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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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I trust Vivaldi, the company, to do right by me more than the developers of the other browsers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] I use Watefox, based on Firefox, has Mozilla login/sync and an Android client too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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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 5 months ago

@[email protected] I hate them all for different reasons. Here are my requirements:

  1. Ad blocker should be the default, no matter what corporations think.
  2. It should be possible to inspect and manipulate the code in real time.
  3. It should be FOSS.
  4. It should not force feed proprietary technologies or antifeatures.
  5. It should not require gazillion of RAM or storage. Why I would need 100-150 MB just for a text?
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Appropriately set up I use Firefox.🙏

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Hands down Lynx. No javascript, no images, no self-playing movies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Selected
Opera for the Android mobile version with auto-reflow on zoom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Vivaldi. No dns leaks. Super fast. Sync is nice. Dark mode is so good. Integrated ad/tracker blocker works well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Librewolf, because it is not Google controlled then Vivaldi and Brave they all have different uses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months 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 5 months ago

@[email protected] Vivaldi and Waterfox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Code infused Silverlight™, so it makes the Software and Hardware better from running. #NoOffPC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] I have several : Floorp, Dillo+, Tor Browser, Vivaldi, Ladybird top my list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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On macOS it doesn’t feel native like f.e. Orion does. Also often the scrolling feels weird: content not moving as fast as your finger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Floorp. Firefox with better privacy and better interface.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I've been using it at home for quite some time now. I wonder though why some corporate environments started outright blocking Vivaldi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Orion for macOS (it uses WebKit, framework-native Mac application)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (4 children)

@[email protected] Firefox because of its tweaks. I admire what Vivaldi has achieved, but Firefox can achieve almost the same with extensions. The only thing missing in Firefox are native tab groups, but they are a work in progress according to their site.

If Firefox vanished tomorrow, I would quite likely use Vivaldi. I was an Opera user in the old days. Vivaldi is the only browser that follows that spirit today.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Firefox, but I can’t really explain why because it’s a lot of tiny things that make it better, but the fact it isn’t Chromium-based is probably the most significant point. And probably a bit of nostalgia too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Others browser are difficult to use on a Chromebook.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Vivaldi because it's the most like Opera 12.18 and before, at least in spirit.

LibreWolf in second place because it's more privacy focused than FireFox and I got used to FireFox between opera's terrible switch to being chromium-based and Vivaldi being available.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] I found out that also Edge is quite nice. Very friendly, the tabs can be moved to the side position, the same panel as in Vivaldi, excellent translator. But there is not so easy to switch between search engines, also not so easy to switch to the main workspace, and there's almost no Speed Dial.
I've been living with Edge (on macOS, imagine) for some months when Vivaldi has several annoying bugs, but later I came back to Vivaldi, and now Edge is my second browser, for some different cases :) Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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On the desktop, I use #Librewolf, the #Firefox fork. But, on Android, I prefer the #DuckDuckGo Browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Big fan of Vivaldi....and Brave. I'd love to love another

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] , thanks for your support!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

@jon even if Firefox is my 1st option, but is the 2nd option and I use it almost daily

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Zen-Browser forked from Firefox. @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Librewolf is just better than firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Personally I like Zen Browser, it’s open-source Arc like browser which I really like

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] I use safari on Mac as it is the only browser that works with the Apple Passwords app. If Vivaldi worked with it I would use that instead

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] #vivaldibrowser is by far the best. It saves me so much time. I need to have many tabs open in several windows in several virtual desktops in several monitors. Workspaces, tabs stacking and tab search are lifesavers. The quick search has a built-in calculator that I use all the time. It's the most innovative and customizable browser there is. Sync is flawless. I use it in Mac, Windows and Android.

#Edge would be my 2nd choice. I like how fast it loads in my old Windows laptop, probably because it's pre-loaded. I like the way Bing presents the search results and the Copilot integration. I love the read-aloud feature. It recognizes the language automatically and it sounds very natural.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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Have your tried tab stacks and workspaces in Vivaldi?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

@jon Vivaldi is just like home.

The workspaces, the customizability, tab stacking...

it’s made with love

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
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@[email protected] I use Vivaldi for several years on both, desktop (Windows) and mobile (Android), and i can tell you all without fear, without no regrets, that it give me all what i need to surf internet on the better and secure way i ever prof with any other browser

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

@jon Vivaldi. Because it's better than Firefox. Haters gonna hate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] Firefox for now, although for how much longer is unknown. Over the course of time, it's become slower and somewhat bloated from what I can tell.
I've been tweaking and twiddling another browser, when I have time, to see if a smooth transition can eventually take place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected]
I don't have one anymore. They all seem to either embraced tge AI BS, will be ruined be Google's F-ing manifest v3, ir they're made by yucky folk.

As soon as anyone outs out a browser that just shows websites and allows for best possible privacy without dicking around, I'll use that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] logiciel libre, respect de la vie privée, non inféodé aux GAFAM

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