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It’s more and more obvious we need competition in the browser space. Firefox as an excellent and performant alternative. Personally I use Chrome for work and Fi

by booi 5y ago

It’s more and more obvious we need competition in the browser space. Firefox as an excellent and performant alternative. Personally I use Chrome for work and Firefox for personal stuff.

gaoshan 5y ago
I've had decent luck with Vivaldi lately.
- nicce 5y ago
  Please note, that it is Chromium based as well.
vimy 5y ago
Why not use Edge if you need to use a chromium based browser?
- krono 5y ago
  It's like Chrome, but better in pretty much every way. Never thought I'd say this but Edge is actually pretty good! Very frequent and large feature updates, deepening ecosystem integration that uncharacteristically doesn't get the way if you don't use it. I always get a bit anxious when one of these massive enterprises suddenly gets up and starts moving with newfound focus, and MS is pretty much sprinting on Adderall at this point.
  - anizan 5y ago
    I use edge on Windows and it never gets in the way like Chrome. No annoyance whatsoever and felt zippier too Unfortunately on Mac, I have to run some JS heavy apps and Firefox's performance on those is dismal. Jetstream benchmark for Chrome is 102 vs Firefox at 65.
- murderfs 5y ago
  I refuse to use it out of spite in response to how hard Microsoft has tried to force Edge down everyone's throat: resetting the default to Edge after a windows update, making start menu searches go to edge regardless of the default browser, etc.
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core-e 5y ago
Do other Chromium based browsers like Brave count? Or do they need be completely separate browser architectures like Firefox and Opera?
- MiddleEndian 5y ago
  Opera uses Chromium nowadays.
coldacid 5y ago
Firefox, and the Mozilla organization itself, has its own fair share of issues. I really wish more people would look at and help develop NetSurf[0] or other lightweight browsers with their own layout engines More importantly, I wish that regular users would stop going with the 900 pound Chromium/Blink gorilla, and instead use a greater variety of browsers/engines. This browser monoculture is just pure death. [0]: https://www.netsurf-browser.org/ https://www.netsurf-browser.org/
- nichos 5y ago
  It will need Windows support to gain any real traction.

by booi 5y ago

It’s more and more obvious we need competition in the browser space. Firefox as an excellent and performant alternative. Personally I use Chrome for work and Firefox for personal stuff.

gaoshan 5y ago

I've had decent luck with Vivaldi lately.

nicce 5y ago
Please note, that it is Chromium based as well.

vimy 5y ago

Why not use Edge if you need to use a chromium based browser?

krono 5y ago
It's like Chrome, but better in pretty much every way. Never thought I'd say this but Edge is actually pretty good! Very frequent and large feature updates, deepening ecosystem integration that uncharacteristically doesn't get the way if you don't use it. I always get a bit anxious when one of these massive enterprises suddenly gets up and starts moving with newfound focus, and MS is pretty much sprinting on Adderall at this point.
- anizan 5y ago
  I use edge on Windows and it never gets in the way like Chrome. No annoyance whatsoever and felt zippier too Unfortunately on Mac, I have to run some JS heavy apps and Firefox's performance on those is dismal. Jetstream benchmark for Chrome is 102 vs Firefox at 65.
murderfs 5y ago
I refuse to use it out of spite in response to how hard Microsoft has tried to force Edge down everyone's throat: resetting the default to Edge after a windows update, making start menu searches go to edge regardless of the default browser, etc.

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core-e 5y ago

Do other Chromium based browsers like Brave count? Or do they need be completely separate browser architectures like Firefox and Opera?

MiddleEndian 5y ago
Opera uses Chromium nowadays.

coldacid 5y ago

Firefox, and the Mozilla organization itself, has its own fair share of issues. I really wish more people would look at and help develop NetSurf[0] or other lightweight browsers with their own layout engines More importantly, I wish that regular users would stop going with the 900 pound Chromium/Blink gorilla, and instead use a greater variety of browsers/engines. This browser monoculture is just pure death. [0]: https://www.netsurf-browser.org/ https://www.netsurf-browser.org/

nichos 5y ago
It will need Windows support to gain any real traction.