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by niutech 2y ago
Try changing the user agent string to Lynx: https://fosstodon.org/@niutech/113877781179023925
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by niutech 2y ago
Also not requiring JS: SearXNG, FrogFind.
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by niutech 2y ago
Set the user agent string to: Lynx/2.8.6rel.5 libwww-FM/2.14
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by niutech 2y ago
There are alternatives: - https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/ - https://searx.be - https://mojeek.com - http://frogfind.com
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by niutech 2y ago
There is already FrogFind: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31152866
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by niutech 2y ago
The Lynx user agent string works for now: Lynx/2.8.6rel.5 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/1.0.0a
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by niutech 2y ago
Or use free SearXNG: https://searx.be
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by niutech 2y ago
I've filed this issue in their Google Search Community: https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/318978583 You can also click the wrench icon in the Google SERP and choose Send feedback. In the meantime, u
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by niutech 2y ago
I don't get why React is still so popular in 2025, even though it's slower than many JS frameworks like Vue, Lit or Svelte. Also: PHP, C and Ruby are still somewhat popular in 2025.
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by niutech 2y ago
How does your book compare with the classic "Operating systems design and implementation" by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Albert S. Woodhull implementing MINIX?
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by niutech 2y ago
Funnily Mozilla had implemented Web Bluetooth API for Firefox OS long ago: https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/Bluetooth
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by niutech 2y ago
Not everybody can upgrade RAM due to warranty seal/lack of slot or simply doesn't know how to do it. Software should use as little resources as it could.
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by niutech 2y ago
You can make a profitable text-only website, e.g. Craigslist. But not everything on the web should be for profit.
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by niutech 2y ago
Blink-based browsers have a built-in link preview in a popup which you can turn on.
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by niutech 2y ago
Brave has an excellent Speedreader mode.
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by niutech 2y ago
Android versions prior to 4.4 support only TLS 1.0 which is deprecated and many old devices aren't upgradable. The same for Mobile IE 10. IE 10 in Windows Server 2008 doesn't support TLS 1.1+ by default.
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by niutech 2y ago
Why not use async iterators and generators in JS? https://javascript.info/async-iterators-generators
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by niutech 2y ago
*.unix TLD could be sold in the future. Why not use *.local if you insist on a domain name? However I'd prefer a different protocol, like http+unix://
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by niutech 2y ago
Or reuse the existing protocol: file:///tmp/my.sock
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by niutech 2y ago
There are time travel maps which not only trains, but also cars or bikes: https://commutetimemap.com/map and https://app.traveltime.com
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by niutech 2y ago
Did you know that you can run Dillo on MS-DOS? https://archive.org/details/msdos_dillodos Dillo can be used as a very lightweight site-specific browser (SSB) like Wikipedia or HTML help files. I am curious what was the
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by niutech 2y ago
You can get pretty much any layout using Qt/QML or Gtk.Builder, no need for bloated webview.
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by niutech 2y ago
So is it a yet another webview-based framework like NeutralinoJS ( https://neutralino.js.org ), Electrino ( https://github.com/pojala/electrino ) or DeskGap ( https://deskgap.com )? What's their
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by niutech 2y ago
Technically Servoshell is a browser bundled with Servo engine.
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by niutech 2y ago
Did you know that Oracle used to have its own web browser PowerBrowser? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_PowerBrowser
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by niutech 2y ago
It's less about PC and more about Android, where Chrome is preinstalled.
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by niutech 2y ago
Opera is the fifth contributor to Chromium: https://www.igalia.com/assets/i/news/ranking-chromium.svg
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by niutech 2y ago
Konqueror, Servo and Ladybird have their own web engine.
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by niutech 2y ago
I don't know, but they already contribute patches to Chromium.
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by niutech 2y ago
Then I'd bet on Swiss companies like Proton AG or Switch.

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