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I’ve been on brave for about 2 years now and all I see people talk about is Firefox. Should I swap? I thought people liked brave but I really don’t see it menti

I’ve been on brave for about 2 years now and all I see people talk about is Firefox. Should I swap? I thought people liked brave but I really don’t see it mentioned anymore.

james_pm 4y ago
Same situation. I switched to Brave a couple of years ago (from Firefox) and I occasionally check in on Firefox to see if I should switch back. I haven't seen a reason yet. Things like full screen support in YouTube sees a bit janky still. I like where Brave is going with getting rid of cookie consent and other annoyances without extensions.
- donatzsky 4y ago
  > I like where Brave is going with getting rid of cookie consent and other annoyances without extensions. Firefox is supposed to get that too. Believe it's in Nightly already.
wryun 4y ago
Depends what you care about. I think there are two main reasons to use Firefox over Chrome: - better privacy protections - not wanting to leave web standards entirely to Google/Apple (for-profit corps) Brave attempts to address the first, but does little about the second as it uses Blink (i.e. Chrome's engine). Personally, I care a lot more about the second.
- nicoburns 4y ago
  IMO Firefox with a few extensions is much better than brave for the first.
mr_toad 4y ago
> I’ve been on brave for about 2 years now and all I see people talk about is Firefox. Should I swap? They’re not wives, you can have more than one.
- plonk 4y ago
  I have news about some people's approach to wives.
- Forgeties79 4y ago
  It’s far more conducive for the way I work to stick to one browser for the most part. You do you.
Melatonic 4y ago
I would recommend it. Firefox + uBlock Origin + NextDNS is an awesome experience. I keep NoScript mostly off but occasionally enable.
- Forgeties79 4y ago
  I have uBlock origin on brave so that’s moot, but I don’t use nextDNS. Is there a reason to use it when I’ve already got brave/uBlock killing most ads and trackers? (I also use proton VPN, not that it’s quite as relevant but figured I’d throw it out there).
  - donatzsky 4y ago
    We'll see what Brave can do to work around it, but chances are that content blockers are going to be handicapped when Manifest v3 is fully implemented. Firefox will have no such problem, as Mozilla has specifically committed to keeping the necessary features.
    - Forgeties79 4y ago
      Appreciate the insight!
    - spartanatreyu 4y ago
      Just to add to this, even before the upcoming Manifest V3 switchover, Firefox's uBlock Origin implementation is already better than Chrome's.
  - synicalx 4y ago
    Personally I still use NextDNS to help me kill ads on mobile, and also keep a tighter leash on my various IoT devices. You can block more than just ads with it and it also gives you interesting data, hard to beat for less than the price of a cup of coffee each month.
    - Forgeties79 4y ago
      So I’m an usual user here - I’m tech savvy compared to most people (film/television background and just a general nerd) but I am a Luddite compared to y’all around here. I imagine it’s not hard to set up, but what does it give me that ad guard + proton + brave (mobile) and proton + brave w/ uBlock origin (Mac) don’t?
SkyMarshal 4y ago
I use Brave and Firefox primarily on my Linux computers (and Safari on MacBook for battery reasons already mentioned). I just switch between them for different purposes. Usually Brave for Gmail or Google Docs, and Firefox if I need some extension not available in Brave (Firefox still seems to have more robust extension capability).
wintermutestwin 4y ago
Do you care about vertical tabs? (if not, you must not have many tabs open at once) If so, your choices are: Opera, Edge or Firefox with one of two extensions (I use Sidebery).
- stevenhubertron 4y ago
  Or Vivaldi natively.
- gnicholas 4y ago
  Brave is adding vertical tabs. It's currently available via flag on Nightly and Dev. Hope they add nested tabs also!
  - wintermutestwin 4y ago
    Thanks for that info! I think nested tab are lame as it wastes some of the tab title length. I use a browser window for each high level topic, which mimics the advantages of high level nests.
    - gnicholas 4y ago
      This is a fair point. In recent years (before Brave supported tabs, but after I left Firefox), I had to use a single window because the TST-style tab manager sat beside it in a separate window. This was annoying enough even with a single browser window, and it was unmanageable with multiple windows. But now that I'm using native tabs, it is much easier for me to use multiple windows because the tabs are attached. Thanks for pointing this out!
      - wintermutestwin 4y ago
        Just to add another suggestion to the multiple windows approach: the Titler extension allows you to name each window so that the title shows up before the current tab name of that window. Unfortunately, Sidebery doesn't pick it up, which makes moving tabs between windows a bit of a pain...

