Poll: *** Which Web Browser Do You Mainly Use On Desktop ***
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Could you elaborate?
I am mostly using Safari again on my MacBook since I managed to upgrade the OS, but also have Firefox which is a good alternative when Safari doesn’t play ball (e.g. DNS stuff).
I'm finding it a bit slower than Chrome and Firefox seems to be slower when using the Bitwarden extension. Overall I prefer Chrome.
for work I'm always using chrome, the company has google enterprise stuff so it works with their security policies etc
for home I've gone from chrome to opera gx and now on to firefox. No real reason, just wanted to try different ones.
The biggest issue I had with opera gx is lack of proper gesture support on laptops, on Firefox it's tab management is way worse than chromes
for home I've gone from chrome to opera gx and now on to firefox. No real reason, just wanted to try different ones.
The biggest issue I had with opera gx is lack of proper gesture support on laptops, on Firefox it's tab management is way worse than chromes
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I thought I might have to switch from Chrome to Firefox when uBlock Origin stopped being supported, but uBlock Origin Lite has been just as good if not better.
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Say what? I'm still running uBlock Origin! When did it stop being supported?
Wasn't it originally called Firebird? Which is why the email client is Thunderbird. Didn't something else called Firebird exist so Mozilla had to rename the browser? Couldn't work out why they didn't make Thunderbird become Thunderfox, for continuity and to avoid any possible legal action from Gerry Anderson!?
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Recently, read the section on manifest v3 here:Say what? I'm still runbning uBlock Origin! When did it stop being supported?
uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad content blocker.
uBlock Origin is not just an “ad blocker“, it's a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. Developed by Raymond Hill.
ublockorigin.com
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Ah, the Chromium Manifest v3 issue. I only use Chrome for work so I'll stick with uBlock Origin with FF.Recently, read the section on manifest v3 here:
uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad content blocker.
uBlock Origin is not just an “ad blocker“, it's a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. Developed by Raymond Hill.
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After trying out Floorp for several months I am sticking with it. For those that don't know it's based on FireFox but is way less hassle and can be easily customised to your liking. I use Ublock Origin, Adblocker Ultimate and Privacy Badger on it with DuckDuckGo as the search engine and have had no problems at all.
That I have no idea about! All I know is that they 'borrowed' the source code from Netscape & used it as a template for Firefox IIRC.Say what? I'm still running uBlock Origin! When did it stop being supported?
Wasn't it originally called Firebird? Which is why the email client is Thunderbird. Didn't something else called Firebird exist so Mozilla had to rename the browser? Couldn't work out why they didn't make Thunderbird become Thunderfox, for continuity and to avoid any possible legal action from Gerry Anderson!?
Odd - I don't use that extension (basically just use uBlock) and it's absolutely fine and doesn't have any adverts on there thanks to the aforementioned uBlock
Have you tried it with the extension disabled?
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Should have said, i added the extension because i read it may help.Odd - I don't use that extension (basically just use uBlock) and it's absolutely fine and doesn't have any adverts on there thanks to the aforementioned uBlock
Have you tried it with the extension disabled?
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I have removed it now.
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Just tried Brave the other day and like it, we keep using it for now.