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Anyone using Brave? Would love to hear your impressions.

newscracker 8y ago
I’ve used it somewhat occasionally, and to me it seemed like Chrome as far as memory usage and sluggishness with multiple tabs and windows are concerned. But I like the fact that it comes with a built-in ad blocker, and avoids contacting Google (unlike Chrome). This announcement says it should perform better, and that’s something I’d like to try out and see. If you were frustrated by the recent “signing in” changes and the backtracking of that in Chrome, you should try Firefox and Brave.
buro9 8y ago
It's my default Android browser because you can set it to block scripts and adverts by default and yet the option to trivially allow scripts in a site is a single click away. It's so good at this I've uninstalled multiple apps (especially news and weather ones) and have started saving links to web pages instead and the whole experience is better (because blocking adverts and tracking in apps is a real pain).
- therealmarv 8y ago
  can you use it also as webview browser?
  - buro9 8y ago
    I do not believe that you can do that, but I've largely stopped using apps that contain adverts so to me this is not an angle I worry about so much (plus I use NetGuard so in app tracking I was already limiting).
maxencecornet 8y ago
It's my default browser, apart from a few quircks, I love the speed of it, especially on my older android phone I still switch to chrome when I'm working, because the developer tools are better in chrome (debugger, integration of lighthouse ect..)
- rvnx 8y ago
  You can try Kiwi or Bromite as well. Brave lags sometimes very much when you have long pages to scroll.
iSnow 8y ago
Here. I was a huge Firefox fan, but having 50+ tabs open made the browser unusable - even the latest versions. I then switched reluctantly to Chrome, but always hated the UI. Having downloaded Brave, it was love on first sight, looks good, works good, blocks ads. I very much miss all the Firefox extensions, I hope a lot will get ported eventually. Oh, and Mozilla? You need to reboot your company/non-profit. I don't know what goes wrong there, but all the projects I found interesting got stopped (Persona), and the browser is no longer really great. It just /feels/ clunky.
- Yoric 8y ago
  > I was a huge Firefox fan, but having 50+ tabs open made the browser unusable - even the latest versions. I then switched reluctantly to Chrome, but always hated the UI. Really? I haven't had any such problem with Firefox in years, and I tend to browser with a few hundred tabs open. What platform are you using? > Oh, and Mozilla? You need to reboot your company/non-profit. I don't know what goes wrong there, but all the projects I found interesting got stopped (Persona), and the browser is no longer really great. The process is actually very simple: if nobody uses it, it gets stopped :) > It just /feels/ clunky. Are you talking about versions more recent than 57? Because the performance boost during the last year has been huge.
  - iSnow 8y ago
    >Really? I haven't had any such problem with Firefox in years, and I tend to browser with a few hundred tabs open. What platform are you using? Windows at work and Macos/Linux at home. The situation has gotten better since browser extensions that save and restore all tabs reliably don't work with FF anymore. Now the browser usually forgets about 50% of my open tabs when I restart it...
- hddherman 8y ago
  Maybe this will help you out: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-disc... A must have extension if you tend to keep a lot of tabs open.
YouKnowBetter 8y ago
Yes, on IOS. Love it for casual browsing (I use the anonimity by default) and am happy to be greeted by the "Hey you are a first time visitor of our site, please accept the cookies" every single time I visit a site (yes, I close the browser after browsing). I like the mostly adfree experience.
nunobrito 8y ago
Been using it for two months now. Pros: + Useful info on how many ads are blocked + Tor is the really useful for private mode + Metrics on hours per websites is cool info too Cons: + Importing bookmarks/passwords from FF didn't worked + Sometimes it blocks, only keys work, not the mouse scrolling + Pressing X on the last tab sometimes doesn't work
kbob 8y ago
It's been my default browser on MacOS for about a month. I signed up for BAT payments about a week ago. For the most part, it's just another browser. Pros: + I can disable Javascript per-site and reload the page in two clicks. I think that's possible with FFox or Chrome extensions, but it's built in to Brave. + UI looks cleaner. Cons: - A few videos have refused to play. (Can't characterize that yet.) - Reopening a closed tab only opens the last page on that tab, not the page history. I.e., the back button doesn't work. - I don't know when, which or how publishers will get paid in BAT. - I don't know how hard or expensive it will be to buy more BAT when my free ones are gone. Apparently I will have to open an account at a cryptocurrency exchange? Yuck!

