On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:42:31 +0200 José Manuel Pavón Álvarez <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Jacob Todd <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Has anyone tried out uzbl (http://uzbl.org)? Seems interesting, it > > would be nice to replace firefox with this. I plan on installing it > > on my gentoo system later today. > > Looks like the vimperator [1] idea. I am more happy since I use > vimperator and wmii. > > [1] http://vimperator.org/trac/. > > Chema. I have only spent little time with vimperator, but unless I'm missing something vimperators idea is adding a vim-like interface to firefox (and other mozilla software). AFAIK it does not change that storage of your bookmarks, history etc is handled internally in firefox, and that you end up with tens of files in your ~, many of which are binary. The idea behind uzbl is more about implementing the unix philosophy: using external programs/scripts to take care of non-core-browser aspects (think management of bookmarks and such), and using simple plaintext based storage for your settings and data. We also prefer keyboard based interaction over using mice (bindings can be vim-like but also modeless, if you prefer), but that's just one of the many aspects. We may have (more or less) the keybinding ideas in common with vimperator, but that's where it stops. (unless I'm mistaken about what vimperator does). Currently we have some (imho) important things still on the todo list: - cookies - multiple instance management (like tabs, but better. will use a script that uses a patched dmenu), for those who are not satisfied with the abilities of their WM. That, and bugfixes/polishing up of course. I would say the project looks interesting and I'm really looking forward to start using it "for real", but obviously I'm biased since I'm one of the people working on it. Dieter
