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Am I the only one that has multiple browsers that you use regularly? Firefox is my main personal browser Chrome is on the second monitor with twitch and socia

Am I the only one that has multiple browsers that you use regularly? Firefox is my main personal browser Chrome is on the second monitor with twitch and social networking sites Edge is my work browser Vivaldi is for my part time job I also keep Waterfox installed for the old version of video download helper which works on some videos the new version doesn't work on.

bitexploder 6y ago
Containers in Firefox make it so I don’t need other browsers to separate activities.
tmslnz 6y ago
You are not. Choosy OSX as the main browser. This is just a proxy to launch browsers depending on urls, not an actual browser. Chrome for Google Drive, Apps, whatever they call it today Firefox for Whatsapp + Facebook and for websites where I need multiple identities via containers (e.g. company & personal Amazon) Safari for everything else. There some overlap, but the main goal is to not be logged onto Google or Facebook in my main browser. I like to think my countermeasures work, but I am under no illusion that no one out there someone has a big fat fingerprint of mine. I also use Next DNS and often route my connection to a Wireguard VPS. Phew! Life's hard on the modern internet.
- novaRom 6y ago
  All your countermeasures may not work unfortunately if your device can be fingerprinted uniquely despite your browsers choice, VPN, etc.
qwerty456127 6y ago
The most common reason to use multiple browsers is account isolation (to make tracking harder or to use multiple accounts, e.g. personal+work). At work I just use Firefox as it has handy containers feature built-in. My home laptop is too old and slow to run Firefox comfortably so I use Chrome and Chromium (with different visual styles configured - for easier visual distinction) as 2 separate "containers". I probably am going to start using Vivaldi when I need one more.
CosmicShadow 6y ago
Yeah I use Firefox and then Chrome on my 2nd monitor, but I really want to switch the Chrome to using Vivaldi, which I have installed, but always forget to get around to doing stuff with. I like having two different browser to reduce bloat and ram issues when I have too many tabs open or if one browser freezes up I still have 2nd to use and I generally use chrome for debug/dev, but Firefox for actual primary everything. Containers are great when you have 3 Etsy shops that all need to be logged in at once!

bitexploder 6y ago

Containers in Firefox make it so I don’t need other browsers to separate activities.

tmslnz 6y ago

You are not. Choosy OSX as the main browser. This is just a proxy to launch browsers depending on urls, not an actual browser. Chrome for Google Drive, Apps, whatever they call it today Firefox for Whatsapp + Facebook and for websites where I need multiple identities via containers (e.g. company & personal Amazon) Safari for everything else. There some overlap, but the main goal is to not be logged onto Google or Facebook in my main browser. I like to think my countermeasures work, but I am under no illusion that no one out there someone has a big fat fingerprint of mine. I also use Next DNS and often route my connection to a Wireguard VPS. Phew! Life's hard on the modern internet.

novaRom 6y ago
All your countermeasures may not work unfortunately if your device can be fingerprinted uniquely despite your browsers choice, VPN, etc.

qwerty456127 6y ago

The most common reason to use multiple browsers is account isolation (to make tracking harder or to use multiple accounts, e.g. personal+work). At work I just use Firefox as it has handy containers feature built-in. My home laptop is too old and slow to run Firefox comfortably so I use Chrome and Chromium (with different visual styles configured - for easier visual distinction) as 2 separate "containers". I probably am going to start using Vivaldi when I need one more.

CosmicShadow 6y ago

Yeah I use Firefox and then Chrome on my 2nd monitor, but I really want to switch the Chrome to using Vivaldi, which I have installed, but always forget to get around to doing stuff with. I like having two different browser to reduce bloat and ram issues when I have too many tabs open or if one browser freezes up I still have 2nd to use and I generally use chrome for debug/dev, but Firefox for actual primary everything. Containers are great when you have 3 Etsy shops that all need to be logged in at once!