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andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
bookmark99 · 3 months ago
Super duper stuff. Love the interface and ease of use.

I can't seem to figure out how to stop and start browsers while restoring my sessions, i'm I missing something obvious?

andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Thanks! I also like when the UI is not cluttered with different inputs.

What do you mean by "Stop and start browsers while restoring my sessions"? You should be able to start and stop the browser as long as it's not updating. If there is an update and you decide to install right then, you won't be able to open any profile that uses that browser during the update.

If you mean importing an existing profile, I haven't added that yet. But it's at the top of my list!

And if you mean something else... Then I'm not sure. Please either share more details or create a bug report if you feel like this is not the correct behavior.

andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
ttoinou · 3 months ago
Cool. Do you also use tons of browsers ? How many total tabs do you usally have ? I can easily have 300 tabs, including 30 useful
andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Lol I don't think I ever had 300 tabs open. Must be a nightmare to navigate haha. I believe I also used to have 6 browsers, but with Donut it now fluctuates at around 10 profiles, depending on what I need to do.

In terms of tabs, I rarely have over 30 tabs open. The moment I feel like I'm getting overwhelmed with the number of open things, I close all tabs that I don't absolutely need.

andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
diddeb · 3 months ago
This is awesome. Thanks for your efforts!

Seeing it's not signed by Apple, I was wondering if you'd be open for a donation to get you a proper account so the app can be distributed more "solidly" without Gatekeeper in the way.

Let me know. More than happy to get you in there.

andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Oh wow, this is a very generous offer. Thank you! It might take me a while to get the Apple Developer account to do so, not for the financial reasons. I've noted your concern and will get the app signed the moment I have a chance to do that.
andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
ttoinou · 3 months ago
Are you… me ? I have 6 browsers for 6 different independent profiles. Instead of using browser profiles I need different browsers for different features (no google tracking, youtube, business services, web development etc.) I was wondering if I was the only one crazy

Would be practical to have a unified way to install extensions in all of them

andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll think how it can be added in a sane manner
andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
dtj1123 · 3 months ago
This looks awesome. Is there any support for automation frameworks like puppeteer?
andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Not yet. I'd like to add it in the future, but it's going to be pretty time consuming as frameworks like playwright, which support both Firefox and Chromium, run a patched version of Firefox. I definitely need to learn more about the differences between it and something like Selenium, which can run both Firefox-based and Chromium-based browsers without patches.
andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
squeegee_scream · 3 months ago
Related: https://github.com/johnste/finicky, “A macOS app for customizing which browser to start”. Write a JSON file to tell it when to open a link in a certain browser, to strip certain strings like utm codes, etc
andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Thanks for sharing! This project has "automatic URL editing", which is something I'd like to add my app. Great to learn that there is a real product with this feature.
andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
phrotoma · 3 months ago
What are "anti detect" features?
andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Features that make the same browser binary have a different browser fingerprint with a fresh user profile.

For example, faking location data, fonts, browser version, user agent, ssl certificates, available browser features, etc. Different anti-detect browsers offer different sets of features, but none will allow you to, say, pretend to be a Firefox user on Linux when you are a Chromium user on Windows, because it is possible to detect the engine and underlying system based on JavaScript and CSS behavior, if the website really wants to know that.

AFAIK, the most common use case for anti-detect browsers is competitive research, bypassing restrictions (not just location-based), and emulating specific user profile.

andrewzeno commented on Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator   donutbrowser.com/... · Posted by u/andrewzeno
leonnatus · 3 months ago
This is nice, just the other week I was trying to create different profiles that connect to separate proxies. This is a far nicer solution.
andrewzeno · 3 months ago
Hope you like it! I found it a much nicer experience compared to using the Foxyproxy extension or configuring PAC files.

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