What browser do you use on your PC/Mac?
Since currently Lemmy is mostly made up of nerds, I'd like to know what browsers you use and why? You could just upvote the comment with your browser of choice if you don't want to explain.
Firefox
An established foundation with good interests and goals running it (unfortunately it's not quite that clear cut - but the best, closest). The source of free software development. Extensive feature set. Robustness.
I haven't seen the need to use a fork, and like and prefer the idea of using and supporting the one that's investing in the engine development - even if it's largely only through free use. (Using forks does not support them this way.)
When briefly using chrome dev tools I've always preferred and went back to Firefox dev tools for web development.
Sharing my data with an independent org like Mozilla feels much better and safer than with Google. The services are free software and could be replaced if it ever need be. Still, Mozilla is big enough to expect stability across time.
Tech wise there's not much difference between the three big players Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.
If it weren't Firefox I'd feel more comfortable with Edge than Chrome.
If Firefox isn't available, the next best choice would probably be de-googled Chromium (note that Chromium is not necessarily fully de-googled by default) or Safari. Edge is just Chrome plus Microsoft.
True, I'd rather support Firefox as a browser and an organisation. Edge for pages that work best with Chromium engine
Firefox. I used to be an avid Chrome user, but the domination of Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, etc) is scary. It essentially gives Google control over what happens on the internet. So I switched to Firefox and it's been a great browser ever since
Firefox for the past 19 years. No need to change at this point.
firefox
on mobile am preparing to move to iceraven
Very good choice for a mobile browser based on Firefox. I've been using Iceraven on my phone for some years now and it's definitely better than default mobile Firefox. I'm sure you'll like it.
Firefox
Librewolf, because it's a hardened version of Firefox
Can elaborate on what that means for a dummy like me
LibreWolf doesn't have the privacy invasive pocket extension out of the box, and instead comes with UBlock origin. It disables Google safe browsing, because Google, and denies canvas access to websites by default. It also disables the Mozilla telemetry that's enabled by default in vanilla Firefox.
Firefox. I've always used Firefox except for services that don't support it (like GeForce Now, which I do have Chrome installed for). I'd say my main reason for sticking with it is wanting to support a more "open web" concept. I also use it on mobile in order to get adblock there and appreciate the browser sync.
Firefox. It's better, IMO, to follow a process of how to manually harden it because then you know how to allow exclusions to the hardening when things go wrong.
Firefox + ublock origin
Firefox.
Wii browser
Yep, and their system software is my main OS
Firefox on desktop & mobile
Firefox with ublock always
Librewolf, basically Firefox but more privacy, I did tweak some settings for usability which may have made it a bit less private though
Firefox, because it's simply the right choice. And also because it integrates well into my everything.
Firefox all day. Been using it since the early 2000s
Firefox with a load of plugins. Mostly adblockers, cookie blockers, and one that automatically runs through the dark patterns that are cookie prompts and rejects all the cookies it can.
one that automatically runs through the dark patterns that are cookie prompts and rejects all the cookies it can.
What extension is this?
Consent-o-matic. This is their github page, the links to both the Chrome and Firefox addon store links are somewhere right there.
Firefox on pc and mobile. I like the extensions and I like that the Mozilla foundation is a non profit trying to improve the internet.
Firefox!
Firefox on Mac and PC syncronized.
Safari on my iPhone / iPad.
The moment Firefox on iOS/iPadOS gets to use it’s own engine and run it’s own extensions I’m swapping to that, though.
Take a look at vinegar / baking soda as an extension for safari. It replaces the non-standard video players on websites like YouTube with a plain HTML5 player. Much smoother and you get all the iOS / macOS features like scrubbing and PiP. Plus it blocks ads as well!
I shall have a look at that! Peculiar names, though. :D
Firefox.
It's the only browser which can give me certain very simple behaviours. For example, noise the bookmark toolbar a lot. And I want bookmarks from that toolbar to automatically open in a new tab when I left-click on them. Firefox can give me that, whereas Chrome and most Chromium-based browsers don't even give me the option. I have to middle-click or ctrl-click, otherwise that bookmark mercilessly opens over my current tab. Could I teach myself a new habit (middle-click instead of left-click in the bookmark bar)? Sure. Should I have to?
The only Chromium browser that was able to give me this behaviour is Vivaldi, and that had a whole lot of other problems.
The other killer Firefox feature is tab containers. Wouldn't want to go another day without them.
Firefox at the moment, but every so often I get fed up with its performance and switch to Chrome. Won't happen anytime soon at the moment, due to the Mv3 shit they are pulling off though
Many years ago that was kind of the case for me but, if you're finding Firefox less performant than Chrome these days, it's most certainly an add-on or, if on Linux, a snap issue, or you're doing some pretty insane stuff specifically designed to take advantage of Chrome-only features.
