[parhamn]

FYI, There is a really cool design project here: https://refresh.study/ that also explored the 'playlist' feature.

I've been building a browser the past year (https://synth.app), and have learned a few things from it (including implementing media players like this). Really makes you realize how little our browsers are currently doing for us.

[warpech]

I can see a lot of interesting new ideas in Synth! "Smart Bookmarks & History" sound great on their own but "Auto-Roam" is what nailed my own itch. Are you still working on it?

[parhamn]

Thanks -- Yes, full time! It's been the only browser installed on my computer the last few months. We have a bunch of friends using it exclusively but are still polishing a things for a broader release.

[danielmeskin]

Sorry if this was asked already but is Synth chromium based?

[parhamn]

No problem. It is. I an curious how you feel about that. The engine is a bit agnostic of the rendering layer (we will have a similarly powerful iOS app at some point too).

[danielmeskin]

I dislike it because chromium is almost a monoculture and Google controls it. I’m not diametrically opposed to chromium based browsers but I might be more hesitant to switch.

[ajdude]

I was excited for a moment, when I saw that someone was working on a new browser, then I admit that I felt a bit disappointed to read this. I think we need more rendering engines out there, or at least wider distribution of the current ones to get chromium‘s market share down.

[FractalHQ]

I like this if it gives me access to my chrome extensions- can’t live without some of them. Non-chromium is a non-starter because of this

[PostThisTooFast]

I generally oppose anything Chromium, because it's ushering in a return to the shitty days of "this site is best viewed in Microsoft Explorer."

But... not sure what an independent developer is to do about that.

[KMnO4]

Firefox is just as (or more) open source as Chromium. If I wanted to fork a browser that’s where I’d start.