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new this week in helium: - web content frame with concentric rounded corners that dynamically adjust based on the adjacent surface across all platforms - a whole lot of zen mode UX and stability improvements that make it a joy to use, including new options to pin the sidebar...

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Helium4 months ago

helium is open source, developed in public, and fully transparent. if you're extra curious, you can take a look at all changes in the commit history: if you like helium and would like to support it, you can sponsor our work at :D

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Helium4 months ago

not a fan of the rounded frame? you can turn it off in settings and enjoy consistent content separators instead:

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kenneth4 months ago

can you guys stop winning for a sec? other browsers need to catch up

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azure4 months ago

dark theme now feels like it's using the primary color where the secondary should be and vice versa i almost submitted a bug report because imo it just looked like a really weird change

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Luan Gjokaj4 months ago

I switched from Arc since the release of Zen Mode, and I absolutely love Helium. If you are a zen mode user, must have Chrome Extension: 👇

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deaen4 months ago

btw the windows download on is outdated, it always feels like it takes a couple days to update it on here, always had to download the release directly from the github repo

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leonam4 months ago

Any plans for releasing Helium for android? 🥹🥹

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André Pinto4 months ago

Updated, but "Zen mode" it's not appearing :S Do I have to enable something? Thanks in advance

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Helium4 months ago

right, forgot to mention that it’s still flagged:

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@dingchilling 🫪4 months ago

need auto update for windows asap so i can install it for everyone 🙏🏻

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misaligned agent4 months ago

> options to pin the sidebar or the top bar i love you guys this is exactly what i wanted but was too lazy to file a feature request

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Dávid4 months ago

nooo my colors

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Helium4 months ago

they're all here, with more options to come soon!

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Dávid4 months ago

but they are so dull now, it barely changes the look

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wukko4 months ago

@heliumbrowser would you prefer them to be more vibrant?

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Dávid4 months ago

@heliumbrowser i liked how they were before honestly, this way its like choosing from gray or gray. little noticeable when on light websites, but like basically indistinguishable when viewing anything thats not white

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wukko4 months ago

@heliumbrowser frame colors were extremely muddy before, but i will look into increasing color tinting in the next updates

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Dávid4 months ago

@heliumbrowser i agree that it wasnt perfect before either, looking forward to future updates!!

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john4 months ago

thx guys you're the best. can you make an ultra bloated browser named hydrogen that causes my PC to crash when i try to open one new tab

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TPM4 months ago

is there a way we can revert the colors on the top bar (tabs + url)? the new ones look too bright imo

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bronya 🎔4 months ago

really not a fan of the colours now tbh

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Rony Kati4 months ago

DRM when 🤔

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Allen Guarnes4 months ago

Just missing 2 features before I can completely switch: - containers / workspaces - translation

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A4 months ago

add tree style tab bro, i'll never leave

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Célia4 months ago

@uwukko All My Friends Love Helium

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irazz4 months ago

Would switch to helium if the dev tools had these lines. Please add them they are so helpful

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Jason4 months ago

awesome, is it possible to bind the show/hide tab bar to a shortcut instead of hover?

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Matvai4 months ago

Welp, time to unround those corners on my end.

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x4r1n4 months ago

Not sure if this was fixed with this update but Helium is the only browser where I noticed red pixels in any media that I play. In videos and some images there will be random red pixels in certain dark areas. Not sure if this is a Helium issue or something on my end.

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デビルズ・シャドウ😈4 months ago

zen mentioned. Glad to see more zen UX features ported. As soon as zen mode stops being a flag, I'll try daily-driving Helium for a while. Keep up the good work!

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seulgibair4 months ago

bookmark drop down plsssssssssss

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Saeed4 months ago

Why don’t you just add a screenshot feature like Zen Browser or Arc has? It’s a simple yet incredibly useful feature.

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lukas4 months ago

so much better with every release recently, amazing

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Filiberto Vignaga4 months ago

@uwukko Definitely the best browser I have ever used!

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2Epik4u4 months ago

please add push notifications 🥺

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ian souza4 months ago

Two small things that would instantly win me over, I’d uninstall Dia without thinking. I’m deep in the vertical tabs camp. In the vertical tab sidebar, it’d be awesome if bookmarks lived there too. Picture your bookmarks pinned up top as clean little icons you can tap into, similar to Dia, but with Helium’s twist, Staying on vertical tabs, Dia nails this one: when you grab a tab and drag it up, you get an easy split view option on the edge. Super smooth, super intuitive. Would love to see that same interaction here.

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Phantom4 months ago

Would you guys consider adding tab switcher UI, similar to alt tab

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P-P-Pavel P-P-Pavel4 months ago

It’s too wide. it was better before.

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G0B ‎ ‎ 𓃵4 months ago

Will there be an iOS version?

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stysan4 months ago

awesome

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Odsii4 months ago

cool feauture with the slpit view. @brawe should implement it.

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Hamza4 months ago

I LOVE HELIUM I LOVE HELIUM I LOVE HELIUM

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@RosineyGoT4 months ago

Não tem como reproduzir conteúdos de streaming, exemplo Netflix, HBO?

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