Re:Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons
by napsterbr on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:43AM
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> keep up with the rapidly moving web stack
Yeah, exactly. I mean, not even EdgeHTML could keep up!
> surf, luakit or uzbl.
Thanks for the suggestions. I had never heard of any of those three, but they look awesome! The only extension I need is Vixen (or any Vimperator-like addon), and they all seem to be keyboard-first. The only browsers I had used before were Lynx and w3m, which were way too hardcore for me. I'll give a shot with luakit. Seems to be an ideal middle ground between functionality and privacy.
There's actually quite a few. This Wikipedia list [0] might not be the best curation, but it carries my point, somewhat. For example, I've really enjoyed the power-user browsers, like surf, luakit or uzbl.
I know you were expressing the fact that we're stuck between Firefox and Chromium, because they're the only browsers able to keep up with the rapidly moving web stack and provide a fluid user experience at the same time. My point is if you're willing to compromise on that, you actually have other choices.
Oh I do hope to see the day when there's a variety of browsers, all equally compatible with the day's web. Doesn't seem like we're moving in that direction though.
Personally, I tolerate Firefox, because I want some of the extensions, namely Dark Reader and ublock. Dark Reader doesn't really have alternatives, as far as I know, and I find that network level blocking isn't effective or ergonomic enough to replace something like ublock origin. If I solved these two problems, I'd jump ship to surf immediately.
Just to finish my rant; the other day I was experimenting with text browsers for rendering simple sites like thefreedictionary or HN. Their ability to do that is quite abysmal. I think that says a bit about the state of web's accessibility.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers