I like that. Will pick it up for the next update.
Exactly. There are differences, but the core functionality is the same.
Thanks for the shout-out. Thank you for your endless stream of inspiration. Keep 'em coming! Those links are so valuable.
Thanks for the shout-out @[email protected]
A bit swamped right now, but in my head I'm planning on re-implementing gohug in vuejs and open sourcing the code. The current version was just a weekend hack when I was overjoyed with the change in our thinking that [email protected] and similar communities are bringing.
Would love to add more functionality like a fully customizable and theme-able speed-dial, search engines, lemmy and mastodon feeds, etc.
Not sure if anybody is interested in a liberated start page though. Will push it forward anyway, for personal use at least. But maybe at glacial pace 😅
Thank you so much for that background info! Will migrate my Gitea instance to Forgejo. Was quite fresh anyway, better do it now than later.
Haha. Still running an Xorg session. It's a shame there were so many nuisances in Wayland. They seem to get fewer and by now I think it will be OK for most things. Still don't wanna try as long as Xorg works without issues.
Ohhh... I like that. A very strong contender if I switch.
I like the TOTP scanner that automatically scans the screen for QR codes that was intorduced lately in Bitwarden and just the user interface in general that I very like.
But nothing I would lose much sleep over. Thanks for the recommendation!
Exactly. Used a Pixel 7a to test Graphene. Wanted to for a long time but was hesitant to try on my main phone. Just feel lucky I had the opportunity to get a used phone to test on now. Was well worth it IMO.
Got a used Pixel 7a to play around with. Will be supported by Graphene for a few more years I assume and good enough for everything I do.
My main driver is a Pixel 8. Usually skip a few generations in between, but liked the stock Android experience compared to other manufacturer bloat.
Was thinking about trying Graphene for some time now. The last weeks finally gave me the push to do something about it.
Similar with Qubes OS on laptop, but not sure if I'll ever dig deep there.
Trying out hardware / software is a passion of mine. Got a Pine phone at some point to play around with different Linux based smartphone OS'es and see what the current state is.
I found that LineageOS can be a life saver for "older" hardware that is still perfectly fine but doesn't get updates from the OEM anymore. In my experience tablets often get treated very badly in that regard.
Can only speak for myself as I don't know a single person IRL who uses it.
Was primarily using Chrome the last years. I haven't had heard about Vivaldi until maybe two or three weeks ago.
THE BAD
Let me start with what I don't like:
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They have their own implementation of how internal windows / focus works. As a user you notice it that e.g. the little Bitwarden popup stays open even if you click somewhere else. Which can be nice. The downside is that it makes life as a web dev a bit more complicated, as Keyboard shortcuts don't work exactly as on Chrome - which is just the smoothest (also compared to Firefox)
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The tweaking necessary to achieve the behavior I wanted from it took some initial research and set up time. Happy to say that I managed to get everything right, but it was looking up tweaks in user forums, bug tracker, etc. Not the best experience (e.g. vivaldi:// was not associated by default, had to do that manually, several keyboard shortcuts I rely on, start page focus on address bar, other minor tweaks as examples)
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It sometimes after a long period of usage begins to freeze to the point where I have to restart it sometimes, which can be a nuisance. Don't really care about it, but want to be honest about that.
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It is impossible to drop a current page by dragging the link deep into the folder structure of the bookmarks toolbar. That works on most other browsers, but here you are limited to the very top level of folders only.
THE GOOD
The good parts why I prefer it over all the other browsers currently:
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They absolutely got the settings menu right. It is structured in a way that just speaks to my brain. It is absolutely clear where you find what.
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Then all the things you CAN configure in the first place. Much is missing in other browser. They could, or can if you heavily tweak random flags and hidden settings, here it's just in the standard configuration interface.
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Configurability of the toolbars is awesome. I got it exactly right to my liking. On Firefox there are one or two items I was not able to move. Not even with custom userChrome tweaks.
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Their sidebar implementation is just awesome too (for my use case). Has all the features I need and removed all that I don't.
AFTERTHOUGHT
That said I have to say that during testing of different browser I somewhat achieved almost the same with LibreWolf. Except their sidebar and main configuration interface are inferior IMO. I'll immediately switch (if or) once manifest v2 gets dropped.
Love the power of userChrome.css in Firefox.
Also discovered the Stylus extension which works in most browsers. I have already created several custom styles for my most frequently visited websites that sync in my cloud storage to all my devices. Mostly tweaks to get dark mode right on some pages that don't support it yet.
My main point I guess is that actively thinking about what products I use and looking into alternatives made me realize what other great options there are. The spark was all this community. For that I'm grateful.
Uuuuuh. Looks exciting. Thanks for the mention
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No, thank you.