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...

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Before any more of you are tempted to reply, “So it’s just like Tree Style Tabs for Firefox?”

1. No, not really: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/113465645376308142

2. You’d know that if you actually read the article. It’s not even that long, guys.

3. I swear to god some of you white men should get a life instead of spending your time online replying to women in a condescending tone with winking emojis.

Niléane (@[email protected])

@[email protected] While similar, that extension isn't really based on the same approach. Horse is unique in that, by default, it will always create new branches when clicking on links. Its sidebar feels more like a malleable browsing history than tabs.

Niléane & friends
Nov 12, 2024 at 10:13amWeb
Show threadMatt FantinelNov 12, 2024
@nileane every time a browser is mentioned anywhere in this Federated Virtual Universe, you’ll always get a dozen guys talking about Firefox and how smart they are for using it. It’s unbearable
Show threadNiléaneNov 12, 2024
@fantinel lol true
Show threadPascal PixelNov 23, 2024
@nileane we get the comments all the time (but not the winking emojis, that’s new!), something your wonderful article hopefully help reduce ( ദ്ദി ˙ᗜ˙ )