Firefox, always have been Firefox for me.
Firefox - bookmark side bar is still the only reason I can’t use chrome (besides issues with privacy et al)
Firefox on my desktop, Fennec on my phone
Any reason Fennec and not Mull? Just curious.
same, Firefox and Fennec combo has been working great for me.
Recently switched from brave to Firefox+ublock mobile and PC.
Any list of suggested extensions?
Libredirect if you are interested in private frontends to youtube, twitter and such
Violentmonkey if you want to automate websites
Singlefile
Firefox multi-account containers (yes this is an addon), and temporary containers
Thank you, I'll check them out
Bitwarden
Translate Web Pages
I don't use many extensions, but those two are useful.
I like Keepa to track prices on Amazon and set alerts for deals. It's nice since it embeds a chart directly within Amazon product pages. I haven't reviewed their privacy policy for a while though (last time was a few years ago) so I don't know how much data they collect and for what purpose.
if you use YouTube, deArrow and sponsorBlock.
sidebery to have vertical tree style tabs. use the beta from the GitHub page, they rewrote everything from v4 and v5 and v5 is way better.
Thanks!
Firefox. With Tree Style Tabs and UI tweaks detailed here: https://programming.dev/comment/1906253
FFFL (USBCA)
Firefox for life unless something better comes along
I've been using Firefox as my main browser since it was called Phoenix. When I was 17 back in 2004 I put up flyers in my hometown to advertise its release. I'm never switching browsers.
Same here! Before that, I used initially Netscape, then Konqueror on KDE, whose engine KHTML became the foundation of Safari/Webkit and thereby 90% of all browsers nowadays and only started in 2006 or so to exclusively use Firefox.
Firefox, have it since I switched to it from the Mozilla suite.
Firefox. Moved because of the Manifest V3 changes around November 2022
Firefox whenever possible, and Brave when a page is broken in firefox.
Arc (only on Mac for now), still not completely mature but I hope they improve performance and stability in the future, as the core ideas are pretty great
Their spaces, pinned tabs and splitted views really make for a great experience
Also a fan of Arc. When I first started using it a year ago I thought it would be temporary but it quickly became my primary browser
+1 for Arc!
Until recently, chrome. Recently I started experimenting with Firefox and qutebrowser.
Librewolf
another one for Firefox. I use it on PC and Android too, tho it has some issues and bugs on mobile. But I don't care.
w3m on a vt terminal connected to a headless netbsd box.
Firefox, but I wanted to give a nerdier answer.
better yet - lynx on a tty terminal running on an LFS VM, with all the devices using hardware passthrough, and a gentoo host machine.
For reference, I am also using firefox
Could have said Lynx
Ah, good ol' C-x M-c M-w3m...
Firefox on Mac, Win, Linux, and Android
Firefox both on my desktop computer and mobile phone
Not Chrome. Not Edge. Not Brave.
Chrome is tied too closely to Google. I don’t trust Google with my data because their business model is all about monetizing anything you give them. It’s also always been bloated and slow on the Mac.
It’s a shame because when Edge first came out, it was great. Now it’s a bloated dumping ground of privacy-invading featuritis.
Brave recently had a bunch of privacy/monetization controversies that put me off of it as well.
That leaves me with Firefox and Safari.
Vivaldi seems interesting, but so far I haven’t seen any performance differences between it and Safari. Thought I’d give it a try to see how well it worked on an older Mac, but it was missing webp support there, just like Safari.
Mac: Firefox is my primary, Edge for things that don't work in Firefox, Safari for things that don't work in Edge.
PC: Firefox and Edge.
Same here. Edge gets a lot of bad rep, but I still prefer that over Chrome or Brave (due to its affiliation with crypto)
https://pulsebrowser.app its a minimalist Firefox fork with an extremely handy sidebar and sane defaults
Firefox. Extensions make it soooo much better.
Librewolf
🔥 🦊
Same, because it's a good browser and because of their commitment to an open internet.
I keep telemetry enabled (it can be perused openly on telemetry.mozilla.org if interested).
LibreWolf, which is a fork of Firefox focused on privacy
Firefox developer edition.
Switched to that because of chrome's manifest v3 announcement.
Firefox, been using it on my PC as long as I've had one. Been forced to use Chrome, I.E & Edge on work computers and don't fancy them particularly.
firefox on desktop, safari on mobile
I'm a total browser slut.
At work, I use Firefox as my main browser. I had been using Edge to access the Chromium rendering engine, but I've recently switched over to Arc.
At home, I recently exchanged Safari for Orion and Edge for Arc, with Firefox for when I work from home.
I used to have Opera installed for times when a VPN came in handy.
All on Mac