[HN Gopher] Nyxt Browser ___________________________________________________________________ Nyxt Browser Author : wglb Score : 55 points Date : 2021-03-19 02:15 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (nyxt.atlas.engineer) (TXT) w3m dump (nyxt.atlas.engineer) | guerrilla wrote: | Every web browser should have a tree based history by this point. | | This part is cool: | | > Nyxt is web engine agnostic. We utilize a minimal API to | interface to any web engine. This makes us flexible and resilient | to changes in the web landscape. Currently, we support WebKit and | WebEngine (Blink). | | Does this browser have anything do to with Next? The logo seems | similar. | Jtsummers wrote: | Yes. It was renamed a while ago: | | https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/article/next-nyxt-rename.org | yw3410 wrote: | It's a rebrand iirc. | Y_Y wrote: | This whole project looks dope so allow me to make some | superficial bikesheddy complaints. | | 1. It just has bad KHTML forks for the engine. What about Gecko | and Presto and Trident all the other fine renderers? | | 2. I don't know what kind of lisp they're using (probably | Common Lisp), anyway it's not my favourite kind. | geniium wrote: | So happy to see tree history! | josteink wrote: | That looks like someone bundled a prepacked browser-like starter- | package using Emacs compiled with GTK-widgets (WebView) with Helm | and some other niceties like the status-bar. | | It even uses the same terminology with words like "buffers" | instead of tabs. | | Is this actually an Emacs-based browser being shipped to the | masses? | mempko wrote: | I'll look at this again when they support gecko | [deleted] | dang wrote: | If curious, past threads: | | _Nyxt browser: mouseless copy /paste_ - | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25956152 - Jan 2021 (56 | comments) | | _Nyxt Browser 2.0.0 Pre-release_ - | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24353927 - Sept 2020 (11 | comments) | monstersinF wrote: | I didn't expect too many clever features but the special link hot | keys and tree based history is something I didn't know I wanted | but now I do | sidpatil wrote: | On Firefox, I use the Link Hints extension for that purpose. | | Qutebrowser also has link hints as a standard built-in feature. | geniium wrote: | Link hits is what vim mode (like vimium) brings on Firefox or | chrome with plugins. Personally I cannot live without it. | mouldysammich wrote: | Nyxt seems really cool. I have a vague hope in the back of my | mind that itll eventually be an emacs-like editor as well as | browser. It seems like it could be a cool lispy answer to things | like vscode etc. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-03-20 23:00 UTC)