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The browser of my dreams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plus: Comcast’s “10G” stupidity, a must-try browser trick, and notable TV deals.<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Jared Newman<\/div>
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I’ve always been a big proponent of experimenting with different web browsers. It’s one of the simplest ways to get out of your tech comfort zone<\/a>, and you might even discover some new features that you never knew you needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when I found out last week about a browser called Floorp<\/a>, I had to give it a try. Beyond just having an excellent name (which requires all my willpower not to write in all caps), Floorp caters to browser power users with all kinds of customizations. It’s similar to Vivaldi<\/a>, but built on the same code as Firefox instead of Google Chrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fell in love with Floorp almost instantly, and now I’m using it as my default browser despite its various imperfections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I like about FLOORP<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Floorp will look familiar if you’ve used Firefox before, but it adds some extra features found in other browsers, some of which I consider essential:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vertical tabs:<\/strong> Pinning your tabs to the side of the screen makes so much more sense than putting them up top, because you can fit more of them without cutting off page titles. While Firefox requires hacky workarounds<\/a> to enable vertical tabs, Floorp lets you enable them through a button in its Settings menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web apps:<\/strong> Most browsers have an “install site as app” feature, which lets you run them as free-standing windows without the usual browser clutter. It’s great for app-like sites such as Gmail and Google Calendar, as you can open them quickly from the taskbar, separate from your other tabs. While Firefox abandoned the idea years ago<\/a>, Floorp managed to make it work, with a little install button that appears in the address bar. (Sadly, it’s only available on Floorp’s Windows version, not Mac or Linux.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Side panels:<\/strong> Taking a page from Vivaldi<\/a>, Floorp lets you pin websites to the right sidebar and slide them into view next to your main window. I use it to quickly glance at my calendar, quick notes in Google Keep, and my Raindrop.io bookmarks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workspaces:<\/strong> Like some other productivity-centric browsers<\/a>, Floorp’s “Workspaces” feature lets you toggle between several groups of tabs within a single window. You can have a space for social media, one for travel planning, one for work-related research, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cool customizations:<\/strong> Digging into Floorp’s settings menu reveals all kinds hidden treasures. I opted to keep my bookmarks hidden except when scrolling over the address bar, and I enabled the “round the corners” setting that makes the web pages look a little cuter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ties to Firefox<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As I mentioned earlier, Floorp is based on the same code as Firefox, which itself has a bunch of nice features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n