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I've been looking for some time now for an alternative to Firefox. The integration of Pocket was the big red flag that made me start to doubt Mozillas intention

by madez 9y ago

I've been looking for some time now for an alternative to Firefox. The integration of Pocket was the big red flag that made me start to doubt Mozillas intentions. - My focus is not on performance or compatibility, but usability, privacy and security. - The interface must be graphical. - Native cookie management. I can't fathom how bad FireFox is at that. - Support for JavaScript is not necessary. It's mostly used against my interest anyways. - I don't want want my Browser to make any unsolicited access to check for updates or metrics or anything of that sort, at all. - Of course, it must be free software. Any ideas?

pmlnr 9y ago
Midori maybe?
thriftwy 9y ago
Dillo was awesome last time I have checked.
Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
I linked this in the article, but the browser I use now is qutebrowser: https://qutebrowser.org https://qutebrowser.org It's not something I suggest for muggles, but for the HN audience it's probably suitable. I love it.
digi_owl 9y ago
Pale Moon. A fork of Firefox from back when Mozilla going off the rails.
Sylos 9y ago
I personally don't see a problem with what Mozilla is doing, but I really don't care what browser people are using, as long as it's not from a for-profit, so: https://otter-browser.org/ https://otter-browser.org/
LeoPanthera 9y ago
Forks seem to be the best option right now. Fork of Firefox: https://www.waterfoxproject.org https://www.waterfoxproject.org Fork of Chrome: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
Tharkun 9y ago
What's your beef with Firefox's cookie management? :-/
- madez 9y ago
  I can't whitelist/blacklist domains for cookies.
  - Tharkun 9y ago
    You can. At least my version of FF can. There's an "Exceptions" button next to the "Accept cookies from sites" button.
    - madez 9y ago
      I thought unmarking the option to accept cookies would just completely disable cookies. Now, it makes sense. My fault.
kodablah 9y ago
I made one based on Chromium: https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ https://cretz.github.io/doogie/. I don't have cookie management per se beyond dev tools. Also it's not the most mature/stable yet.

by madez 9y ago

pmlnr 9y ago

Midori maybe?

thriftwy 9y ago

Dillo was awesome last time I have checked.

Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago

I linked this in the article, but the browser I use now is qutebrowser: https://qutebrowser.org https://qutebrowser.org It's not something I suggest for muggles, but for the HN audience it's probably suitable. I love it.

digi_owl 9y ago

Pale Moon. A fork of Firefox from back when Mozilla going off the rails.

Sylos 9y ago

I personally don't see a problem with what Mozilla is doing, but I really don't care what browser people are using, as long as it's not from a for-profit, so: https://otter-browser.org/ https://otter-browser.org/

LeoPanthera 9y ago

Forks seem to be the best option right now. Fork of Firefox: https://www.waterfoxproject.org https://www.waterfoxproject.org Fork of Chrome: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

Tharkun 9y ago

What's your beef with Firefox's cookie management? :-/

madez 9y ago
I can't whitelist/blacklist domains for cookies.
- Tharkun 9y ago
  You can. At least my version of FF can. There's an "Exceptions" button next to the "Accept cookies from sites" button.
  - madez 9y ago
    I thought unmarking the option to accept cookies would just completely disable cookies. Now, it makes sense. My fault.

kodablah 9y ago

I made one based on Chromium: https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ https://cretz.github.io/doogie/. I don't have cookie management per se beyond dev tools. Also it's not the most mature/stable yet.