This is probably something I’d be skeptical about. Not to say you shouldn’t do it, but browsers seem like a tough tech to break into.
I’d love a browser that managed resources better and cut off memory hogs.
But in terms of user features that might be more achievable in electron world, I think it would be pretty cool to have a dev-tool-first browser. A browser that made inspection, console, etc. more front and center. I feel like that could be a fun differentiator.
This is probably something I’d be skeptical about. Not to say you shouldn’t do it, but browsers seem like a tough tech to break into.
Don't worry I'm a bit skeptical too but I want to see if I'm able to do something with it, when it comes to browsers I'm that guy that just need it to render the stuff, that's why I wanted opinions.
dev-tool-first browser. A browser that made inspection, console, etc. more front and center.
Now that seems an interesting thing, I'll try to see what can be archivable here
As a power user, I like Vivaldi a lot -- customize everything.
As a developer, I prefer Firefox Quantum -- unmatched dev tools.
I can't immediately think of what a browser could bring to the table to make me install/load a different one... because they all war to be your default, I barely even use Vivaldi anymore.
You'd have to get crafty with real estate, I think. Since the current tools sort of overwrite the content visually, something clever might be done with semi-transparent overlays... perhaps specific extensions along the line of various tests (Mozilla's Observatory, Google's Mobilefriendly, etc).
I can't immediately think of what a browser could bring to the table to make me install/load a different one... because they all war to be your default, I barely even use Vivaldi anymore.
I agree with you, there was a time I kind of had fierce opinions on browsers but now days, as long as it renders my stuff consistently I'm fine with it.
You'd have to get crafty with real estate
agreed
The ParrotOS of web browsers?
I think that's too much for my skills hahaha but I'll have it in mind
This is probably something I’d be skeptical about. Not to say you shouldn’t do it, but browsers seem like a tough tech to break into.
I’d love a browser that managed resources better and cut off memory hogs.
But in terms of user features that might be more achievable in electron world, I think it would be pretty cool to have a dev-tool-first browser. A browser that made inspection, console, etc. more front and center. I feel like that could be a fun differentiator.
Don't worry I'm a bit skeptical too but I want to see if I'm able to do something with it, when it comes to browsers I'm that guy that just need it to render the stuff, that's why I wanted opinions.
Now that seems an interesting thing, I'll try to see what can be archivable here
Netscape?
OP! This!
As a power user, I like Vivaldi a lot -- customize everything.
As a developer, I prefer Firefox Quantum -- unmatched dev tools.
I can't immediately think of what a browser could bring to the table to make me install/load a different one... because they all war to be your default, I barely even use Vivaldi anymore.
You'd have to get crafty with real estate, I think. Since the current tools sort of overwrite the content visually, something clever might be done with semi-transparent overlays... perhaps specific extensions along the line of various tests (Mozilla's Observatory, Google's Mobilefriendly, etc).
The ParrotOS of web browsers?
This.
I agree with you, there was a time I kind of had fierce opinions on browsers but now days, as long as it renders my stuff consistently I'm fine with it.
Something like Firefox Developer Edition? mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/
I've never tried though I use regular Firefox (beta channel) every day