get sucked into the mentality of "if only there was this one feature". All in all, there seem to be several inconsistencies in the central idea, but it could definitely turn out to be an interesting idea.

kibibu 12y ago
Tabs are accessed through the URL popup overlay. I agree that it's difficult to imagine browsing without them, but I manage well enough on phones without them.
- insky 12y ago
  On an Android tablet I have, tab switching under Chrome can be done with a thumb gesture. Tab switching under Opera for me is a fiddle and an annoyance. And that's on a larger device than a phone.
fletchowns 12y ago
He does mention tabs @ 4:18. The click to play behavior doesn't have to be on the actual applet, it could be a popup just under the top bar or something. Use some imagination. Dropping extensions is not antiethical. The people this browser is targeted for don't care about extensions. I don't see any of the "inconsistencies to the central idea" you are talking about.
- krisgenre 12y ago
  In my experience with non technical people, they are always interested in that one addon that helps them download YouTube videos.
  - cpeterso 12y ago
    The browser could just bundle the functionality from popular add-ons like download YouTube videos. On Firefox's add-ons website, six of the top 20 add-ons are video downloaders! :) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=users https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=us...
    - krisgenre 12y ago
      That's the catch. I believe YouTube's terms and conditions don't allow you to download videos ( not sure ). If FF bundles such an addon, they could get into trouble ( again not sure, jus speculating ).
- insky 12y ago
  I'd be very happy with all animation/audio being click to play. I'd like to nominate a video player to play videos. Currently I can't play Youtube videos in Firefox, so I have to open Chrome for the task. I'd prefer to just switch to an app that played video, and did that one thing well, with controls that I'm comfortable and familiar with. Rather than a g'zillion bad implementations.

by owlish 12y ago

kibibu 12y ago

Tabs are accessed through the URL popup overlay. I agree that it's difficult to imagine browsing without them, but I manage well enough on phones without them.

insky 12y ago
On an Android tablet I have, tab switching under Chrome can be done with a thumb gesture. Tab switching under Opera for me is a fiddle and an annoyance. And that's on a larger device than a phone.

fletchowns 12y ago

He does mention tabs @ 4:18. The click to play behavior doesn't have to be on the actual applet, it could be a popup just under the top bar or something. Use some imagination. Dropping extensions is not antiethical. The people this browser is targeted for don't care about extensions. I don't see any of the "inconsistencies to the central idea" you are talking about.

krisgenre 12y ago
In my experience with non technical people, they are always interested in that one addon that helps them download YouTube videos.
- cpeterso 12y ago
  The browser could just bundle the functionality from popular add-ons like download YouTube videos. On Firefox's add-ons website, six of the top 20 add-ons are video downloaders! :) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=users https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=us...
  - krisgenre 12y ago
    That's the catch. I believe YouTube's terms and conditions don't allow you to download videos ( not sure ). If FF bundles such an addon, they could get into trouble ( again not sure, jus speculating ).
insky 12y ago
I'd be very happy with all animation/audio being click to play. I'd like to nominate a video player to play videos. Currently I can't play Youtube videos in Firefox, so I have to open Chrome for the task. I'd prefer to just switch to an app that played video, and did that one thing well, with controls that I'm comfortable and familiar with. Rather than a g'zillion bad implementations.