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 threadInteresting MonkeyNov 11, 2024
@nileane @macstories I wrote an academic paper on a similar idea like 15 years ago. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4577938 At the time we had a Mac app built on WebKit (actually Shiira which was built using WebKit) that was a prototype but worked pretty well.
Show threadPascal PixelNov 23, 2024
@interestingmonkey @nileane @macstories just bought a copy of the paper! you were spot on with the problems, you should give horse a try — the interface is deceptively minimalist, and you might have some insights i can use
Show threadInteresting Monkey
@pascalpixel Happy to hear (next time just ask the author for their paper -- they're free to personally share). I'll check it out.
Nov 23, 2024 at 10:04pmIvory for Mac
Show threadPascal PixelNov 27, 2024
@interestingmonkey til!