What do we want from a web browser? (Friends)
from The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
A hoy hoy! Our old friend Nick Nisi does his best to bring up TypeScript, Vim & Tmux as many times as possible while we discuss a new batch of web browsers, justify why we like the ones we do & try to figure out what it'd take to disrupt the status quo of Big Browser.
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- 0:00 Let's talk!
- 0:38 2x Clark Kent glasses
- 1:12 Back to the Future II
- 2:28 "Gimme a Pepsi Free"
- 3:26 Crispin Glover follow-up
- 4:17 Start here if you just want browser talk
- 4:21 Hold on a second...
- 5:02 He's back!
- 6:22 Browser 101
- 6:45 Becoming crotchety
- 7:51 Safari is not the best browser
- 8:32 Chrome v Firefox
- 9:55 horse_js is dead
- 10:18 The TypeScript "Exodus"
- 12:19 New breed of browsers
- 13:39 All praise Safari
- 17:46 Safari's market share
- 19:16 Browser profiles
- 21:47 Firefox converters
- 22:45 Too many extentions
- 23:49 It's not what Apple wants
- 25:41 Safari incompatabilities
- 28:02 No Chrome since '16
- 28:19 Ad trackers in browsers
- 30:12 Your data & 3rd parties
- 31:00 Tight cloud integration
- 33:21 Ads on Smart TVs
- 34:36 NVIDIA SHIELD
- 35:33 DVD upscaling
- 37:11 Sponsor: Statsig
- 40:55 A FREE TV?!
- 41:52 Browser business models
- 43:03 Paywalls
- 45:28 Polypane & Sizzy
- 49:16 Confessions of Nick Nisi
- 51:26 Opera history trivia!
- 53:38 A browser for dev is a good idea
- 53:58 We own the ++?
- 55:42 Mark HackerNoon as spam
- 57:30 How Zed does it
- 58:16 Warp vs vim & tmux
- 58:57 Nick's vim + tmux vid
- 1:03:29 Viral short
- 1:05:33 More "Vim with me"!
- 1:07:01 What do we want?
- 1:09:07 Arc tabs
- 1:10:57 Orion
- 1:11:19 Vivaldi
- 1:11:56 Ladybird
- 1:13:22 Gabe Kangas on Mastodon
- 1:15:54 It takes talent
- 1:16:43 How long will browsers be relevant?
- 1:18:33 Why do we care?
- 1:20:34 Nyxt & Quiche
- 1:22:04 Power features
- 1:23:43 Should we just take it?
- 1:24:07 Momentum is a fickle thing
- 1:25:00 We don't know
- 1:26:21 The Arc club
- 1:27:47 Why Adam likes newer Macs
- 1:29:31 What is your tab layout?
- 1:33:00 Worryied about crotchety Adam
- 1:33:44 No forks of TypeScript
- 1:34:02 Speaking of the perfect tweet
- 1:34:50 Kids read everything
- 1:35:26 A Linux-like take on browser
- 1:37:01 Apple Keynote
- 1:39:46 When to upgrade your iPhone
- 1:40:18 No more lightning
- 1:40:45 Sideloading required?
- 1:41:34 Where to find Nick
- 1:43:35 Coming up next (Changelog++!)
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