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Google knows your search history, Microsoft has your emails,…",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"2905862","Its similar to Chrome's profile switcher. But Chrome profiles lets users have separate bookmarks, extensions, etc. Browsr's aliases are entirely separate identities. You can use…",{"value":60,"source":50,"evidence":61},"Give users control over their data and multiple online identities",[62,63],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},[65],{"value":66,"source":50,"evidence":67},"WebKit",[68],{"id":69,"by":11,"text":70},"2906249","I'll use webkit.","unknown","prototype","solo",{"praise":75,"objections":88,"requests":133,"questions":148,"alternatives":160},[76],{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Local data storage and identity control concept is appealing","commenter",[80,84],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"2906773","idm","> Browsr main objective is to make the browsers that default place to keep user data. Instead of you social connections being on Facebook's server or Google's server, it should…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"2912704","ChadNYC","After reading all of the comments on this post I think I finally understand what you are setting out to achieve. I am intrigued by the ideas of \"multiple identities\" and keeping…",[89,100,115,126],{"value":90,"source":78,"evidence":91},"Hiding the URL bar raises phishing and security concerns",[92,96],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"2905807","tszming",">> The URL bar appears only when the user wants to open a new tab. Double clicking an existing tab lets users display and change the URL of the current tab. My concern would be…",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"2905946","civilian","What?! I'm so against this-- I think that my first understanding of the internet really came from looking at url structures as I surfed. It made me realize where I could explore,…",{"value":101,"source":78,"evidence":102},"Not clearly next-gen; resembles Flock or Chrome profiles",[103,107,111],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"2905917","runjake","I wouldn't call it next-generation. To me, it really resembles what the Flock browser was trying to accomplish.",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"2905792","CrazedGeek","Honest question: What's the difference between this and Chrome with the profile switcher enabled, minus the auto-URL bar hiding? It seems very similar to me.",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"2906810","wisp558","Regardless of whether or not this actually qualifies as 'next-gen', I find the current trend of naming things by misspelling words to be somewhat... disturbing. 'Browsr'? Really?…",{"value":116,"source":78,"evidence":117},"Building a browser is too much work; should be an extension",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"2905894","patrickaljord","Couldn't that be done as a browser extension? It's a lot of work to maintain a browser and you will reach many more people by doing it as an extension.",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"2906115","sliverstorm","Not to mention a lot of the browser wars right now are about core performance, as UI cues are rapidly picked up by every competitor. You can't directly compete with entire teams…",{"value":127,"source":78,"evidence":128},"No Mac support",[129],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"2905813","4J7z0Fgt63dTZbs","Looks nice, but no Mac? No go. Nothing will ever convince me out of using Macs.",[134,138],{"value":135,"source":78,"evidence":136},"Focus on identity and data issues rather than UI changes",[137],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},{"value":139,"source":78,"evidence":140},"Make web apps behave like native apps",[141,145],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"2907342","chrischen","No that's not what I'm talking about. The last thing you should do is reinvent the OS. Simply, make web apps run like and behave like native OS apps instead of like web sites.",{"id":146,"by":143,"text":147},"2905906","If you want to be next-gen you've got to integrate web apps into the native system OS, instead of still running them inside a browser that's running as a windowed app within the…",[149,156],{"value":150,"source":78,"evidence":151},"Is it available yet or just a concept?",[152],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"2906350","llambda","Interesting, but is this actually available yet or just a concept? 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