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I use Chromium which is a complete browser that every Chromium based browser uses. It gets the work done.

Firefox for everything else.

@jon@vivaldi.net I use Vivaldi on my Mac because it has a Chromium base, so it has a lot of compatibility benefits that provides, while also providing good privacy and a great experience that I can customize to work how I want it. I used to be a large proponent of Firefox, but I don’t like their recent modus operi of shoving god-knows what into the browser.

I also really like Safari. It’s a great mobile browser, and even on the Mac it gives me good battery life, and syncs across all my Apple devices.

@jon@vivaldi.net Firefox because of the extensions and it doesn’t use Chromium.

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Brave

@jon@vivaldi.net Brave... because it loads fast, and has the best built in ad blocking. Please change your ad-blocker accordingly.

@jon@vivaldi.net I found Zen, which is built on top of Firefox and I love it a lot

@jon@vivaldi.net I use #Floorp now (Fork of Firefox).

@jon@vivaldi.net i kind of hate them all, each for a different reason...

@jon@vivaldi.net I love Safari because it's not chrome & it's got sleek apple design & it means I don't have to use the loathsome firefox

@jon@vivaldi.net brave

@jon@vivaldi.net Other

AVG Secure Browser ^^

@jon@vivaldi.net Using #Arc browser and loving almost all of it. It's like #Chrome on steroids for UX.

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I use a browser called "Brave". Mostly because I believe it to be the most privacy centric browser available outside of TOR browser.

@jon@vivaldi.net It is like fashion. I switch between WebKit and Gecko.

@jon@vivaldi.net Firefox, for the last ~20 years. I've switched to something else a few times, but I always end up coming back when whatever it was I switched to turns to garbage in various ways.

@jon@vivaldi.net Vivaldi and Zen browsers. Cuz I like customizability. Zen feels faster though. Vivaldi and Fennec on Android.

@jon@vivaldi.net I don't have a favorite browser at the moment. The one I currently use is brave, but there are several things about it that I don't like.

I've yet to find a browser that doesn't break my workflow in a critical way that also isn't brave.

I have several manifest v2 extensions that I'm not going to be giving up.

So until a browser has a tab discard mechanism that can be configured to not auto un-discard a tab on focus, and has a way to force immediate discarding, brave is where I stay.

@jon@vivaldi.net Personally I like Zen Browser, it’s open-source Arc like browser which I really like

@jon@vivaldi.net Ordinare use: Chrome. Security work: Firefox.

@jon@vivaldi.net Vivaldi & Firefox for philosophical reasons ;-)

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@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net is my favorite because it gets so much right, right out of the box and is made by good people.

@jon@vivaldi.net ehh probably firefox cus thanks to its existence i have ff forks lol, i use librewolf and now trying out #zenbrowser. zen's pretty damn sweet!

@jon@vivaldi.net my favorite browser is Orion by @kagihq@mastodon.social https://kagi.com/orion/

@jon@vivaldi.net Hands down Lynx. No javascript, no images, no self-playing movies.

@jon@vivaldi.net I like Firefox as a platform, but don't like it as a browser

Firefox because only it supports (via an extension) having different sessions in different tabs, so I can log into 3 different accounts at the same website at the same time and use the same browser window for all of them. I need this and won't move to a different browser.

@jon@vivaldi.net It changes from time to time, but I do keep coming back to Firefox. It fits like a glove in Linux, has good dev tools and is configurable enough

@jon@vivaldi.net Team Firefox.

@jon@vivaldi.net Firefox is my primary browser because of containers, Vivaldi is my secondary browser because of the lack of containers.

@jon@vivaldi.net my favourite is Zen.

@jon@vivaldi.net DuckDuckGo

@jon@vivaldi.net Vivaldi is genuinely every single thing I ever wanted in a browser. I used it for years, but I stopped around 3 months ago and have been using LibreWolf because I decided that I just can't use Chromium anymore.

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Checked FF on Desktop but use Fennec on Android because it's not Chrome🤷

@jon@vivaldi.net @zenbrowser@fosstodon.org

@jon@vivaldi.net I’m a Safari user. Mostly because integration and it is not built by/for ad money.

@jon@vivaldi.net LibreWolf, a fork of Firefox.

@jon@vivaldi.net Firefox. Especially because it has containers.

Hi @jon@vivaldi.net

As a technology enthusiast, I’d like to share my perspective on this.

Firefox has been my go-to browser for a while, mainly because of:

1. Multi-Account Containers: Perfect for managing multiple profiles or accounts seamlessly.
2. RAM Efficiency: It’s lightweight and doesn’t hog system resources.
3. Privacy Focus: With its 100% open-source nature and stellar reputation as a privacy-first browser, it’s hard to beat.

Vivaldi, on the other hand, has a special place in my heart for its unique and productivity-oriented features:

1. Page Tiling: A brilliant tool for working with multiple pages side by side—ideal for multitaskers.
2. Plain Text/Markdown Notes: This feature is a gem for academic researchers and avid readers like me, making it easy to jot down notes directly from web pages.
3. Web Panels: Super handy for accessing frequently used sites without leaving your main tabs.
4. Customizable Dashboard: A lovely productivity hub and a virtual assistant.

A Few Observations

While Vivaldi excels in many areas, there are a couple of things I’d like to highlight:

High RAM Usage: Vivaldi can be quite demanding on memory.
Text-to-Speech Feature: Adding a natural and seamless "Read Aloud" feature would make it even more user-friendly.

Cheers 😊

@jon@vivaldi.net Brave

@jon@vivaldi.net Firefox, because it's the only one who hasn't made me "fresh things" since I use it and always announce what they're going to put in the browser.
For now it has its clean interface and without any advertising or sponsors, it is also the only one that meets the web standards.

@jon@vivaldi.net I hate them all for different reasons. Here are my requirements:

1. Ad blocker should be the default, no matter what corporations think.
2. It should be possible to inspect and manipulate the code in real time.
3. It should be FOSS.
4. It should not force feed proprietary technologies or antifeatures.
5. It should not require gazillion of RAM or storage. Why I would need 100-150 MB just for a text?

@jon@vivaldi.net about:config

@jon@vivaldi.net I have several : Floorp, Dillo+, Tor Browser, Vivaldi, Ladybird top my list.

@jon@vivaldi.net I have and like Firefox and have used it off and on for years. It also comes standard with Ubuntu, which is the OS I'm currently using. However, I've had some issues with it playing streaming content, so I installed Chromuim (open source browser based on Chrome), and that's what I use most and like a lot. I also have used all the others listed and a few more as well. They're all basically functional. The main issue is privacy, but I haven't been that concerned about it as much as I should.

@jon@vivaldi.net Firefox for now because fuck Chrome/Chromium, but now that Mozilla makes more and more poor decisions I'm hoping that Ladybird will turn out well.

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I trust Vivaldi, the company, to do right by me more than the developers of the other browsers.

@jon@vivaldi.net Arc

@jon@vivaldi.net I use Watefox, based on Firefox, has Mozilla login/sync and an Android client too