58 stories tagged web-browsers, newest first.
13 points by saharshpruthi | 8 comments
Arc's help-center release notes page, topped by a notice that the Arc browser will be sunset on December 22, 2026, with users directed to move to Dia.
253 points by suhdonghwi | 228 comments
The Browser Company's farewell page announcing Arc browser will sunset on December 22, 2026, with a timeline, FAQ, and migration guide to Dia.
25 points by signa11 | 32 comments
Apple marketing page urging Chrome users to switch to Safari, claiming it is more powerful and private.
269 points by ivell | 450 comments
9to5Mac article on Apple's 'Switch to Safari' marketing campaign arguing Safari is more powerful and private than Chrome.
708 points by recvonline | 301 comments
Mozilla's Firefox Enterprise landing page, presenting Firefox products and solutions for businesses with an option to request a demo.
8 points by MilnerRoute | 1 comments
Linuxiac news article reporting that Kagi is ending Orion Browser development for Linux and Windows and plans to open-source both versions for the community.
171 points by pentagrama | 97 comments
Kagi blog announcement giving an update on the development of its Orion web browser for Linux and Windows.
39 points by timpera | 28 comments
Mozilla Distilled blog post announcing the redesigned Firefox browser interface.
90 points by mindracer | 150 comments
A personal blog post by Kev Quirk explaining why he moved from Firefox to the Brave browser, citing frustration with Mozilla's AI strategy.
535 points by vertigoruntime | 186 comments
Mistral AI announcement of a partnership with Mozilla to bring open, private and multilingual AI features to the web browser.
701 points by speckx | 367 comments
A Newsonaut blog post titled "Hang on to your Firefox!" arguing that readers should keep using Firefox, opening with the "don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" adage.
547 points by HieronymusBosch | 173 comments
Mozilla's Distilled blog post announcing a built-in ad blocker for the Firefox browser on iOS.
811 points by EdwinHoksberg | 515 comments
Ladybird blog post by Andreas Kling announcing the project will stop accepting public pull requests, with code changes made only by maintainers ahead of alpha.
351 points by OuterVale | 232 comments
Vivaldi blog post by Jon von Tetzchner announcing Vivaldi 8.0 for desktop, described as the browser's biggest design overhaul ever.
424 points by shaunpud | 344 comments
Blog post on a hosting company's site about the Firefox 148 release, which adds an AI kill switch feature and other enhancements.
1226 points by adius | 680 comments
Ladybird browser project blog post announcing it will rewrite parts of the browser in Rust instead of C++, after previously exploring Swift, with AI assistance.
690 points by embedding-shape | 296 comments
Blog post arguing that Cursor's 'Scaling long-running autonomous coding' browser-building experiment implied success without providing evidence.
528 points by cl3misch | 246 comments
Just the Browser is an open-source project of configuration files and install scripts that remove AI features, telemetry, and sponsored content from desktop web browsers.
449 points by HelloUsername | 296 comments
Kagi documentation page describing the alpha status of the Orion browser for Linux, listing which features are ready to test.
458 points by skaul | 243 comments
Brave blog post announcing an overhaul of its Rust-based adblock engine using FlatBuffers, reducing memory consumption by 75%.
344 points by coldpie | 384 comments
Blog post arguing that while browsers once blocked pop-up ads, modern websites have reintroduced pop-up style overlays that browsers no longer block.
525 points by MrAlex94 | 293 comments
Waterfox blog post by Alex Kontos responding to Mozilla's AI-first strategy, stating Waterfox will not include AI features in its browser.
400 points by todsacerdoti | 199 comments
A news post by Dillo maintainer Rodrigo Arias Mallo explaining why the Dillo browser project is moving from GitHub to a self-hosted server with mirrors on other forges.
344 points by STRiDEX | 205 comments
Kagi blog post announcing the 1.0 release of its Orion web browser across Mac, iPhone, and iPad, dated 25 November 2025.
1093 points by rpgbr | 662 comments
An opinion piece from Manual do Usuário arguing that Firefox users do not want Mozilla adding AI features like an AI window to the browser.
356 points by darkwater | 176 comments
Mozilla blog post announcing Firefox's profile management feature, rolling out Oct. 14, 2025, giving each profile separate bookmarks, logins, history, extensions and themes.
741 points by AndrewDucker | 301 comments
Anil Dash blog post arguing that OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser undermines the open web, calling it an anti-web browser.
543 points by SweetSoftPillow | 516 comments
An opinion article arguing that cookie consent laws should be implemented at the browser level rather than requiring every website to show consent banners.
