A browser is a tool many people use for hours every day. Yet in many browsers, customization mostly means changing colors while the overall structure and workflow remain largely fixed.
Priviot Browser is intended to be more adaptable.
The goal is not to overload every interface with options. Different users should simply be able to configure the browser differently.
A simple browser should be able to stay simple
Customization only works when it is not mandatory.
If you mainly open websites, use tabs, and save bookmarks, you should not need to configure a complex workspace.
Additional areas should therefore remain optional.
If you need them, you can enable them. If you do not, you should see as little of them as possible.
Workspaces for different contexts
Workspaces are intended to help separate different areas of activity.
A user could have one area for work, one for research, and one for personal browsing.
This does not need to stop at a different tab color. Over time, a workspace could also be associated with different visible modules or sidebars.
Which workspace capabilities appear in which version will depend on development.
Sidebars as an additional working area
A sidebar can show information or tools without requiring you to leave the current website entirely.
That can be useful for research, media controls, additional tools, or certain extensions.
Priviot Browser is not intended to fill those areas with features by default. Modules and extensions should be able to use them deliberately.
Contextual toolbars
Another planned component is a temporary contextual bar below the main navigation or above the bookmarks bar.
It should appear only when an active module or task needs it.
A media module could show controls there. Another module could provide buttons, sliders, or status information.
That keeps additional capabilities from permanently occupying the main browser interface.
Themes should go beyond light and dark
Priviot Browser is intended to have its own theme and design system.
Priviot can publish designs, while external developers, designers, and users should also be able to create their own themes.
A minimalist browser can therefore look different from a setup built for extensive research or media use.
How deeply a theme is allowed to modify layout and components needs clear technical and security boundaries. The underlying idea remains the same: the browser should be more customizable than a simple accent-color switch.
Designs can become part of the Extension Store
Themes and designs are also intended to be publishable through the planned Priviot Extension Store.
That allows free community designs to exist alongside paid themes.
The currently planned store model uses a €25 one-time developer account, 0% commission on free content, and 15% commission on paid content.
The store can also provide compatibility information for current Priviot versions.
Developers should be able to extend the interface meaningfully
Customization is not only visual.
Over time, extensions and modules may be able to use additional browser surfaces where defined interfaces exist.
That can include sidebars, contextual bars, or other designated integration points.
This is a different model from extensions that can only open a small popup next to the address bar.
Customization needs boundaries
More freedom also creates more complexity.
A browser still needs to remain secure and understandable. A theme should not be able to hide security-critical warnings. An extension should not gain additional permissions merely through its visual design.
The design, extension, and permission models therefore need to remain separate.
Customizable does not mean unlimited.
Priviot apps should be able to fit into the same model
Priviot applications and modules can also use contextual areas where appropriate.
When a PDF is open, for example, the browser can offer relevant options from Priviot PDF.
In another context, Priviot Share or other tools may become relevant.
The browser should respond to context instead of showing every possible feature at the same time.
Still in development
Priviot Browser is in development. The current status is documented in the Priviot Roadmap.
Themes, workspaces, sidebars, and contextual modules describe the planned direction. Specific APIs, layout boundaries, and individual feature scope may change before release.
Conclusion
Priviot Browser is not intended to force the same interface on every user.
A simple browser should remain simple. At the same time, users, designers, and developers should have much more room to adapt the interface, workspaces, themes, and additional modules to their own workflow.
That is an important part of Modular and Yours.