I’ve been on brave for about 2 years now and all I see people talk about is Firefox. Should I swap? I thought people liked brave but I really don’t see it mentioned anymore.

james_pm 4y ago

Same situation. I switched to Brave a couple of years ago (from Firefox) and I occasionally check in on Firefox to see if I should switch back. I haven't seen a reason yet. Things like full screen support in YouTube sees a bit janky still. I like where Brave is going with getting rid of cookie consent and other annoyances without extensions.

donatzsky 4y ago
> I like where Brave is going with getting rid of cookie consent and other annoyances without extensions. Firefox is supposed to get that too. Believe it's in Nightly already.

wryun 4y ago

Depends what you care about. I think there are two main reasons to use Firefox over Chrome: - better privacy protections - not wanting to leave web standards entirely to Google/Apple (for-profit corps) Brave attempts to address the first, but does little about the second as it uses Blink (i.e. Chrome's engine). Personally, I care a lot more about the second.

nicoburns 4y ago
IMO Firefox with a few extensions is much better than brave for the first.

mr_toad 4y ago

> I’ve been on brave for about 2 years now and all I see people talk about is Firefox. Should I swap? They’re not wives, you can have more than one.

plonk 4y ago
I have news about some people's approach to wives.
Forgeties79 4y ago
It’s far more conducive for the way I work to stick to one browser for the most part. You do you.

Melatonic 4y ago

I would recommend it. Firefox + uBlock Origin + NextDNS is an awesome experience. I keep NoScript mostly off but occasionally enable.

Forgeties79 4y ago
I have uBlock origin on brave so that’s moot, but I don’t use nextDNS. Is there a reason to use it when I’ve already got brave/uBlock killing most ads and trackers? (I also use proton VPN, not that it’s quite as relevant but figured I’d throw it out there).
- donatzsky 4y ago
  We'll see what Brave can do to work around it, but chances are that content blockers are going to be handicapped when Manifest v3 is fully implemented. Firefox will have no such problem, as Mozilla has specifically committed to keeping the necessary features.
  - Forgeties79 4y ago
    Appreciate the insight!
  - spartanatreyu 4y ago
    Just to add to this, even before the upcoming Manifest V3 switchover, Firefox's uBlock Origin implementation is already better than Chrome's.
- synicalx 4y ago
  Personally I still use NextDNS to help me kill ads on mobile, and also keep a tighter leash on my various IoT devices. You can block more than just ads with it and it also gives you interesting data, hard to beat for less than the price of a cup of coffee each month.
  - Forgeties79 4y ago
    So I’m an usual user here - I’m tech savvy compared to most people (film/television background and just a general nerd) but I am a Luddite compared to y’all around here. I imagine it’s not hard to set up, but what does it give me that ad guard + proton + brave (mobile) and proton + brave w/ uBlock origin (Mac) don’t?

SkyMarshal 4y ago

I use Brave and Firefox primarily on my Linux computers (and Safari on MacBook for battery reasons already mentioned). I just switch between them for different purposes. Usually Brave for Gmail or Google Docs, and Firefox if I need some extension not available in Brave (Firefox still seems to have more robust extension capability).

wintermutestwin 4y ago

Do you care about vertical tabs? (if not, you must not have many tabs open at once) If so, your choices are: Opera, Edge or Firefox with one of two extensions (I use Sidebery).

stevenhubertron 4y ago
Or Vivaldi natively.
gnicholas 4y ago
Brave is adding vertical tabs. It's currently available via flag on Nightly and Dev. Hope they add nested tabs also!
- wintermutestwin 4y ago
  Thanks for that info! I think nested tab are lame as it wastes some of the tab title length. I use a browser window for each high level topic, which mimics the advantages of high level nests.
  - gnicholas 4y ago
    This is a fair point. In recent years (before Brave supported tabs, but after I left Firefox), I had to use a single window because the TST-style tab manager sat beside it in a separate window. This was annoying enough even with a single browser window, and it was unmanageable with multiple windows. But now that I'm using native tabs, it is much easier for me to use multiple windows because the tabs are attached. Thanks for pointing this out!
    - wintermutestwin 4y ago
      Just to add another suggestion to the multiple windows approach: the Titler extension allows you to name each window so that the title shows up before the current tab name of that window. Unfortunately, Sidebery doesn't pick it up, which makes moving tabs between windows a bit of a pain...