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Suggestions for Good Web Browsers

Posted on 08/13/2024 1:43:17 PM PDT by ducttape45

Good afternoon Freepers. This is a post to ask what I hope is a simple question. What do you all recommend for use as a web browser?

The reason I ask this question is because today I was trying to update my Mozilla-ish browser called Palemoon. It's actually a Goanna fork of Mozilla so it's not really based on their programming code anymore, that I'm aware of. In the process of my task, I noticed that it wasn't playing well with a few secure websites, like ID.me, myPay, etc.

I use Brave as my primary browser, and I also have Chromium. The Chromium is there only as a repository of URLs I no longer use but that I like to keep on back up, just in case. Of course Edge is there only because W10 puts it there. I also have the aforementioned Palemoon because I still want, and like, to have a Mozilla-ish type web browser. It does somethings rather well, but for the most part it's sluggish, and as I mentioned, it doesn't do well with some secure websites.

Many web browsers have come and gone. The list on Wikipedia is very long with now defunct browsers. I used to use Maxthon but dropped that years ago. I also used Safari when it was available for Windows systems. I really liked that one but Apple dropped support for Windows back in 2012. I miss Netscape Navigator (yeah, I'm really dating myself!), but I won't use Firefox after what they did to folks on their board who contributed to conservative causes.

So, your thoughts are welcomed. Thank you.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browser; windowspinglist
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To: ducttape45

I recently ran across Floorp, a Japanese entry into the browser field. It is mozilla-based.

https://floorp.app/en

I also like Vivaldi. It is chrome-based from a team who created the original Opera browser. I especially like its feature to show several web pages on the screen simultaneously. Windows and Linux versions.

https://vivaldi.com


21 posted on 08/13/2024 2:21:10 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ducttape45

It depends on what you want out of a browser. I typically have a ton of tabs open, so I use Arc. It keeps everything nice and organized for me and without hogging resources.


22 posted on 08/13/2024 2:23:46 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: SPDSHDW

Chrome has all of the tracking (Google) crud.. Chromium is a bare-bones with nothing but the browser.


23 posted on 08/13/2024 2:24:02 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: ducttape45

I do use Firefox-esr as my primary browser.


24 posted on 08/13/2024 2:24:55 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Brave works great.


25 posted on 08/13/2024 2:25:27 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Dr. Sivana; ducttape45

I use Brave unless there is some issue with a web-page (that I need to log into, like “ID.me”.
If there IS an issue, I use Chromium (not Chrome!).

I stopped using Palemoon ages ago (maybe around 2010).. It was a security issue since it was so out of date.
Stopped using Firefox when they fired the CEO for being conservative.


26 posted on 08/13/2024 2:27:59 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: ducttape45
Firefox (since v0.8) and Vivaldi on my Windows PC and Linux. There is always a need for at least two when browsers sometimes bark about certain web pages. Safari on my iPhone and iPad.

I've tried Brave three times, and each time I got frustrated with its lack of customization, especially in comparison to Firefox.

27 posted on 08/13/2024 2:33:15 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: ducttape45

Nothing personal, I just laugh every time I see posts like this. Everyone trying to gain some fictional level of privacy or something I guess. I use Safari on my Apple products and Chrome and Edge on my Windows products. They work, I have no unusual expectation Relief of privacy, I’m not doing anything illegal, or going anywhere that I would be embarrassed about, I’m happy. it is the same with search engines, they all end up doing the same thing and generally return the same results. I do not find any urgent. Need to search for something better. I know that anything I use is going to have some bias or filtering, I’ve just learned to ignore that and for what I want.


28 posted on 08/13/2024 2:35:13 PM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective,” says Gun Grabbing Harris and Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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To: ducttape45

ladybird browser is on the horizon. built from the ground up... no chromium.

we’ll see where that goes.


29 posted on 08/13/2024 2:35:32 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: ducttape45

I like Brave for ad blocking. There are a couple of websites that I have to use Edge for in the store but at home it is Brave.


30 posted on 08/13/2024 2:38:22 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: TomGuy

“I do use Firefox-esr as my primary browser.”

I do too... With custom advanced settings and NoScript.

For those who want to get to the custom advanced settings:

“To access the advanced settings, type: about:config into the address bar and press Enter.”

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/access-and-change-hidden-advanced-settings-in-chrome-and-firefox/


31 posted on 08/13/2024 2:39:44 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Reno89519

You are the type of person who leaves their curtains open and the shades up aren’t you.


32 posted on 08/13/2024 2:41:08 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: ducttape45

they are plugged in at truth social (see their ads, Kash Patel promotes them, etc) and very much support free speech and freedom of information


33 posted on 08/13/2024 2:45:03 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: ducttape45

I use to love Dissenter by Gab, but it’s discontinued. Will try Brave as I believe it’s similar.


34 posted on 08/13/2024 2:49:09 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Bannon didn't kill himself.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

No, not at all. I’m just not into I guess the conspiracy theories and other hype that lead people to be trying to change their browsers and search engines. I’ve got over 40 years and IT, the first computers I worked on were RadioShack, the first work I did was with DR-DOS and after that X Windows/Motif. I’ve worked on and led project with all sorts of infrastructure, systems, software, and security changes over the years. Nowadays, browser are all using the same base code to some extent, search engines share the same search data. I want maximum compatibility and availability. I have experimented with various browsers, we’ve been tested them and work environments, SEO in different search engines, etc. I find that the mainstream products work and 99.9% of the time and I see no need to waste time and frustration trying other products that come and go about as quickly as you can install them sometimes. As I always ask, what problem are you trying to fix?


35 posted on 08/13/2024 2:50:37 PM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective,” says Gun Grabbing Harris and Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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To: Reno89519

I do hate auto correct on my Apple products! And recently, the AutoCorrect on my windows is becoming even more atrocious.


36 posted on 08/13/2024 2:51:57 PM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective,” says Gun Grabbing Harris and Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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To: Bikkuri
Chromium (not Chrome) is a good browser more folks should check out. There are no Google APIs programmed into it and I really like it. That's why I have, and primarily use, that and Brave.

I used to use Palemoon as my primary browser years ago but when Chromium based browsers came into prominence, I made the switch. I keep it around only because there are a few things it does better but on the whole it's not a good browser any more.

Ditto on Firefox. I will never use it again.

37 posted on 08/13/2024 2:52:32 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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To: ducttape45

I’ve been giving MS Edge a chance. So far, not bad. I do like the vertical tabs and tab groups feature.


38 posted on 08/13/2024 2:53:45 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: MayflowerMadam

I tried that once too. Gave it up loooooooong ago!


39 posted on 08/13/2024 2:53:50 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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To: ducttape45

I like waterfox.


40 posted on 08/13/2024 2:54:40 PM PDT by fretzer
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