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Sep 15, 2023 1 hr 44 min

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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What do we want from a web browser? (Friends)

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Chapters

  1. 0:00 Let's talk!
  2. 0:38 2x Clark Kent glasses
  3. 1:12 Back to the Future II
  4. 2:28 "Gimme a Pepsi Free"
  5. 3:26 Crispin Glover follow-up
  6. 4:17 Start here if you just want browser talk
  7. 4:21 Hold on a second...
  8. 5:02 He's back!
  9. 6:22 Browser 101
  10. 6:45 Becoming crotchety
  11. 7:51 Safari is not the best browser
  12. 8:32 Chrome v Firefox
  13. 9:55 horse_js is dead
  14. 10:18 The TypeScript "Exodus"
  15. 12:19 New breed of browsers
  16. 13:39 All praise Safari
  17. 17:46 Safari's market share
  18. 19:16 Browser profiles
  19. 21:47 Firefox converters
  20. 22:45 Too many extentions
  21. 23:49 It's not what Apple wants
  22. 25:41 Safari incompatabilities
  23. 28:02 No Chrome since '16
  24. 28:19 Ad trackers in browsers
  25. 30:12 Your data & 3rd parties
  26. 31:00 Tight cloud integration
  27. 33:21 Ads on Smart TVs
  28. 34:36 NVIDIA SHIELD
  29. 35:33 DVD upscaling
  30. 37:11 Sponsor: Statsig
  31. 40:55 A FREE TV?!
  32. 41:52 Browser business models
  33. 43:03 Paywalls
  34. 45:28 Polypane & Sizzy
  35. 49:16 Confessions of Nick Nisi
  36. 51:26 Opera history trivia!
  37. 53:38 A browser for dev is a good idea
  38. 53:58 We own the ++?
  39. 55:42 Mark HackerNoon as spam
  40. 57:30 How Zed does it
  41. 58:16 Warp vs vim & tmux
  42. 58:57 Nick's vim + tmux vid
  43. 1:03:29 Viral short
  44. 1:05:33 More "Vim with me"!
  45. 1:07:01 What do we want?
  46. 1:09:07 Arc tabs
  47. 1:10:57 Orion
  48. 1:11:19 Vivaldi
  49. 1:11:56 Ladybird
  50. 1:13:22 Gabe Kangas on Mastodon
  51. 1:15:54 It takes talent
  52. 1:16:43 How long will browsers be relevant?
  53. 1:18:33 Why do we care?
  54. 1:20:34 Nyxt & Quiche
  55. 1:22:04 Power features
  56. 1:23:43 Should we just take it?
  57. 1:24:07 Momentum is a fickle thing
  58. 1:25:00 We don't know
  59. 1:26:21 The Arc club
  60. 1:27:47 Why Adam likes newer Macs
  61. 1:29:31 What is your tab layout?
  62. 1:33:00 Worryied about crotchety Adam
  63. 1:33:44 No forks of TypeScript
  64. 1:34:02 Speaking of the perfect tweet
  65. 1:34:50 Kids read everything
  66. 1:35:26 A Linux-like take on browser
  67. 1:37:01 Apple Keynote
  68. 1:39:46 When to upgrade your iPhone
  69. 1:40:18 No more lightning
  70. 1:40:45 Sideloading required?
  71. 1:41:34 Where to find Nick
  72. 1:43:35 Coming up next (Changelog++!)

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