Title: Hello HN!<p>So early this year I decided to build an iOS browser offering a large range of customization options, to accommodate anyone’s usage and visual preferences. Been using it as my default browser for 6 months and not looking back.<p>On first launch it looks and behaves a bit like Safari, but to give you an idea, here are the various ways I customized it on my phone.<p>- More screen real estate for the webpage, less for the toolbar.<p>- A compact toolbar containing only the buttons for actions I use the most: new tab, close tab, open tab list. Since I use them hundred times a day, I need them available with button taps instead of swipe gestures.<p>- A toolbar button layout adapted to my left-handedness.<p>- A toolbar that disappears on scroll to allow full-screen reading.<p>- The toolbar and address bar at the bottom, as they should be.<p>- A popup menu showing the full URL and the buttons I use less frequently: back&#x2F;forward (already available as screen edge gestures), share, reload, settings, etc.<p>- Showing the page title in the toolbar.<p>- Read time estimation for each tab.<p>- Opening the keyboard automatically when I open a new tab.<p>- Sorting tabs by read time, so that I can decide what to read based on how much time and focus I have.<p>- Grouping tabs by domain.<p>- A flat, condensed tab list, without snapshots.<p>- A full-black toolbar in dark mode to read at night.<p>It’s still early days but things like content blockers, reader mode, iPad support, and more should arrive soon enough.<p>And of course, no analytics&#x2F;monitoring&#x2F;telemetry, no account creation, no backend. It’s not open source, but you can also inspect the app’s web views with Safari developer tools to see what’s going on under the hood.<p>Would love to hear if the level of personalization my app provides resonates with like-minded people.<p>Have a great day!
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