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But that's the whole point of Brave. If you're not interested in crypto, pick a browser that's just a browser. There are better choices: Safari, GNOME Web, Falk

But that's the whole point of Brave. If you're not interested in crypto, pick a browser that's just a browser. There are better choices: Safari, GNOME Web, Falkon, Firefox.

mixedCase 4y ago
What if one just wants a more usable ungoogled-chromium?
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago
  Edge
  - hunterb123 4y ago
    So MS spyware?
- LeoPanthera 4y ago
  Pretty much all of my suggestions are that, except maybe Firefox.
  - mixedCase 4y ago
    The point of using a Chromium fork is full extension compatibility, same rendering engine and similar-enough featureset (what matters varies by user, which is why just forking Chromium works best). None of your suggestions match these requirements.
brnt 4y ago
Safari: not an option outside of Macs. Gnome Web: barely usable. Falkon: insecure due to no/low maintenance (think the last release is years ago). Firefox: requires setup too.
- LeoPanthera 4y ago
  Falkon only appears out of date because the rendering engine component is updated separately, as part of Plasma. As for Gnome Web being "unusable", that's quite an extraordinary claim.
  - brnt 4y ago
    Falkon relies on Qt for QtWebEngine, not Plasma. Which has its maintenance issues of its own (look it up, it's a chore nobody really likes doing and is therefore infrequent, something you don't want for a web engine). Falkon, on many platforms, links Qt statically, so you stil rely on them making timely releases. It is absolutely not a browser anybody should use. GNOME Web has next to no UI over WebKit, so the claim is easily verified.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    GNOME web is truly bad. Not only is it WebKit based (which puts it at a stark disadvantage out of the gate), but it also lacks tons of features like extention support, settings sync, custom themes, robust developer tooling, PWA support, the list goes on... Hell, GNOME web hasn't even fixed it's text rendering issues yet. Text is still jagged and aliased out-of-the box. It's definitely on the cusp of "unusably bad"
hunterb123 4y ago
That's your take. I use Brave for it's protocol support and native ad blocking. Where are you getting this "point of Brave" from?

But that's the whole point of Brave. If you're not interested in crypto, pick a browser that's just a browser. There are better choices: Safari, GNOME Web, Falkon, Firefox.

mixedCase 4y ago

What if one just wants a more usable ungoogled-chromium?

TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago
Edge
- hunterb123 4y ago
  So MS spyware?
LeoPanthera 4y ago
Pretty much all of my suggestions are that, except maybe Firefox.
- mixedCase 4y ago
  The point of using a Chromium fork is full extension compatibility, same rendering engine and similar-enough featureset (what matters varies by user, which is why just forking Chromium works best). None of your suggestions match these requirements.

brnt 4y ago

Safari: not an option outside of Macs. Gnome Web: barely usable. Falkon: insecure due to no/low maintenance (think the last release is years ago). Firefox: requires setup too.

LeoPanthera 4y ago
Falkon only appears out of date because the rendering engine component is updated separately, as part of Plasma. As for Gnome Web being "unusable", that's quite an extraordinary claim.
- brnt 4y ago
  Falkon relies on Qt for QtWebEngine, not Plasma. Which has its maintenance issues of its own (look it up, it's a chore nobody really likes doing and is therefore infrequent, something you don't want for a web engine). Falkon, on many platforms, links Qt statically, so you stil rely on them making timely releases. It is absolutely not a browser anybody should use. GNOME Web has next to no UI over WebKit, so the claim is easily verified.
- smoldesu 4y ago
  GNOME web is truly bad. Not only is it WebKit based (which puts it at a stark disadvantage out of the gate), but it also lacks tons of features like extention support, settings sync, custom themes, robust developer tooling, PWA support, the list goes on... Hell, GNOME web hasn't even fixed it's text rendering issues yet. Text is still jagged and aliased out-of-the box. It's definitely on the cusp of "unusably bad"

hunterb123 4y ago

That's your take. I use Brave for it's protocol support and native ad blocking. Where are you getting this "point of Brave" from?