Krabby
Dev tools
browser keyboard navigation extension
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
3 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 10 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Design: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth j/k scrolling and the live demo parts work well
From 2 comments
The demo doesn't work very well for me, most of the alt combinations don't seem to do anything (alt+escape to activate works though, luckily). Might need to install the extension…
lucb1e on HNI like the smoothness of j/k, but everything else vimium does better...
nathias on HN
Confirmation step helps on sensitive UIs
From 1 comment
I definitely appreciate the confirmation step when browsing around sensitive UIs like my company's AWS dashboard.
TJTorola on HN
Objections
Alt-based shortcuts clash with OS shortcuts and the live demo's alt combinations often don't respond
From 3 comments
It's too bad the live demo uses Alt-Escape to activate which is a shortcut used by Windows, so I can't try it without installing it. The author should use some other shortcut or…
dmortin on HNThe alt combinations (other than alt+esc to activate) don't work for me. I thought it was because they were captured by the browser or something, but it also does nothing when…
lucb1e on HNThe demo doesn't work very well for me, most of the alt combinations don't seem to do anything (alt+escape to activate works though, luckily). Might need to install the extension…
lucb1e on HN
Enter needed after selecting a link slows link clicking
From 1 comment
It's strange that you have to press enter too after selecting a link to go there. The most frequent task of browsing is clicking on links, so it should be only f + hint, without…
dmortin on HN
Hint keys are harder to learn than Vimium's approach
From 2 comments
Web definitely needs a better keyboard interface, this seems interesting but it looks a bit difficult to learn and use. I used and liked Gleebox quite intuitive, easy and…
jiri on HNI like the smoothness of j/k, but everything else vimium does better...
nathias on HN
Requests
Installable packages instead of building from source
From 1 comment
Please, provide installable packages! I want to use it, but I don't want to have to install tons of dependencies.
fiatjaf on HN
Safari support
From 1 comment
Is there something like this that's currently developed for Safari?
ihodes on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Vimium
From 1 comment
How does this compare to vimium?
Gratian on HN
Does it work with Safari or other browsers
From 1 comment
Is there something like this that's currently developed for Safari?
ihodes on HN
Alternatives named
Vimium
From 1 comment
How does this compare to vimium?
Gratian on HN
Tridactyl
From 1 comment
Tridactyl is currently the best (Vimperator / Pentadactyl)-like extension around. It seems to be nicely done and is in TypeScript (and Python for the application (native…
alexherbo2 on HN
Vimari
From 1 comment
Vimari is a Safari port of Vimium and is available through the App Store: https://github.com/televator-apps/vimari
johanlarsson on HN
Shortcat
From 1 comment
I currently use Shortcat, and it works well with Safari: https://shortcatapp.com/
salutis on HN
qutebrowser
From 1 comment
It seems that a lot of people are upset at browsers limitation's with custom keybindings. I thought I'd mention qutebrowser (https://qutebrowser.org/) which is a browser built…
green7ea on HN