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by lambdaba 793 days ago
I'm totally with you on this. I remember seeing this concept video from Mozilla in the mid '00s, IIRC it's pretty much this vision, and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYMA5W8b1zY.

I'm actually a bit shocked that almost 20 years later and the browser interface is pretty much still the same.
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pxc 793 days ago
Some of the ideas about being able to work with data in different formats are cool, as is attempting to group related sites/pages/topics together, but that UI looks way too visual and spatial for me. Too much movement, too many images. Text is much less work to parse for me.
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lambdaba 793 days ago
It's a concept, but I agree. It does show nicely what a true "user agent" could look like. I want this, the browser as sidekick not machinery with multiple buttons etc. I want my browser to be my operating system.
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