#Google pulls a #Canonical and offers us an opt-out in the next release of #GoogleChrome, (opt-in should be required under #GDPR), of signing us to #Chrome automatically. It doesn't change the default behaviour and most people won't notice the opt-out is there, which Google knows.
Don't forget, this small change was not made when they first received feedback that it's undesirable, in fact they were all over birdsite, trying to defend it.
Don't make the mistake of trusting them ever again.
Is there any reasonable #browser out there, that can do the same as #Chrome's `--app` switch?
That is, open a window bound to the specified URL (kinda), no URL bar, no tabs. Just the view of the page. At the same time, all the extensions I have available in the active profile, are active here too. Links outside of the domain open in my default browser window.
#Firefox can't do it out of the box, and all the solutions I found for it involved setting up a new profile, which defeats the purpose.
My almost-10-year-old laptop is finally starting to go on me...past the point that Linux can keep it going, I think.
Now I'm wondering what to replace it with. #Chromebooks seem ideal for the kind of fast, low cost device I'm looking for. But I've been making a point of moving away from #Google services over the past few years, so jumping into #Chrome OS would be rather counter to that.
Ideas for cheap #laptops that can run #Linux (*buntu) with few or no issues?
Thank you all for the suggestions, next time I should also include smaller ones. Thank you @kelbot for letting me know about Falkon. I'm sure @hund will enjoy the final winner:
Doesn't need an extension to search with a keyword (or a keyletter). In the settings for #Chromium or #Chrome open "Manage search engines", DuckDuckGo should already be in there, then change the keyword from "duckduckgo.com" to "!". Now you can search ddg by typing "! thing-to-search-for" (yes, you do need a space). For !Firefox and its derivates create a new bookmark with the location "https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%s" and the keyword "!", and again you can search by typing "! stuff"