What features and/or technologies would u like to see in a web browser ? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by LEVI@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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 12 points 3 months ago

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 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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 3 months ago

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

[-] zelifcam@lemmy.world 1 points 3 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 3 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 3 months ago

ftp

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

[-] rozwud@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

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

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