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

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I really just want web browsers to die, and be replaced by one of the slimmed down options like gemini, gopher, or some markdown viewer.

The web just keeps getting increasingly bloated and ad-ridden, and filled with popups. Web browsers are as complex as entire operating systems now, so only 2 orgs (google and mozilla) have the resources and expertise to build a browser, and mozilla might throw in the towel eventually, leaving the internet as one big google ad.

IE move viewing of mostly static content into these simple variants like gemini, and move dynamic things to local apps with API access.

[–] LEVI@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that's a quite pessimistic stance, yes I do agree that web browsers are complexe and hard to maintain, but they can do more than viewing websites, you can play games, draw art, video chat, PDF viewing and editing, you can do a lot with just one app.. that's the beauty of Web browsers.. The problem is in the Ad business model..

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They shouldn't be doing any of those things, html should be for simple, static content only.

For dynamic / interactive things, programmers should write programs again like they used to.

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