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#Vivaldi #browser #Firefox #Edge #Chrome #Safari #Opera #Windows #Linux #macos #iOS #Android

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@[email protected] Vivaldi and Waterfox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Firefox. Especially because it has containers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] For me on Windows performance is more or less the same for all the above browsers. Edge is decent and do all what the average user needs. I like Vivaldi because is tweakable (I like the idea of the mail client but something on the UI doesn't work for me, maybe I'm only used with Outlook). Firefox because I use it since it was Phoenix and I'm so sorry it is dieing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected]
Checked FF on Desktop but use Fennec on Android because it's not Chrome🤷

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

@[email protected] I used FF since its first release, its my workhorse, and I use a lot of privacy plugins. I like the Interface, its fast, zoom is good, And my perception is, the plugin interface is more open and there are more powerful plugins as with chome based browsers

also I liked opera in the past and such the vivaldi concept is really nice.
its fast, the redraw when zooming is distracting, zoom could have more finer steps,

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] under Android only Opera and Aloha, under Windows Chrome and Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I’m a Safari user. Mostly because integration and it is not built by/for ad money.

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@[email protected] Using #Arc browser and loving almost all of it. It's like #Chrome on steroids for UX.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Ordinare use: Chrome. Security work: Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] None. All have flaws.

Browsers are poorly designed, fundamentally. There is no reason to have media player, etc, into what should be a text / hyperlink display.

The only good thing about Vivaldi is F2ing (screenshot). Otherwise you provide bloatware filled with quirks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] i kind of hate them all, each for a different reason...

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@[email protected] I use #Floorp now (Fork of Firefox).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] I use Vivaldi on my Mac because it has a Chromium base, so it has a lot of compatibility benefits that provides, while also providing good privacy and a great experience that I can customize to work how I want it. I used to be a large proponent of Firefox, but I don’t like their recent modus operi of shoving god-knows what into the browser.

I also really like Safari. It’s a great mobile browser, and even on the Mac it gives me good battery life, and syncs across all my Apple devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected]
There's no one. Hopefully Servo or Ladybird helps me decide.

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@[email protected] Brave... because it loads fast, and has the best built in ad blocking. Please change your ad-blocker accordingly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Other

AVG Secure Browser ^^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected]

I use Chromium which is a complete browser that every Chromium based browser uses. It gets the work done.

Firefox for everything else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] I love Safari because it's not chrome & it's got sleek apple design & it means I don't have to use the loathsome firefox

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] safari and Firefox. Alternative to chromium-based browsers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

@jon Firefox on Desktop, Vivaldi on mobile.

Vivaldi is close for me on Mobile because it works really well, but I'm using the Fennec version of Firefox from F-droid currently and it's a favorite, with Vivaldi close behind. Close on mobile because it's the second closest thing for me on privacy goals, and Firefox & forks on Android are a bit buggy.

Firefox (preferably forks) on desktop fully because of the UI being open source, no slight against Vivaldi for that, I fully understand the reasoning for not doing so. I just prefer open source so I bias towards as much as possible of it when not overly difficult to do so.

I do not trust Mozilla, more open source nature of the app allows me to take trust of ownership out of the equation a bit, especially so with forks.

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@[email protected] It is like fashion. I switch between WebKit and Gecko.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected]
@[email protected] is my favorite because it gets so much right, right out of the box and is made by good people.

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@[email protected] I like Firefox as a platform, but don't like it as a browser

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Hi @[email protected]

As a technology enthusiast, I’d like to share my perspective on this.

Firefox has been my go-to browser for a while, mainly because of:

  1. Multi-Account Containers: Perfect for managing multiple profiles or accounts seamlessly.
  2. RAM Efficiency: It’s lightweight and doesn’t hog system resources.
  3. Privacy Focus: With its 100% open-source nature and stellar reputation as a privacy-first browser, it’s hard to beat.

Vivaldi, on the other hand, has a special place in my heart for its unique and productivity-oriented features:

  1. Page Tiling: A brilliant tool for working with multiple pages side by side—ideal for multitaskers.
  2. Plain Text/Markdown Notes: This feature is a gem for academic researchers and avid readers like me, making it easy to jot down notes directly from web pages.
  3. Web Panels: Super handy for accessing frequently used sites without leaving your main tabs.
  4. Customizable Dashboard: A lovely productivity hub and a virtual assistant.

A Few Observations

While Vivaldi excels in many areas, there are a couple of things I’d like to highlight:

High RAM Usage: Vivaldi can be quite demanding on memory.
Text-to-Speech Feature: Adding a natural and seamless "Read Aloud" feature would make it even more user-friendly.

Cheers 😊

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Vivaldi loyal since its early days for its customisability and ear to the user, even though I find its hosting of user accounts quite glitchy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] I don't have a favorite browser at the moment. The one I currently use is brave, but there are several things about it that I don't like.

I've yet to find a browser that doesn't break my workflow in a critical way that also isn't brave.

I have several manifest v2 extensions that I'm not going to be giving up.

So until a browser has a tab discard mechanism that can be configured to not auto un-discard a tab on focus, and has a way to force immediate discarding, brave is where I stay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] @[email protected]

#zenbrowser because it's Firefox with left side tabs, better interface and better privacy.

#Vivaldi
#browser
#Firefox
#Edge
#Chrome
#Safari
#Opera
#Windows
#Linux
#macos
#iOS
#Android

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

@jon I'm a Vivaldi supporter since V1. Because of open privacy (MV3) and open finger printing support I use more & more FF and Zen in the last months ... ;-( But I love Vivaldi, great team support and the Vivaldi style

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Opera from before the switch to chromium remains my favorite to this day, every browser I've used since doesn't feel as feature complete or as fun as Opera did.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] , I am very proud of what we built at Opera at that time, but you will find that and more in Vivaldi now.

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For me I use both Vivaldi and firefox.

I like Vivaldi cause its all about customizability and has decent privacy.

I like firefox because it doesn't have to have chromiums bad choices (not including jpegxl, manifest v3, etc). Of the course the defaults aren't the best, but it is also very customizable (even if its harder to customize than Vivaldi).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected]
I use #Zen because its #Firefox without the drama. Plus workspaces!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] , I have not tried them, but it looks like they have taken some inspiration from Vivaldi. Even marketing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected]
The marketing bit that convinced me was: "you can log in with your existing Firefox Sync account without any hassle"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Firefox on Android supports extensions, wish Vivaldi did the same!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Has anyone tried floorp? I’ve been using it and it seems good with side tabs. Any others with opinion (good or bad) about it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Vivaldi and Zen browsers. Cuz I like customizability. Zen feels faster though. Vivaldi and Fennec on Android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Firefox because not chromium based. Vivaldi out of all chromium based

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] I was a vivaldi user, and still am, but recently Floorp has won me over. I've been using it full time for the last month, and I'm very happy with it.

https://floorp.app/en

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Orion! We got a kagi subscription a while back and I enjoyed it so much I decided to try their browser. It blocks youtube ads on all my devices, so it's a keeper

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Firefox because only it supports (via an extension) having different sessions in different tabs, so I can log into 3 different accounts at the same website at the same time and use the same browser window for all of them. I need this and won't move to a different browser.

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