RE: What browser do you use and Why?

[JesseRaymondBassett]

Hey all,
Just curious as to what web browser y'all use and why? I use Safari for macOS Catalina because of its easy navigation and quickness of loading websites. Tell me what browser you use and why you use it! GO!

 

[Wookiee]

Edge. It's there, it syncs with our organisation Microsoft accounts, it works. It's one less thing to keep updated for vulnerabilities.

 

[JesseRaymondBassett]

That is a good browser...but since I am on MacOS, I try not to put Microsoft stuff on here. Now minus MS Office of course. Other than that, my Macs are MS free.

 

[Neostarwcc]

I use Oprea GX on my desktop and Chrome or Safari on my tablet.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Hey all,
Just curious as to what web browser y'all use and why? I use Safari for macOS Catalina because of its easy navigation and quickness of loading websites. Tell me what browser you use and why you use it! GO!

Brave, but also Opera, Chrome, and sometimes Edge. I experimented with Vivaldi but just don't use it much anymore.

 

[JesseRaymondBassett]

Personally I never liked Opera. Its too much in one web browser.

 

[Wookiee]

Personally I never liked Opera. Its too much in one web browser.

It was good in the early days of multi-tabbed browsers.

 

[peaceful-forest]

On the desktop I use Brave a lot of the times, but there are times when I have to use Firefox because a website doesn't work right in Brave (for example, shopping).

I use Brave because of the security features. I used to be a big Firefox fan until I ran a privacy test on the browser on my phone and found that it failed the fingerprint portion of the test (here's the test if you all want to try it on your browsers: Cover Your Tracks)

On my phone, I only have Brave and use Brave; I uninstalled Firefox after I found out about the fingerprint issue from that test.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Personally I never liked Opera. Its too much in one web browser.

I like Opera GX because it has gaming in mind. I can set how much bandwidth my browser uses and how much memory...etc There's a lot of new features in the browser. It's a good browser but like you said might have too many features for the average user.

 

[Tuur]

Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Brave. Edge now uses the same engine as Chrome, and Firefox can accept plug-ins to stop scripts and ads. Brave is sort of in between Edge/Chrome and Firefox.

 

[Pop D.]

At present I use Pale Moon as my main, locked down browser and Waterfox as my more "open" browser for when a site won't work on Moon. Well, actually I keep it pretty locked down too but I do have cookies enabled on it (though with a cookie auto-delete add-on) which usually works.

I do experiment with new browsers fairly often. In fact at the moment I'm trying out Basilisk, seems promising so far.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Hey all,
Just curious as to what web browser y'all use and why? I use Safari for macOS Catalina because of its easy navigation and quickness of loading websites. Tell me what browser you use and why you use it! GO!

Does anyone use iCAB? I loved it back when I had early Macs.

 

[Daniel9v9]

I've been using Opera on PC for the last 15-20 years or so. It's a decent browser, but it's mostly out of personal preference and familiarity at this point. On my Apple devices, I just roll with the default browser.

 

[timothyu]

Went over 26 yrs from Explorer (maybe a day) to Netscape then Firefox then onto Opera but now BRAVE as it removes ads, blocks tracking (there are 11 trackers on this page alone at the moment) and does not record searches. It is not top heavy like the rest became.

 

[JesseRaymondBassett]

Thanks everyone for the responses!

 

[Aussie Pete]

Hey all,
Just curious as to what web browser y'all use and why? I use Safari for macOS Catalina because of its easy navigation and quickness of loading websites. Tell me what browser you use and why you use it! GO!

Firefox because its not google or microsoft and ghostery as an ad blocker. It's not perfect but good enough.

 

[mnorian]

I have used Vivaldi for 7 yrs and still love it; it just has so many neat features. From the set-up being a video; to having a built-in ad blocker. It has one of the best screen shot applications I have ever seen in 28 years of using every browser made..

Because Edge is part of windows; I am forced to use it sometimes; especially in Win 11; Microsoft is pushing it more then ever.
Edge works OK; it just puts out MS news too much; and it's not good news but the worst tabloid junk available.

 

[Serendipitous Waffle]

A few years ago, I was a huge fan of Firefox. Ditched that a year ago for Opera. Ditched that a few months ago for the Brave browser. Brave is pretty good in my opinion, privacy orientated and allows you to use add-ons from Google Chrome.

 

[seeking.IAM]

I use Edge because a son works for its parent company and not doing so could result in an awkward Thanksgiving dinner.

 

[JesseRaymondBassett]

I use Edge because a son works for its parent company and not doing so could result in an awkward Thanksgiving dinner.

I have used Edge but ever since Microsoft embraced AI (artificial intelligence) with Edge I switched back to Chrome.