Reviews for Tridactyl
Tridactyl by Colin Caine, Oliver Blanthorn
472 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by ssamm45, 7 years agoIt's amazing how much faster it is to work with only the keyboard. This plugin along with the dwm window manager and the vis text editor mean I rarely have to use my mouse for normal tasks. The native client was just released in beta and it unlocks even more possibilities. I can use an external for thoes times I need to write larger pieces of text or code in browser, filter urls through a shell script, etc.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Palpatine, 7 years agoBest vimperator on webextension for now. Too bad webextension is so restrictive. I always preferred firefox over chrome because chrome had such restrictive plugin api, and vimperator/pendactyl on firefox was so much nicer. Then google products got bloated and could only be run with chrome js engine with any speed. Now that firefox is catching up on the js engine front the plugin api regressed to chrome level. unbelievable! I hope things can be improved eventually. Also please allow tridactyl a configuration file. If not local file at least do gist or something!
- Rated 5 out of 5by jth, 7 years agoLovely extension that brings enough vim to firefox to be comfortable.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13417899, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 12411271, 7 years agoI like this extension and most I find most of the things I need. Some things I am still missing like searching through bookmarks, but overall, I am having a good experience.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoI'm glad you like it.
You can search through your bookmarks with :bmarks, like :buffer. - Rated 5 out of 5by Brian, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by terasaka.k, 7 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13895994, 7 years agoOverrides the homepage and there is no configuration. Otherwise It's alright I guess
Developer response
posted 7 years agoSorry about the new tab page; we change it so that we can inject our scripts into that page. You can change it with `set newtab [url]`.
There are quite a few configuration options available; I count about 20 odd different things you can change. Just `:viewconfig` and then `:set key1.key2.key3 value`, e.g. `:set nmaps.\ fillcmdline open scholar`. `:help` and `:tutor` should give you a better of what's possible.
Is any option in particular that you would like to change but cannot? - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13746567, 7 years agoVery cool, I only miss more customization options.
- Rated 5 out of 5by kunev, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13803480, 7 years agoOne of the best vim'z since beginning! I tried a lot of addons in last years, but no one could reach this one. Big thanks.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Chris Pinkus, 7 years agoI am a long-time pentadactyl user, and was forced to stick with ESR and other 'old' versions of firefox just to keep that addon. I eventually got fed up with doing that last month, so I tried every addon that adds vim-like bindings, only to find that they all suck compared to pentadactyl.
However, I just tried this addon today and it's the closest thing to pentadactyl I've seen so far. I am definitely a fan, and I hope the developers of this addon keeps us pentadactyl users in mind :)
Really amazing work, keep up the good job! - Rated 1 out of 5by tivasyk, 7 years ago1) the plugin sets your home page without asking you ― haven't seen this behaviour in a long time, and certainly not in opensource world;
2) doesn't work on some sites (many of those, actually);
3) no easy access to settings;
4) no whitelist.
for a plugin that is expected to _enhance_ my user experience that's a _fail_ in my book. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13528676, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13711512, 7 years agoThank you so much for you work. I want not use vimium, I like to have a good option. Sorry, my english is not good, congratulations.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13685662, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13627260, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13202193, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 5635492, 7 years agoThis is the best replacement for vimperator on firefox quantum, thank you for this great extension.
But I'm wondering how can I review all of my settings like editing vimperatorrc or vimrc?
For instance, after several search keywords set with `searchsetkeyword`, I'd like to have access to a list of all these keywords, and also quickmarks.
I don't know if this function is already included or not since I haven't find instructions in documents.
Thank you again for tridactyl.Developer response
posted 7 years agoHi, we finally added this as of version 1.9: just type :viewconfig :) - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13605130, 7 years agoRight now the best Vimperator successor for me. It provides minimal features like open, sarch, tabbing shortcutting etc.
What it still lacks is:
* great vim-like search
* browsing
But it's a work in progress so I've high expectations.
What's unfortunate you can't use addons on mozzilla pages, so i.e. you will still need to ctrl+w to exit about:addons instead of your bind. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13600021, 7 years agoStill a bit rough around the edges but I'm looking forward to future progress.
Thank you to the authors of this extension, your hard work is much appreciated! - Rated 5 out of 5by wkalt, 7 years agoThis add-on is amazing! If you're depressed about Vimperator dying and have previously found comparable WebExtensions add-ons lacking, you have got to try it out. For me it's extra transformative because it means I can use the latest Firefox now!
Thank you to the authors!