What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first time?

Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by jakeogh on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @01:41AM (#20806638)

here's plain (in a good way:) webkit: https://surf.suckless.org

First launch: 0 bytes.

The note at the top of surf's page about the lack of tabs is missing some context, surf is composable, so if you want tabs, it comes with a script to use tabbed. Each window (or tab) runs in it's own process (skipping some details). It's also easy to enable/disable JS (per process) out of the box with it's keybindings.

Manpage: http://dpaste.com/1R3Q242.txt

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Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by yoz-y on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:05AM (#20807271)

I tried to use suckless software at some point but stopped in the end. In theory the idea is good, but sadly the software is not up to par. For a lightweight WebKit browser with minimal UI and vim mode included I’d recommend QuteBrowser https://qutebrowser.org/

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Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by jakeogh on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:21AM (#20807349)

Qute's realy nice. I should try it again just for the py-ness. Using Gentoo's -9999 ebuilds for dmenu and surf, both are solid and maintained.

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Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by Jaruzel on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:55AM (#20807511)

Is there any way to easy run webkit on Windows?

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Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by password4321 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @07:46AM (#20808535)

I wouldn't say easy, but definitely possible to run the official nightly build.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20708905

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