browser (pending name)

a project by kyon

a Browser for research

this is my experimentation with making a browser purely for the purposes of streamlining research, you can read more about it here

2024-10-07

build your own browser

on october i first got the itch, but proceeded to procrastinate

i didn’t do much other than what’s outlined on the blog and spent on other projects, research, and generally fucking around without writing any code

2024-11-02

tauri sucks electron is better

wdym you can’t embed webviews inside DOM??? skill issue fr

2024-11-03

c, rust, and now ts. electron already comes with chromium, so why not make a browser out of it?

day 2 progress: 3rd attempt to create a research oriented browser ux

2024-11-03

added theming and keybinding
added theming and keybinding

2024-11-03

- removed native os titlebar

2024-11-03

before vs after

added adblock
added adblock

2024-11-03

(didn’t like having empty elements)

improved to cosmetic adblock filtering

2024-11-04

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2024-11-04

each browser session is a path, with some useful + vanity stats to cover how you spent your time

so you can save & load for continuity. uses sqlite

feature experiment: Paths

2024-11-05

added too many features too fast so now i’m doing a complete rewrite

2024-11-05

lmfao this is hilarious, i just got a 30% speed up after the rewrite

2024-11-05

2024-11-07

smol cosmetic update to settings layout:

2024-11-07

before vs after

reduced padding and gutters
reduced padding and gutters

2024-11-07

added window maximize

2024-11-07

using iosevka btw

finally switched all font styles to mono

2024-11-07

(renderer speed optimizations next)