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helium now ships with a rounded frame around web contents by default frame's rounded corners are concentric and dynamic across all platforms, matching the expected system frame radius and adapting based on the adjacent surface and try the improved zen mode!

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wukko4 months ago

this week, i also updated the default chrome colors, so there's better contrast and system consistency the default light theme is no longer dark grey, and toned themes look way cuter than before:

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wukko4 months ago

a lot more good stuff in this update, such as custom profile avatars:

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wukko4 months ago

as far as i'm aware, this is the most detailed rounded frame implementation in any web browser yet. corners aren't animated in this build, but i'll try to get them to transition smoothly in the future :P

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julian4 months ago

what if the entire browser window color matched the website content like tabs on dia

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Hunor4 months ago

What about using a system material in the chrome? As a flag at least? (just to try it out)

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wukko4 months ago

yeah, this is the prerequisite

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Sherlock4 months ago

I thought it was already perfect and it just keeps getting better. Peak browser.

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Vladstudio4 months ago

a selected tab looks like an input now :-(

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Igor bedesqui4 months ago

i love it i love it

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Canami4 months ago

It looks amazing, when you said "all platforms" I wonder how it works with wayland compositors

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Siure4 months ago

Love the zen mode, is there a shortcut for collapsing/expanding tabs in vertical mode ? I really want to use it but need this to be able to use it

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wukko4 months ago

ctrl/cmd+s

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Siure4 months ago

Thanks

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ケッピ4 months ago

hello mr helium, is it possible to add the ability for the browser to not close the window when the last tab is closed and instead go to an empty new tab page or something

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Fried Bun3 months ago

I really love Helium and what you're building. Would it be possible to add a UI scaling option? On high-resolution displays the UI feels very small, which makes it uncomfortable to use.

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mack4 months ago

oh it’s so pretty

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Rei3 months ago

been on helium for a good while now but fully swapped over from FF today, the one thing I'm missing is that middle-clicking to the right of existing tabs pops a new tab on FF, otherwise this thing is perfect

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verse 4 months ago

I need firefox unload tab feature so helium wont use my resource on unused tab but I still need them be there to open faster

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wukko4 months ago

done

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verse 4 months ago

have it just added? I've never seen it before

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wukko4 months ago

it's been around for over a month iirc

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verse 4 months ago

can you make ctrl w to hibernate on pinned tab instead of close it? like zen does

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verse 4 months ago

next version

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Baudouin4 months ago

I'd love for pages to automatically open as divide when "option" key is held. Arc did it well. useful when clicking links, pressing enter on the url bar... The current dragging paradigm is a bit clunky

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Ramon 🎹4 months ago

helium is literally the best browser ever made

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Nier4 months ago

Any chance of getting built in updates for Windows, soon?

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lek4 months ago

неплохо конечно но чисто из принципа зачем ты оформительствуешь контент?

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wukko4 months ago

чё

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lek4 months ago

типа в чем прикол рамок они конечно норм выглядят и хорошо что концентричны но зачем отжирать эти 4 пикселя у контента ради чего ради вот этого??

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wukko4 months ago

во-первых 3 пикселя, а во-вторых для визуального объединения и лучшей сепарации панелей (split view, side panels, т.д.) в интерфейсе можно отключить если не нравится:

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lek4 months ago

про сплит вью понял соглы но с выкл оно все равно в сплит вью включает рамки вопрос зачем по дефолту делать рамки соре за доеб просто реально не понял прикола

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Nate Codes4 months ago

Yall cooked so hard with helium, I still use 5 browsers daily because I’m sick but helium is by far my fav atp

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procles3 months ago

Порекомендовал другу хелиум, в целом доволен но его очень напрягает баг когда вкладки в группах некликабельные в самом верхнем краю окна. Ишью на гитхабе уже есть, сделано две недели назад

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yotoprules4 months ago

Not sure why this would be enabled by default

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Stephan4 months ago

Fantastic browser, thank you so much for your hard work

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Sami (e/acc)4 months ago

this looks so much better

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A Caveman4 months ago

Helium was always lacking somewhat in the looks department imo, with those tiny tweaks its already top tier though. Great work!

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Andrew4 months ago

You should definitely add the small Zen right-click context menu, much more compact

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Karsten Palmer4 months ago

please make zen work in fullscreen 🙏

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James Ripley4 months ago

Didn't know you could drag a link to the side like that!

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Flame4 months ago

How do I enable Zen mode?

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Flame4 months ago

Oh, thx man I really love Helium and it get's so much better with every update 😌

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Hart3 months ago

Hi! Can i expect an android version of helium soon? 🙂

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moli4 months ago

is there a way to revert this? i'd prefer the darker color when the tab selected unlike this.

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TiredGlasses004 months ago

i just updated from helium-0.7.5.1 what did i miss?

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wukko4 months ago

everything

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TiredGlasses004 months ago

Damn look like quite a lot of features and qol Gonna scroll the app account and find out then 😭

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TiredGlasses004 months ago

WTF I MISSED A LOT YOU CAN MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THIS NOW?? THAT SO COOL

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Shawn4 months ago

Yeah, this is the best browser out right now. Period. Thank you for your hard work!

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Evert Junior4 months ago

The traffic lights are way to close to the corner and looks like a eyesore alongside other native apps.

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psy4 months ago

Is there any plan to add customizable keybind to toggle zen mode?

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:34 months ago

can you disable the frame?

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Robert4 months ago

"On all platforms" except linux where we get one rounded corner and no concentric rounded corners (see themes: default, gtk) nearly had me excited for an application that properly rounds its corners on GNOME! haha and in zen mode the + retreats to... above the window

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long time no posting, here's some of the stuff we released in helium recently: - customizable keyboard shortcuts on all platforms - automatic updates on windows - frameless mode (previously zen mode), with floating sidebar, is now out of beta and included in settings by default - improved fingerprint noising: fixed the canvas noising algorithm and added protections against analysis attacks (thank you Cynthia 🐈 for your report, research, and assistance) - tab URL copying, one or multiple, formatted as a list with line breaks - manual tab hibernation, with an option to hibernate all tabs except for selected/active ones - an option to close tabs to the left (or above, in vertical layout) - redesigned toast notifications, now anchored to the active web page, and no longer blinding in dark mode - toast notification about newly opened background tabs in frameless mode (can be disabled in settings) - redesigned the infobar, it no longer looks out of place - improved QR code generation, now it's actually useful - downloads bubble is now shown instead of the full page whenever applicable - kagi search now supports reverse image search from image context menu - frameless mode animations are now smoother - better color contrast in light and dark modes - a lot of bug fixes and other minor improvements all of these changes are present in the latest version of helium. if you're using helium on windows, please update to the latest version, so your browser can be updated automatically from now on!

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