Contents:
Browser benchmarks #
Performance:
Features:
For testing tracking & ads blocking #
- PrivacyTests
- https://adblock-tester.com/
- https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
- https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html
- https://blockads.fivefilters.org/
Block lists #
For getting rid of cookie banners and other annoyances:
Personal:
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) #
- https://web.dev/progressive-web-apps/
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps
Wrap web pages as desktop apps #
Using: https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier
nativefier \
--maximize \
-u "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:76.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/76.0" \
--internal-urls ".*.google.com.*" \
--name "YouTube Music" \
"https://music.youtube.com/"
nativefier \
-u "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:76.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/76.0" \
--maximize \
--counter \
--name "Twitter" \
"https://x.com"
nativefier \
-u "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:76.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/76.0" \
--maximize \
--counter \
--name "Gitter" \
"https://gitter.im"
Browser comparisons #
Client Tricks #
Detect the Brave Browser #
(navigator.brave && await navigator.brave.isBrave() || false)
Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/60954062
Detect Dark Mode #
From JavaScript:
"matchMedia" in window &&
window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches
From CSS:
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
/* ... */
}
Detect Dark Reader (browser extension) #
For detecting the Dark Reader browser extension:
"querySelector" in document &&
!!document.querySelector("meta[name=darkreader]")
