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azer / kaktus

Experimental web browser with minimalistic design
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Why another browser? #6

Closed rahilwazir closed 7 years ago

rahilwazir commented 7 years ago

I'm just curious to know, why needed to create another (minimilastic) browser? :blush:

azer commented 7 years ago

@rahilwazir Mainly because current popular browsers have very strict APIs not allowing us to innovate. There is a lot of room for innovation in web browsing as it didn't change much for years. For example, tabbing. I previously built a tabless browser for Linux and used it with Xmonad, it was so simple and significantly more productive than the popular browsers. That experience taught me that it matters for us to have a handy web browser that lets you browse smoothly. After I switched to Mac, I had to use Google Chrome because alternatives are not good enough. 5 years after, I finally quit my job and left US, and have some free time to build what I believe is good for people. So here is my first project as an independent developer, kaktüs :)

rahilwazir commented 7 years ago

@azer Awesome! I really like the idea. I think servo/servo is also moving towards the tabless browser experience.