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The Vivaldi web browser has a killer new UI feature.
With Auto Hide UI, you get maximum screen real estate.
You can install and use the feature on all desktop OSes.
Every time I create a web app from a site, I think, "I wish I could have a browser that could behave this minimally when I want it to."
If you've never used a web app on your desktop OS, let me explain what they are. You open a site on a browser that supports the creation of web apps, and you then save the site as such. When you then open the site (from your desktop menu), the app opens without the usual browser accutremont. You get a window and not much else: no controls, no tabs, no menu bars. The web app turns your website into an app.
I've always enjoyed this feature because it not only keeps me from having to add yet another tab to my browser, but it's also very clean, and the browser takes up little to no screen real estate (meaning the page I'm viewing can take up the entire screen, without having to switch to full-screen mode.
Also: 5 reasons why Zen is my new favorite browser (RIP, Opera)
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