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I watched the promo video and thought that this must be amazing! First disappointment was that I discovered I have to make an account in order to use it. Second disappointment was that it was not just a browser but something that resembles a virtual machine environment. It’s like a computer with its own operating system inside my computer. I don’t use Horbito’s services and I don’t intend to (i’m not the target user anyway) so I couldn’t care less about the chat and storage integration since I don’t use either of those things. I would’ve much preferred a browser that works just like the promo video without trying to draw you into an echo system. Other negatives are that it is a pain to re-order icons in the dock and after adding lots of new items from the “store” I had to restart the program in order for them to actually show up.
- an amazing idea that has been really well-executed. - love the real-time sync between my Macbook and iMac Pro. - automatic grouping/tabbing of pages from same app is really useful. - windows based UI helps multi-tasking. Drawbacks: - Is not able to keep tab states between different sessions - need to reopen tabs and app everytime Nova is opened. - is at least six months away using this as a primary browser. Looking forward to the extension and cookie sync support.
This reinforces the same thinking that has led us down the computing rabbit hole we are in today; we have created a divide between programmers and users. I would love to see products/projects that give people agency to create in the digital world, not just *consume*.
