What browser is this? The 'Helium' browser?
I'm searching for it online but can only find an old Helium floating browser from 2015
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Helium is a brand new browser releasing and it’s so early they don’t want details being shared yet which is why Theo isn’t allowed to share more or make a video on it just yet
Ooh okay thanks!
You're welcome
had the same question! is there not even a newsletter or anything?
its also interesting to use branding for something that already existed at one point... I wonder if that will help or harm them marketing / SEO wise
No posts on their twitter https://x.com/heliuminternet?s=21
Helium (@heliuminternet) on X
internet, but lighter. friendly and truly private web browser by @imputnet, coming soon on macos
X
Definitely gate keeping for now
Theo loves it so I’m sure it’s good, just a matter of time before we can try it for ourselves
yeah fair
im exited :)
it's open source on github but definitely still in early stages
GitHub
GitHub - imputnet/helium-macos: macOS packaging for helium-chromium
macOS packaging for helium-chromium. Contribute to imputnet/helium-macos development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
GitHub - imputnet/helium-chromium: internet, but lighter
internet, but lighter. Contribute to imputnet/helium-chromium development by creating an account on GitHub.
mac releases are available on their github as well! https://github.com/imputnet/helium-macos/releases/tag/0.1.1.1-137.0.7151.55
GitHub
Release 0.1.1.1 · imputnet/helium-macos
Helium macOS 0.1.1.1
Hashes for the disk image helium_0.1.1.1_arm64-macos.dmg:
md5: 55a16231dee3c56b2c8c88c0393a1b6d
sha1: 2d524752932b37659b5289a078ee57bba29b222f
sha256: 4d9863fbe80c6c74abb7cdbf4...
Just tested Helium, like it a lot. However I like vertical tabs so Im sticking with Zen as my main browser but if I need a chrome based browser for stuff like watching Hulu (Content with DRM) I will use Helium.
What are the differences from Ungoogled Chromium (which it's based on) ?
you can watch drm content on zen its a setting
lol?
ok? weird never tested tho but its in settings
Ah
If you’ve never tested it why comment lol
good point just thought it worked
Gotcha
Theo loves it does it mean it's going to get abandoned like Arc :really:
Theo loves Zen and it’s not abandoned
Yeah I know that was a joke ; hopefully Zen succeeds, it's pretty good I use it too for t3 chat actually.
was wondering the same thing...
it seems just as resource intensive...