Mado 窓 · window

Mado is a browser with only an address.

Mado, the Kūhaku browser, showing kuhaku.space with only a thin address line above it

What it leaves out

No tab bar until you have two tabs. No toolbar: back and forward appear when you point at the line. No bookmarks bar. Ads and trackers from other sites stay out.

What it does

Only the page.: One thin line on top holds the address. Type a word or an address; words search the web.
Quiet by default.: Requests to known ad and tracking servers are blocked before they load.
Home devices too.: A camera or router with its own certificate gets a calm page: trust it once and continue.

Ask

Book a table for two near the river, 8 pm

I found three quiet places with a table at 8. The first one is open in Mado.

Keys

Cmd+L: address
Cmd+T: new tab
Cmd+W: close tab
Cmd+F: find
Alt+Left / Right: back, forward

Status

Works today. No bookmarks or history page yet.

Try it

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