Re:I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
by GoblinSlayer on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:16AM
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I have a similar idea of a minimal html browser, which was dismissed by the gemini authors. Should be reasonably doable if you don't implement all web 2.0.
Re:I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
by prmoustache on Friday September 22, 2023 @06:51AM
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Isn't it called `netsurf` already?
Re:I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
by livrem on Friday September 22, 2023 @07:10AM
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I would not want a simple browser to replace gemini, but I would be happy to use a simple web browser in addition to gemini. It would be nice to only have to fire up a big bloated real browser for doing banking and such things.
Re:I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
by GoblinSlayer on Friday September 22, 2023 @10:15AM
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Yes, in addition, maybe even 2in1. As a quick hack gemini can be converted to html on the fly.
There are plenty of respectable people who maintain "home pages" with much simpler HTML than what is possible, and news.ycombinator.com gets a lot of love for keeping its classic look.
All this to say, I'd like if the people who have a lot of overlapping agreement on this would agree on a subset to use, and I'd be happy with a browser that didn't do everything google's did.
I run with uMatrix which shuts off a lot of google functionality, and I never whitelist google.com domains just to prove that I don't have to, the world doesn't end. It's a relatively small number of sites that just won't work.