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Thanks for sharing carbonyl & brownsh, they seem quite cool. Just not sure they'd be the perfect fit for me as my primary browser. [1] https://zen-browser.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox 157"}, {"id": 769558176, "item_id": 48097386, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48097386", "by": "corysama", "date": "2026-05-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "You asked for it\u2026", "excerpt": "You asked for it\u2026 https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ratty \u2013 A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics"}, {"id": 745657041, "item_id": 46603565, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46603565", "by": "siraben", "date": "2026-01-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "carbonyl has even better chromium rendering than browsh", "excerpt": "browsh and carbonyl[0] are such lifesavers on airplane wifi. I find that carbonyl has even better chromium rendering than browsh. 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Thanks for sharing carbonyl & brownsh, they seem quite cool. Just not sure they'd be the perfect fit for me as my primary browser. 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I find that carbonyl has even better chromium rendering than browsh. 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