The Bike Shed

473: Mental models for browsers


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Joël prepares to write his new book by asking Sally some fundamental questions about Web browsers.

Together they look to answer the deceptively simple question of what is a browser, examining what they are at their core, what they’re capable of beyond basic functions, the nuances of programming for the web across different systems and devices on the front and back end, as well as unpacking the surprising benefits of different forms of browsers like the terminal text based platform Lynx.

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Your hosts for this episode have been thoughtbot’s own Joël Quenneville and Sally Hall.

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