Quiche Industries

I left a comfy UX/Eng job at Google to build Quiche Browser and an indie brand around my love for the Web, minimalism, and questionable naming.
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Quiche Browser: https://quiche.industries/browser
Website: https://quiche.industries

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2025-11-27 11:07:47 UTC

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Oh I understand the confusion now!
It seems like you're closing a tab by swiping back, but actually that tab's navigation history had the start page as its initial page, and you navigated back to it, so it looks like a new tab.
Why it happens occasionally is a bit long to explain, but one scenario is when the app has an empty tab open, and a web page is open from another app, it's open in this empty tab instead of a new one.
It's been on my list for a while to remove that behavior 😅

2025-11-27 09:34:42 UTC

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good question! 😊
Actually, tabs can't be closed with swipe gestures at this time.
What does work is using the back button to close child tabs and go back to the parent tab instantly.
But it follows Safari's logic: this works only until tapping a link in the child tab.
I'd be open to have the back-to-close work everywhere, but:
- It would require a few behavioral and design changes to make the result action more explicit.
- Some may not like it, thus this would need to be opt-in.

2025-11-25 23:36:22 UTC

Twitter recently started force-opening links in Safari when you’re browsing from another iOS browser, for no reason other than staying on brand and being awful at everything it does.
Quiche Browser now blocks that.

2025-09-15 16:24:58 UTC

Quiche Browser is now updated for iOS 26 with a beautiful, floating Liquid Glass toolbar!
If you like Safari’s new toolbar but wish you could pick and place the buttons you need most, now might be the time to switch your default browser.
And if you’re not into Liquid Glass, you can always switch to the Classic theme for a plain, quiet toolbar, like Safari on iOS 18.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quiche-browser/id1668363952
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/209/125/893/561/263/original/ff97c025e6145aa3.mp4

2025-05-25 10:15:25 UTC

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The lack of tab gestures is unquestionably the app's #1 weak point, and one of the most important items on the roadmap.
I'm currently focused on fixes, non-design changes, and low-hanging fruits. One of the reasons is I'm waiting to see what Apple will announce for iOS and Safari in 2 weeks, given all these big redesign rumors 😅

2025-05-25 00:47:46 UTC

Quiche Browser’s back button can now close new tabs opened from links (whether automatically or manually).
That means you can potentially remove the close button for an even more minimal toolbar.
This one’s for everyone obsessing over their perfect 3-button layout!
All changes:
https://quiche.industries/browser/whatsnew/
Download:
https://apps.apple.com/app/quiche-browser/id1668363952
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/565/713/520/591/826/original/7d796b416a6e6ea2.mp4

2025-05-23 06:53:00 UTC

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Quiche Reader, for a more minimalist approach 😊
https://quiche.industries/reader/