NiléaneNov 11, 2024

🐎, but a browser

Horse Browser is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in this space. The browser is based on a new approach that completely does away with traditional tabs and replaces them with navigation trees called ‘Trails.’

It's new and appealing. But how does it hold up in everyday use? Here’s my review on @macstories: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/horse-browser-tries-its-hooves-at-a-new-take-on-tabs/

Horse Browser Tries Its Hooves at a New Take on Tabs

In 2024, web browsers mostly all look the same. Their user interfaces always feature an address bar at the top of the window and horizontal tabs that allow you to navigate through multiple websites. So whenever a new browser tries to shake things up and innovate on this basic premise, it’s inevitable that it will...

Show threadsleepyNov 11, 2024
@nileane @macstories @cstross I want it, but as an extension to already awesome firefox
Show threadChristin White

@sleepy @nileane @macstories @cstross This is exactly the way I use Firefox with the Sidebery extension. It has some quirks that I had to get used to but I’ve got it working great now.

The Zen Browser FF fork also has a very active issue requesting these types of features too and I wrote about why it matters to me there: https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/discussions/891#discussioncomment-10561170

Sidebery features or better integration · zen-browser desktop · Discussion #891

Currently I am making use of the Sidebery extension in regular Firefox, along with the ArcWTF user chrome customisations, as a way to have vertical tabs and group projects (Panels) and different co...

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Show threadDion Tryban Nov 12, 2024
@ChristinWhite I switched off of Arc to Zen ~6 months ago (with some FF in between), and it doesn't completely satisfy what I liked about Arc. I might give Sidebery with FF a try again, I remember using it a few years ago
Show threadChristin WhiteNov 12, 2024

@diontryban There is a Sidebery mod available for Zen but it seems to be broken by the latest version or two. I would guess it will be updated at some point.

I'm really just waiting for Zen to bring out the same features, I’d love an implementation that feels more native than an extension but it’s served me pretty well so far. At least after I configured it the way I wanted and added an Arc-like CSS theme and made my own modifications to it.