Once it's forked from Chrome, can you trust it for daily browsing? i.e. Will it no longer have the security patches that Chrome has? A browser that is good for TW but isn't safe for daily use is no different from using TW with an older obsolete browser ... which we can already do.
Just wondering -- Mark On Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 9:29:40 AM UTC-8, PMario wrote: > > On Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 4:40:41 PM UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >> >> * Updated support for Beaker browser. This is a good time to check it out >> again now that there is a Windows package available. Right now, it seems to >> be the closest thing to the Firefox+TiddlyFox user experience >> > > The beaker browser is a very fast moving target. ... I really like the > concept of the distributed data storage. See: https://datproject.org/ > > Beaker browser 0.7.x is nice and it allows the TW beakerSaver to directly > create a new file on the host filesystem. ... This area is called "staging > area" .... BUT .... > > Version 0.8.x will completely remove this feature without a replacement > <https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beaker/commit/352e06c43bd47939f5d3d57188d64bc56ba672fc>... > > yet! So the existing saver will only create a TW file in a "hidden" DAT > filesystem. > > The advantage still is the distributed behaviour of the filesystem, .. but > it will considerably slow down our file:///local userexperience. At the > moment we won't win much, in terms of complexity. > > I think the concept is still great, to experiment with, but beaker is > still a --web first-- experience. Even if some stuff is stored in a locally > hidden filesystem. ... End of rumbling ;) > > have fun! > mario > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/bb0f1441-6efa-4f21-b2bc-959987f3ad71%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