368 points by thm | 63 comments
The Record news article on a new California law requiring browsers to offer a universal opt-out signal so people can block sale and sharing of their personal data.
679 points by jgrahamc | 418 comments
Cloudflare blog post announcing its sponsorship of the Ladybird browser project and the Omarchy Linux distribution to support the open web.
475 points by kevinyew | 458 comments
News coverage of Atlassian's deal to acquire The Browser Company, maker of the Arc and Dia web browsers.
1217 points by foxfired | 654 comments
Blog post by Ibrahim Diallo arguing that users should use company websites in the browser rather than downloading their mobile apps.
697 points by TangerineDream | 394 comments
Mozilla's Distilled blog post announcing that tab groups, a feature requested by thousands of users, are now available in Firefox.
539 points by dfabulich | 546 comments
Medium essay arguing that a US antitrust ruling forcing Google to stop paying for search placement will cut most funding for all major web browsers.
787 points by tomp | 399 comments
Mozilla's Firefox Terms of Use page, effective February 25, 2025, setting out the rights and permissions between Mozilla and Firefox users.
1243 points by Hold-And-Modify | 441 comments
A Tell HN post reporting that Cloudflare's browser integrity check is denying access to Pale Moon and other non-mainstream browsers, with no official response.
466 points by Vinnl | 376 comments
How-To Geek opinion article by Faisal Rasool explaining why he switched to the Firefox web browser and has stayed with it.
707 points by MrVandemar | 119 comments
Free online book by Pavel Panchekha and Chris Harrelson explaining how to build a basic but complete web browser in a couple thousand lines of Python.
566 points by ReadCarlBarks | 331 comments
Firefox Nightly blog post announcing the new sidebar and vertical tabs features available to try in Nightly via Firefox Labs in version 131.
460 points by firebaze | 379 comments
Heise online news article reporting that Firefox now enables a privacy-preserving ad attribution feature that collects user data by default.
944 points by mapper32 | 668 comments
Lunduke article reporting that the from-scratch Ladybird web browser is becoming a non-profit backed by $1 million from GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath.
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359 points by kjhughes | 130 comments
A video post on Marc Andreessen's Substack in which he recounts, from memory, the origin story of the Mosaic and Netscape web browsers.
365 points by signa11 | 236 comments
LWN article by Joe Brockmeier on the Ladybird open-source web browser being forked from SerenityOS as an independent project.
769 points by zmodem | 230 comments
Andreas Kling's Substack post announcing he is forking the Ladybird browser into its own project and stepping down as SerenityOS BDFL.
320 points by todsacerdoti | 186 comments
A personal blog post explaining the author's reasons for using Firefox, starting with the configurability offered by the about:config page.
552 points by mufty | 275 comments
A 2019 blog post by Geoffrey Litt arguing that browser extensions are underrated as a way for users to customize and modify the software they use.
1328 points by Vinnl | 645 comments
Roy Tanck's blog post urging readers to switch to Firefox in 2024 as the only remaining ethical browser, citing its slipping market share.
400 points by Vinnl | 270 comments
How-To Geek opinion article arguing that Firefox's sync and continuity features work better than those of other browsers.
532 points by alexzeitler | 648 comments
Blog post arguing that a U.S. government web guideline on browser support could accelerate Firefox's decline as its market share nears a cutoff threshold.
895 points by grammers | 576 comments
A Tuta blog post comparing web browsers by their privacy features to help readers choose a private browser.
456 points by mnot | 262 comments
Mozilla campaign page warning that the EU's near-final eIDAS regulation would force browsers to trust government-selected certificate authorities, citing an open letter from 300+ experts.
712 points by jaytaph | 399 comments
A personal blog post from September 2023 in which the author explains why frustration led him to start writing his own web browser, tagged rust and browsers.
449 points by Raed667 | 208 comments
Mozilla Foundation petition opposing France's SREN bill, which would require browsers like Firefox to block government-listed websites.
461 points by samwillis | 127 comments
Tweet by Andreas Kling announcing a $100,000 sponsorship specifically for Ladybird browser development, with more details to come.
966 points by 8organicbits | 392 comments
Neowin news article reporting that Microsoft Edge sends images users view online to Microsoft and explaining how to disable the feature.
354 points by sphars | 239 comments
The Verge article reporting that Microsoft Edge's follow creator feature sends URLs of visited sites to Bing, advising users to disable it.
365 points by goplayoutside | 198 comments
A gHacks article reporting that Firefox may soon automatically reject cookie consent prompts on websites.
431 points by RMPR | 286 comments
Andreas Kling's Substack post on how the Ladybird/SerenityOS team is building a new web browser from scratch despite claims it is impossible.