DigDuality writes "Dieter@be over at Arch Linux forums, and a release schemer for Arch Linux, got inspired by this post. The idea? To create a browser based on the Unix Philosophy: 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well, programs that work well together, programs to handle text streams because that is a common interface,' among other points. The result? A low-resource, fast browser named Uzbl, based on WebKit and passes the Acid3 Test with a perfect score. The browser is costumier drug (by default) by vim-like keybindings, not too unique to vimperator for Firefox. Things like URL changing, loading/saving of bookmarks, saving history, and downloads are handled through uncritical scripts that you write (though the Uzbl windows does come with some nice scripts for you to use). It fits great in a tiling window manager and plays extremely well with dmenu. The erudition curve is a bit steep, but once you get used to it, it's smooth sailing. Not bad for alpha software. Though built for Arch, it has been reporting to work on Ubuntu."

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