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And what features and/or technologies you'd rather not see in a web browser

Lets make this interesting: you can imagine features ( there's no wrong answers ) , its not just about features that you already saw in other browsers

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)
  • built-in adblocker

  • ability to have JavaScript / sound / image loading turned off by default but with a whitelist of sites that can run / play / load them

  • built-in secure password manager

  • open-source, natch

  • native ssh and ftp

  • a button that autogenerates a metadata-free, archived link to the current page

  • bring back flash

  • can open any folder of folders of images as a slideshow

  • feeds false metadata to sites trying to fingerprint the user

  • rejects / autodeletes all but whitelisted cookies

  • built-in tamagotchi / virtual pets

[–] zelifcam@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
  • built-in adblocker
  • built-in secure password manager
  • built-in tamagotchi / virtual pets

I believe most would prefer a modular approach with a well built extension and addon framework.


  • can open any folder of folders of images as a slideshow
  • native ssh and ftp

I’d prefer the web browser to be good at web browsing. Excellent software already exists that does all of that.


  • bring back flash

Dear god no

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

out of curiosity, what might I use for the slideshow application?

[–] zelifcam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Gwenview has a slide show option. Slideshow is not listed on the page, but it’s in the app.

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

bring back flash

There are really good reasons flash died. If you're desperate for flash content, use ruffle.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

ftp

It's crazy that Firefox was good with ftp until they just decided to not support it anymore πŸ˜•

[–] rozwud@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Upvoted for the tamagotchi / virtual pets. The other stuff, too, but mostly the virtual pets.