How often do you change Web Browsers?
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I used FF for years but started having problems. So I switched to Chrome and it does the job, but there are some things about FF that I miss.
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Chrome, and Edge when MS forces it upon me (despite my setting Chrome as my default browser ... :mad: ) It does the job, and fails to annoy me nearly all the time.
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
Chrome, and Edge when MS forces it upon me (despite my setting Chrome as my default browser ... :mad: ) It does the job, and fails to annoy me nearly all the time.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
Only when The Old One becomes obsolete?
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Only when The Old One becomes obsolete?
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
There's only two browsers I've ever commited to: - IE - Edge (Chromium-based, I couldn't stand the previous version and ignored it throughout its entire lifetime) I don't know why people complain about MS trying hard to get people to move from Chrome to Edge. Whenever I visit Google properties, I get as many incessant popups trying to convince me to switch to Chrome. Google isn't any less annoying.
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I never got around to installing Lynx on any of my OpenVMS systems. I was referring to the browser which dare not speak its name.
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
I change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
Jeremy Falcon
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There's only two browsers I've ever commited to: - IE - Edge (Chromium-based, I couldn't stand the previous version and ignored it throughout its entire lifetime) I don't know why people complain about MS trying hard to get people to move from Chrome to Edge. Whenever I visit Google properties, I get as many incessant popups trying to convince me to switch to Chrome. Google isn't any less annoying.
dandy72 wrote:
Google isn't any less annoying.
I use Chrome, but this is 100% accurate. They're both annoying.
Jeremy Falcon
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
I use Edge and Firefox; often at the same time. At times, FF will render a site better than Edge. FF's "programmer mode" is "cleaner", IMO. I think Google's "Chrome" is "malware", and I removed it. FF also runs better on my (gen 1) Surface GO, on which Edge doesn't seem to scale without "mucking about". FF also has extensions one might find useful and that Edge doesn't support.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
I use Chrome for most normal stuff like CodeProject, Firefox for a most of the work related stuff, Safari because for a specific work activity it is the only browser that works. You have to be on VPN A to access one system, in that system we have links to another application that is what we offer to customers. To access this application you cannot be on VPN A. Used to be you could turn off the VPN and then click the link to the application. That no longer works so you have to be on the page with the link, switch to VPN B then click the link to the application. And NO MATTER which VPN you are currently on, you are NOT on the VPN you need to be to get the current task done.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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I change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon said:
never
That’s what I expected from 99% of respondents. I used Chrome from 2010 - 2014 (was on Android phone then too) and then I decided to split up all my apps and I switched from Chrome to FireFox but invariably FireFox has had issues that are pretty critical and cause me to switch to other browsers (usually Brave). I have used Opera and I also use Safari on iPhone, of course. I’m writing this up from my iPad Pro running FireFox.
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I use Edge and Firefox; often at the same time. At times, FF will render a site better than Edge. FF's "programmer mode" is "cleaner", IMO. I think Google's "Chrome" is "malware", and I removed it. FF also runs better on my (gen 1) Surface GO, on which Edge doesn't seem to scale without "mucking about". FF also has extensions one might find useful and that Edge doesn't support.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
I switched from Chrome a long while ago myself. Of course, now all these other browsers (Edge, Brave) use Chrome engine anyways. That’s why I like FireFox - plus FF’s dev tools are very good now. Back when I was using Chrome it really had the best Dev tools. Edge probably has good ones too, but I really didn’t like IE so I stay away from Edge as much as possible. I’ve also used Opera, but had some issues in the past. I wonder if Opera is better now. Might try it again soon. Not sure if it used Chrome engine like everything else??
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dandy72 wrote:
Google isn't any less annoying.
I use Chrome, but this is 100% accurate. They're both annoying.
Jeremy Falcon
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I use Chrome for most normal stuff like CodeProject, Firefox for a most of the work related stuff, Safari because for a specific work activity it is the only browser that works. You have to be on VPN A to access one system, in that system we have links to another application that is what we offer to customers. To access this application you cannot be on VPN A. Used to be you could turn off the VPN and then click the link to the application. That no longer works so you have to be on the page with the link, switch to VPN B then click the link to the application. And NO MATTER which VPN you are currently on, you are NOT on the VPN you need to be to get the current task done.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
Wow, that sounds like a complicated set of hoops to jump through. Keeps you slim and trim though. :laugh: I originally used Chrome because it had such great dev tools. then FireFox came to parity on dev tools and I switched over so my data wouldn’t be owned by one huge corp entity. :rolleyes: I was on Android at the time. I also switched to exclusively using DuckDuckGo search in all my browsers. Glad it’s still a choice.
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I change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
Jeremy Falcon
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I used FF for years but started having problems. So I switched to Chrome and it does the job, but there are some things about FF that I miss.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else. PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.0 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
Mike Hankey wrote:
but there are some things about FF that I miss.
like...?
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I switched from Chrome a long while ago myself. Of course, now all these other browsers (Edge, Brave) use Chrome engine anyways. That’s why I like FireFox - plus FF’s dev tools are very good now. Back when I was using Chrome it really had the best Dev tools. Edge probably has good ones too, but I really didn’t like IE so I stay away from Edge as much as possible. I’ve also used Opera, but had some issues in the past. I wonder if Opera is better now. Might try it again soon. Not sure if it used Chrome engine like everything else??
raddevus wrote:
Edge probably has good ones too, but I really didn’t like IE so I stay away from Edge as much as possible.
Have you given it a fair chance? I wouldn't be so dismissive of Edge because of IE's history. They bear little in common. The way I see it, it's "like Chrome, but without having an additional company look at my data" - because MS already has it anyway.
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I change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
Jeremy Falcon
In the wise words of the late lamented Saint Jimmy of Buffett: "Now I'm gettin' old, I don't wear underwear."
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raddevus wrote:
Edge probably has good ones too, but I really didn’t like IE so I stay away from Edge as much as possible.
Have you given it a fair chance? I wouldn't be so dismissive of Edge because of IE's history. They bear little in common. The way I see it, it's "like Chrome, but without having an additional company look at my data" - because MS already has it anyway.
dandy72:
The way I see it, it's "like Chrome, but without having an additional company look at my data" - because MS already has it anyway
:laugh: I totally get that!! <Haughty Tone> However, I’m on Linux so they don’t got my data. That’s A BoldFace Lie I have 3 copies of registered Win10 (one running on laptop, one running on VM (from Linux desktop)) so they got all my data already. I have not given Edge a fair look, so I need to do that. However, I do hate the advertisements / news that appears in the blank tab area. I’ve tried to get rid of it but can only seem to minimize it. Yes, I could minimize it and ignore it but then I have to actively depend upon self control not to click the clickbait. :laugh:
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
