What does HackerNews think of Surfingkeys?

Map your keys for web surfing, expand your browser with javascript and keyboard.

Language: JavaScript

#9 in Chrome

#17 in Firefox

#22 in Vim

Firefox 119 unleashes PDF prowess and Sync sorcery | Oct 2023

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SurfingKeys browser extension does (or used to) bundle this extension

https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys

Vimium – A browser extension that provides Vim-style keyboard controls | Feb 2023

I settled with Surfingkeys after I tried Vimium, Vimium C, Pentadactyl and Vimperator.

Here's my Surfingkeys configuration as an ex-Vimium user:

  api.map('F', 'gf');
  api.Hints.setCharacters("asdgqwertzxcvb");

It makes open in new tab behave like Vimium and f work like a toggle.

Hope this helps someone looking for a better option migrating from Vimium.

[0] https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys

Wasavi – Vi editor for any webpage | Jan 2023

Tridactyl's key feature is "native messaging".

A further alternative is https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys. Its key feature is a javascript configuration - allowing you to bind arbitrary javascript to a key.

Ask HN: Is there other software similar to Vim and Emacs? | Jul 2022

Surfingkeys https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys is a browser extension for surfing web with vim like interface. It has lots of built-in functionality, for example: focus on the first input, edit URL and visit the changed URL, go one path up in URL, go to audio playing tab, copy column(s) of a table, copy code blocks... It's extensible, you can bind JS functions to keymaps.

Vimium C – Extension to navigate website by keyboard shortcuts | Nov 2021

I've been using Surfing Keys on both FF and Chrome for awhile and it's been my favorite vim-like so far.

https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys