fatboy :mxlinux: :debian: · @fatboy
2034 followers · 11229 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Gonna try using luakit for general browsing, see how it goes.

I have added Fanboy's Ulimate Blocking list, which gives it a 96% ad block rating.

luakit.github.io/

#luakit

Last updated 1 year ago

fatboy :mxlinux: :debian: · @fatboy
2031 followers · 11217 posts · Server fosstodon.org

The Luakit version in the Debian Bookworm repo seems a lot more usable than the one I used with Debian Bullseye? Very cool!

Would be even cooler if I could use vimb on Debian, but can't get it compiled.

#luakit #webbrowser #vimb

Last updated 1 year ago

fatboy :unverified: :mxlinux: · @fatboy
2001 followers · 11068 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Anyone working on a new browser engine?
Something that's definitely not Chromium.

I quite like Goanna and WebKit. Wish both had more devs behind it. Goanna is very light on resources though, but can struggle with these 6 TB perpetual JavaScript websites of today.

#goanna #palemoon #luakit #epiphany #gnome

Last updated 1 year ago

robertmitchellv · @robertmitchellv
132 followers · 114 posts · Server hachyderm.io

the LuaKit browser goes so well with quarto-nvim; running QuartoPreview and placing it right next to the terminal is super nice. don’t need a mouse at all

#luakit #QuartoPub #neovim

Last updated 1 year ago

· @Anselm
42 followers · 335 posts · Server troet.cafe

users: cursed with 100% CPU when forced to browse github, too? Well, a to the rescue: blog.tfiu.de/what-to-do-when-g

#zuengeln #userscript #luakit

Last updated 2 years ago

fatboy :unverified: · @fatboy
1957 followers · 10588 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Luakit vs Qutebrowser.

Hmmm. It is a tough one.
Luakit uses Webkit and Qute uses QtWebEngine/Chromium.

What say you, fosstodon?

#linux #luakit #qutebrowser

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
1126 followers · 15957 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@philipabbyad

Cool beans!

There's also vim-vixen for Firefox, although I haven't tried it yet.

I really like , but it's Blink-based, which is a deal-breaker for me.

is based, and very similar, but not quite as good.
@benjaminhollon @hyde @joel

#qutebrowser #luakit #webkit

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
1116 followers · 15751 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Grrr, 's follow mode doesn't work on mastodon at all. :P

#luakit

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
1110 followers · 15619 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@james

Aye, I've used before. Also, it's pretty easy to turn JS on and off in if you learn the command

#netsurf #luakit

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
1101 followers · 15484 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Not sure why, but is TONS faster on than . :/

The rich text editor was an unusable lag fest on luakit on OpenBSD on my Thinkpad X200, but is pretty tolerable on Chromium.

OpenBSD is not an easy platform to write apps for, I guess. X-D

#chromium #openbsd #luakit #wordpress

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
908 followers · 11441 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@Big_Diggity

...

My sit-on-the-couch computer is this early 2010 Thinkpad X200t running 7.2. I use it to run tut-tui (ssslowly), and do some *uber*-light web browsing with , , , sometimes , and rarely, and almost never (even though it runs better than Firefox in OpenBSD* -- principles!!)

...

#librebooted #openbsd #w3m #netsurf #luakit #dillo #firefox #chromium

Last updated 2 years ago

David Wilson · @daviwil
1032 followers · 591 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Trying out minimal web browsers again this morning. Luakit seems to be the only Webkit2-based browser that renders many websites correctly! Not sure how. Vimb and Surf have layout issues with sites like Codeberg and GitHub.

I think I'll spend some time with it and see how it goes.

#browsers #luakit

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
884 followers · 10822 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Step 1: Use :settings to disable in
Step 2: Do some no-js stuff
Step 3: Use :settings to re-enable when you need it
Step DIV_BY_ZERO: :settings does not work without JS

ROFL

#javascript #luakit #js

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
881 followers · 10773 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@Charadon

lol, Gnome Web is good.

But 'dat vi mode, tho'. Mmm...

(Although for strictly keyboard-only usage, I think qupzilla is a little better)

#luakit

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
880 followers · 10744 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Man, I just wish had a reader mode.

#luakit

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
867 followers · 10519 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@benjaminhollon

Look at a large file with that file manager, then look it up with ls -l. That'll tell you pretty quick.

Speaking of large files, egad, leaves MASSIVE 600MB dumps in my homedir and some garbage-filenames-with-unprintable-characters zero-byte files as well every time it crashes. :P

Love it, otherwise.

#luakit

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
867 followers · 10519 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@Charadon @signalapp

Really? Chromium seems to be the only *big* browser (ok, there's only two) that runs well on .

Firefox has a *lot* of lag just opening a tab. I don't know if that's because of all the sweet Russian ballroom dances OBSD does with re-ordering RAM, or what. But I found ffox unusable on obsd.

And of course, I won't use , but at least there's , which I'm really *loving* right now. It has replaced , , &

#openbsd #chromium #luakit #suckless #surf #qutebrowser #falkon

Last updated 2 years ago

R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
781 followers · 9574 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@okapi

A little bit. It's in the Arch repos, but just crashed on ARM, so I played with it a little on my work machine, but didn't have a lot of time.

Currently playing with at @Charadon's suggestion. Really liking it, I only wish the cookies were stored in plain text like , rather than sqlite. I hope there's an easy commandline sqlite editor out there, because I was never much of a database guy. :D

#luakit #surf

Last updated 2 years ago

Charadon · @Charadon
86 followers · 1693 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@RL_Dane I'd choose over surf. Surf is ludicrously slow, even for a browser. Plus, luakit is extremely moddable, and even supports toggling javascript on and off for websites.

#luakit #webkit

Last updated 2 years ago

Pope Bob :vepi: · @bobdobberson
101 followers · 552 posts · Server dobbs.town

@dnsprincess I loved + / , back in the day, when they had better extension support.

I recently found and qutebrowser which scratch the itch of highly customizable hotkeys.

I've noticed on Ubuntu 22.04 is much worse than 20.04 for battery life, I think due to the enhanced Qt5 features newer libraries allow by default.

I plan to explore luakit to see how it compares, but only recently learned of it.

#qutebrowser #luakit #pentadactyl #vimperator #firefox

Last updated 2 years ago