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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
@jwz I miss the clock widget on Mosaic. It really helped me not waste an *entire* night on the WWW.
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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
3. Vimperator extension for Firefox (can't remember the year). Using vim keys for absolutely everything was a boost.
Tridactyl is carrying the torch the best it can with new limitations on the browser.
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@jwz I miss the clock widget on Mosaic. It really helped me not waste an *entire* night on the WWW.
@agreeable_landfall @jwz What about automatic language detection and translation?
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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
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@agreeable_landfall @jwz What about automatic language detection and translation?
@cstross I have literally never seen my web browser try to do that.
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@cstross I have literally never seen my web browser try to do that.
@jwz Ah. Seems to be a standard feature on Firefox and Safari on my machines?
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@jwz Ah. Seems to be a standard feature on Firefox and Safari on my machines?
@cstross Beats me. I use Safari on macOS and iOS and I've never seen it.
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@cstross Beats me. I use Safari on macOS and iOS and I've never seen it.
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3. Vimperator extension for Firefox (can't remember the year). Using vim keys for absolutely everything was a boost.
Tridactyl is carrying the torch the best it can with new limitations on the browser.
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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
There are counter-fingerprinting tools, too.
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@philnelson @jwz @cstross It only appears if they detect that the page is some other language and depending on privacy settings they may be unwilling to attempt that
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@jbayes Hiya, keen to understand more (and hopefully help). What distracting items are you trying to hide?
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@jbayes this is like half the reason I use ublock origin! Thank you lightning button! If only you worked more reliably... Like... If you were built into the browser...
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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
@jwz Vivaldi is experimenting with tiling tabs, which looks interesting. Those guys are probably worth watching, as they don't waste their time with slop.
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@jbayes this is like half the reason I use ublock origin! Thank you lightning button! If only you worked more reliably... Like... If you were built into the browser...
@elladan Yeah, I appreciate that Ublock Origin tries, but it's difficult enough to use that it's usually easier to find a different workaround.
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@plwt Stuff that obscures the content on the page. See OP:
https://mastodon.social/@jwz/116003009623618004 -
3. Vimperator extension for Firefox (can't remember the year). Using vim keys for absolutely everything was a boost.
Tridactyl is carrying the torch the best it can with new limitations on the browser.
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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
@jwz 3. the indicator which tab plays the annoying sound?
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There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.
@jwz I have never thought to hide website footers, thanks for that idea.
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