Show HN: I am building a next-gen browser

Re:Show HN: I am building a next-gen browser by CrazedGeek on Saturday August 20, 2011 @12:57AM (#2905792)

Honest question: What's the difference between this and Chrome with the profile switcher enabled, minus the auto-URL bar hiding? It seems very similar to me.

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Re:Show HN: I am building a next-gen browser by ashraful on Saturday August 20, 2011 @01:26AM (#2905862)

Its similar to Chrome's profile switcher. But Chrome profiles lets users have separate bookmarks, extensions, etc.

Browsr's aliases are entirely separate identities. You can use fake names, addresses etc and provide these data to web services if you choose.

For example, for websites integrate "Browsr Connect", users can visit them for the first time and can be automatically sign-in without ever needing to register. The web service can automatically request information (like name, address, gender etc.) and Browsr provides these based on the alias selected by the user.

So Chrome profiles are basically for multiple users using the same browser, but Browsr is for the same user using multiple identities on the internet.

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Re:Show HN: I am building a next-gen browser by pdaddyo on Saturday August 20, 2011 @05:07AM (#2906231)

Chrome can also do the auto-URL bar hiding; certainly in the latest dev build.

about:flags --> enable Compact Navigation

*edit: this was introduced in chrome v10 so is available on all channels, on windows at least.

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Re:Show HN: I am building a next-gen browser by CrazedGeek on Saturday August 20, 2011 @07:54AM (#2906450)

It's not available on the Dev channel on Chrome OS, sadly.

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