Cartographist is an experimental web browser designed for rabbit-holing, utilizing horizontally scrollable panes instead of new windows. It presents a tree-structured outline of your browsing history and allows users to save “trails” for long-term research. The concept was inspired by a mix of browsing and searching techniques, with a layout similar to Andy Matuschak’s website and mobile browser experiments by Nate Parrot. While the idea of disk-persisted history is intriguing in theory, the author questions its practical usefulness, favoring synthesis and the ability to edit and manipulate browsing history. The project is open-sourced for further development and feedback.
https://szymonkaliski.com/projects/cartographist/