Open source is the only way
The Internet is the ultimate repository of humanity's data, representing a massive opportunity to develop information and knowledge within it.
Access to this information must be through web browsers, which have become essential. However, the functions of each browser are too limited for some tasks, especially those related to research in any field. They are like visiting the Alexandria Library with binoculars: it is almost impossible to see the whole picture.
From a narrow vision, to an ever expanding depth of field.
With current browsers you cannot search through different pages; furthermore, the interface and the tools get in your way because they're not designed for research.
That's exactly the problem Nyxt Browser addresses. Nyxt Browser is a fully extensible power browser, which changes the way users interact with the web via advanced data processing capabilities.
Nyxt Browser allows information extraction, research, and analytical review for more-efficient professional use cases: researchers, writers, and professionals whose productivity is limited by the tools they have access to.
Thanks to Nyxt Browser, these professionals, people helping make the world a better place, will have a powerful tool to make a real difference through a sophisticated web document manipulation and processing including switching between tabs by topic, URL, and so on; instantly searching all URLs on a page by name or target, or searching through bookmarks with compound queries. That is the goal.
Nyxt browser is not meant to browse, it´s meant to provide Deep search capabilities for analysing information on the internet.
Another issue Nyxt Browser wants to tackle is misinformation. It's been apparent in the past years that verifying the validity of information is an increasing problem. The Internet is a powerful tool that enables people to publish information. However, it comes at a price as it is not necessarily a trusted source of information.
How do you determine what is real or not? It is easy to spread misinformation. Some of Nyxt Browser's features allow a semantic analysis of documents capable of revealing fallacies (black and white fallacy, i.e.) and validating citations. The tool allows the creation of a trustful website with a score for every citation, so the people sharing the citations can tell among the most reliable ones.
Nyxt browser wants to play a leading role in a brand new frontier
Nyxt Browser wants to play a leading role in a brand-new frontier: content analysis and augmentation of human knowledge by helping users understand and verify the information.
Nyxt Browser as a project is a moon shot.
Developing a new niche-oriented web browser for a specific use case is not the best option for venture capital to invest in, so a public companion is key for Nyxt's development.
For Nyxt Browser, public support spans from the funding provided by NGI Pointer to the relation with the open-source community, which has been using this tool for a year now and contributes in different manners to its development.
Right now, the browser is on version 2.1.0, receiving comments and feedback about the code and features of the tool. Nyxt has room for improvement but it is being used by an increasing community that gathers around a dedicated forum.
The open-source community finds in Nyxt Browser a transparent project that can be audited. The project finds a community that is eager to collaborate to enhance the product.
Source: Linknovate Stories https://blog.linknovate.com/nyxt-browser-internet/
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Project funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union, Grant agreement Nº: No. 871528
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