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# A Taste of QuteBrowser
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After some deliberation I finally tried out [Qutebrowser](https://www.qutebrowser.org/) and after spending some quality time with the browser and its quirks I can confidently say, that this will probably be my new main browser.
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Coming from Chromium on Linux and Chrome on Windows I'm more than aware of what a """"""botnet"""""" browser is like, but that the same time I like Chromium/Chrome.
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Part of it is that there is support for those browser pretty much everywhere you go, sites use the *newest* features which means you can realistically view all/most content without too much issue.
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What I'm trying to say is that those browsers get the good ole' stamp of [werks for me](../img/werks.png)
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QuteBrowser is a bit different however because there is some setup involved but... *not really*.
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## Out of the box experience
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Personally the only thing I did was change the default starting page for new windows and new tabs.
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Which of course is my own personal /comfy/ start-page.
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To be completely honest most/all functionality I could think of was handled by the keyboard completely, *exept for escaping from drop-down menus*.
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For the escaping from dropdown menus however I came up with this:
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```
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"e":"fake-key <escape>"
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```
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Yes it's python and yes you should put that into your config for qutebrowser, but don't worry just type `:set` and it should be **the very first line** on the config editing page.
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Save it and then you're done the tweaks to make QuteBrowser usable and comfortable are 99% done.
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There's also plenty of potential for ricing if you're into that but tbh you really don't have to do much to get this browser to work.
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## Main Gripes
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> First of all why does 'J' move right and 'K' move right in the tabs!?!?!?
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This one is easy to answer but the reasoning in my mind is uh..... pretty brainlet tier.
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How this """*supposedly*""" works: think of the tabs arranged like this
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first
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second
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third
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```
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Now realize that in vim 'J' moves down and 'K' moves up.
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Realize that you're not moving left and right along the tabs but up/down.
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It's really simple but really stupid at the same time.
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Why not have 'H' and 'L' move ***LEFT*** and ***RIGHT*** instead of back and forth in the history.
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> ***ARE THOSE ADS?!?!?***
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This is probably the deal breaker for a lot of people and honestly nearly is for me.
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Even though I primarily use QuteBrowser I refuse to get rid of Chromium since the Ad-pocolypse on the internet is just ridiculous.
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At the moment there is a host list that QuteBrowser uses to filter some stuff but don't expect it to do --much-- anything.
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Once there is proper plugin support for things like U-Block or really *any real ad-blocker* then there will be no looking back to any other browser.
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## Binding Cheat Sheet
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There are plenty of binds but if you just read the docs then you should be fine.
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[Link to cheat sheet](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/master/doc/img/cheatsheet-big.png)
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Don't try to learn every single binding because you'll just want to slam you head through your desk.
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Just learn what you need and consult the cheat sheet I link here.
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Download it and set it to some bind if you *really* need to learn all the binds possible.
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## Is it worth it tho?
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Ya. It's a good browser, it's solid and besides a few minor hiccups it's very close to BTFO every other browser out there.
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