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If not chrome, what is a good browser to use nowadays? I like Firefox but the last year I keep bumping in to websites that don't work so we'll on Firefox. Mostly web apps. So then what is left?
I stay away from sites and services that don't work well on Firefox. Firefox complies with open web standards, if a site doesn't run well on Firefox it implies that the operator is doing something fucky that you'd probably not be OK with.
This. I've never run into problems on Firefox with even the most sketchy seeming domains.
Even ChatGPT and every anime piracy site I've visited runs fine. What's sketchier than those? lol
Vivaldi is a productivity dream. Unfortunately it's built on chromium so it's not a complete break but it absolutely leaves every other browser in the dust in terms of how good it is. One of its best features is the ability to limit how much ram and CPU the browser as a whole uses or just certain sites. The amount of features it has is insane. Page tiling is my favourite one
+1 for Vivaldi. I keep expecting to hear that I've became out of the loop and it's turned into Brave without my knowing. It's a great concern. But so far, so excellent!
I use Zen as my primary browser. Vivaldi is my chromium backup for when something isn't playing nice with Firefox, and for installing PWAs. Vivaldi is great. I used it for years before Zen came along.
Limiting resources sounds cool. I wish I could at least determine why Firefox sometimes goes out of control eating everything. Setting a resource limit per page would be good too. Sometimes my whole computer is ground to a halt, but closing a single tab fixes it. Often not a page that is obviously doing much. Certain ecommerce sites are frequent culprits. Doing something in the background.
Firefox can tile two pages now: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/split-view/
You can report sites that are broken on Firefox: https://webcompat.com/issues/new
Firefox has been fine. I've thought about switching to one of the cooler forks but I haven't gotten off my ass yet.
This is your push, DO IT!
Librewolf and Waterfox have been running just fine for me
Do you use either of them on android? The syncing between android and desktop is nice in vanilla Firefox
Waterfox syncs with no issues.
That's the one thing I'm still using stock Firefox with. I have a few hundred if not a thousand tabs open on mobile so haven't felt too strong an urge to switch just yet lol
Just use Zen Browser or LibreWolf and call it a day :D
Ever tried uploading an 8GB file to Copyparty on Firefox for Android? It just hangs (but so does the unofficial app). I needed to ask my sister to use Chrome :(
https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/
"tired of Crap? use Shit instead"
Brave is Chrome, stop suggesting that people use Chrome as an alternative to Chrome.
Brave is "what if Chrome, but also fraud?"