Sidekick Browser VS Polypane

Sidekick Browser Reviews

1. Asef Dian

   | CEO at Bitslay | over 2 years ago
   So many bugs to fix

   The idea of a productivity based browser is great but since this browser is still new, it has trouble with a lot of things. Sometimes it doesn't open a new tab when i try, sometimes web apps don't open, and overall its not a smooth experience that i could recommend to people

   🏁 Competitors: Vivaldi, Mozilla Firefox, Brave

   👍 Pros:    Everything you need is in the homepage|Looks really pretty|Focuses on productivity|Has control over ram usage and data|A search option that searches all throughout your history, bookmarks, web and everything

   👎 Cons:    A buggy performance|Short term freezes|Might need some time getting used to the web apps

Polypane Reviews

Sidekick Browser mentions (3)

• Making Twitter likes/bookmarks backup tool as side quest of offline first browser (that saves everything)

  I've been developing frontend in-memory graph DB / state manager for 1) replication 2) incremental sync 3) fast rendering (without VDOM/react). Used in https://seesu.me & https://meetsidekick.com (where I was 1st engineer). Source: over 1 year ago

• Making Twitter likes/bookmarks backup tool as side quest of browser that saves everything

  To make snapshot it takes current state of DOM, current state of styles (to capture CSS-in-JS stuff), take resources like font/images from network storage (Chrome Dev Tools protocol) and saves it as HTML on disk. I've been developing created frontend in-memory graph DB / state manager for 1) replication 2) incremental sync 3) fast rendering (without VDOM/react). Used in https://seesu.me &... Source: over 1 year ago

• Making Twitter likes backup tool as side quest of browser/second brain

  Https://arestov.github.io/linkkraft-notes/trails-tree-plus-offline-for-tool-for-thoughts/linkkraft-fresh-offline-spa.mp4 Across similar software ("too many tabs" solvers, snapshoters) combination of trails tree & snapshots that reinforces is unique in linkkraft. To make snapshot it takes current state of DOM, current state of styles (to capture CSSinJS stuff), take resources like font/images from network storage... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

Polypane mentions (35)

• Tools that keep me productive

  I had heard about Polypane before and I think I may have tried it a few years ago, but nowadays, It's a must for frontend. It helps you build out responsive, accessible apps with all kinds of goodies. Curious about it? I hung out with the creator of Polypane on a live-stream earlier this year. - Source: dev.to / 16 days ago

• But can your browser do this? :)

  Exactly. That's why the emulation option in Polypane are like a mile long. Source: 5 months ago

• Best way to test UI responsiveness

  Polypane is a browser purpose-built for testing UIs. Source: 11 months ago

• :root isn't global

  I first encountered this issue with ::backdrop: Backdrop doesn't inherit from anywhere but after a recent rendering engine update to Polypane I noticed that all my custom selection colors (also powered by CSS custom properties) suddenly stopped working. - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

• TIL: This option in Chrome DevTools makes it easier to test responsive designs

  Check out Polypane which lets you do exactly that! https://polypane.app It even has a button that will give you an overview of all your breakpoints right in the address bar: https://polypane.app/docs/breakpoints/. Source: about 1 year ago