I’ve used it somewhat occasionally, and to me it seemed like Chrome as far as memory usage and sluggishness with multiple tabs and windows are concerned. But I like the fact that it comes with a built-in ad blocker, and avoids contacting Google (unlike Chrome). This announcement says it should perform better, and that’s something I’d like to try out and see. If you were frustrated by the recent “signing in” changes and the backtracking of that in Chrome, you should try Firefox and Brave.

buro9 8y ago

It's my default Android browser because you can set it to block scripts and adverts by default and yet the option to trivially allow scripts in a site is a single click away. It's so good at this I've uninstalled multiple apps (especially news and weather ones) and have started saving links to web pages instead and the whole experience is better (because blocking adverts and tracking in apps is a real pain).

therealmarv 8y ago
can you use it also as webview browser?
- buro9 8y ago
  I do not believe that you can do that, but I've largely stopped using apps that contain adverts so to me this is not an angle I worry about so much (plus I use NetGuard so in app tracking I was already limiting).

maxencecornet 8y ago

It's my default browser, apart from a few quircks, I love the speed of it, especially on my older android phone I still switch to chrome when I'm working, because the developer tools are better in chrome (debugger, integration of lighthouse ect..)

rvnx 8y ago
You can try Kiwi or Bromite as well. Brave lags sometimes very much when you have long pages to scroll.

iSnow 8y ago

Here. I was a huge Firefox fan, but having 50+ tabs open made the browser unusable - even the latest versions. I then switched reluctantly to Chrome, but always hated the UI. Having downloaded Brave, it was love on first sight, looks good, works good, blocks ads. I very much miss all the Firefox extensions, I hope a lot will get ported eventually. Oh, and Mozilla? You need to reboot your company/non-profit. I don't know what goes wrong there, but all the projects I found interesting got stopped (Persona), and the browser is no longer really great. It just /feels/ clunky.

Yoric 8y ago
> I was a huge Firefox fan, but having 50+ tabs open made the browser unusable - even the latest versions. I then switched reluctantly to Chrome, but always hated the UI. Really? I haven't had any such problem with Firefox in years, and I tend to browser with a few hundred tabs open. What platform are you using? > Oh, and Mozilla? You need to reboot your company/non-profit. I don't know what goes wrong there, but all the projects I found interesting got stopped (Persona), and the browser is no longer really great. The process is actually very simple: if nobody uses it, it gets stopped :) > It just /feels/ clunky. Are you talking about versions more recent than 57? Because the performance boost during the last year has been huge.
- iSnow 8y ago
  >Really? I haven't had any such problem with Firefox in years, and I tend to browser with a few hundred tabs open. What platform are you using? Windows at work and Macos/Linux at home. The situation has gotten better since browser extensions that save and restore all tabs reliably don't work with FF anymore. Now the browser usually forgets about 50% of my open tabs when I restart it...
hddherman 8y ago
Maybe this will help you out: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-disc... A must have extension if you tend to keep a lot of tabs open.

YouKnowBetter 8y ago

Yes, on IOS. Love it for casual browsing (I use the anonimity by default) and am happy to be greeted by the "Hey you are a first time visitor of our site, please accept the cookies" every single time I visit a site (yes, I close the browser after browsing). I like the mostly adfree experience.

nunobrito 8y ago

Been using it for two months now. Pros: + Useful info on how many ads are blocked + Tor is the really useful for private mode + Metrics on hours per websites is cool info too Cons: + Importing bookmarks/passwords from FF didn't worked + Sometimes it blocks, only keys work, not the mouse scrolling + Pressing X on the last tab sometimes doesn't work

kbob 8y ago

It's been my default browser on MacOS for about a month. I signed up for BAT payments about a week ago. For the most part, it's just another browser. Pros: + I can disable Javascript per-site and reload the page in two clicks. I think that's possible with FFox or Chrome extensions, but it's built in to Brave. + UI looks cleaner. Cons: - A few videos have refused to play. (Can't characterize that yet.) - Reopening a closed tab only opens the last page on that tab, not the page history. I.e., the back button doesn't work. - I don't know when, which or how publishers will get paid in BAT. - I don't know how hard or expensive it will be to buy more BAT when my free ones are gone. Apparently I will have to open an account at a cryptocurrency exchange? Yuck!