Continuing our search for alternative web browsers, we came across something that recently appeared on the radar. Its official name is Liri Browser, and as far as we can observe, it's inspired by the Material Design we got to know through Google. The browser is still too green to be useful for anything, but given its open and cross-platform design, it would be a serious mistake to discard it.
First, it was appearance. Then the focus shifted to functionality. Later began a dizzying race for performance. Then they entered a multi-role stage, and finally we reached the era of privacy and security. Web browsers have gone through a complicated development process, with many pitfalls along the way, a Web that keeps growing, new hardware platforms, and ever-increasing demands from users. Despite all this, the evolution of browsers is not over. In fact, the feeling these days is that they have taken several steps backward. Bloated designs, memory problems, nonsensical features, and conflicts with external plugins set the pace of an unpleasant song.
A trend that apparently seeks to correct this situation is minimalist design. Security through simplicity. Clean interfaces that don't bombard the user. Simple environments backed by the latest technological expressions of the most popular browsers, such as rendering engines. One of the browsers that fits this general description is Liri Browser, developed by French, German, and American developers. The official page explains that Liri is a browser inspired by Google's Material Design, while its QtWebEngine engine comes from Chromium. Liri Browser is completely open source, and is available for Windows, Linux, and OS X, with portable and traditional installation editions.
It's still too early to judge Liri Browser. To be honest, it doesn't even have Ctrl+Enter support yet, several pages throw errors, and others take forever to load. There are no security or performance options, not to mention that the fonts in the interface look too small. That said, let's wait. My only wish is that Liri Browser doesn't become another Chromium-Chrome clone.
