Web Browsers
- Thread starter Tomedi
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I have them all installed except for Cyberfox.
I'm kind of a browser junkie. I don't use them all regularly but I do use several at the same time. They're all used for different purposes and have different tabs open. I find this workflow easier and it never hurts to have a little compartmentalization.
I don't think I've yet tried Cyberfox. I know it exists, I've just never tried it. Or, I tried it a while back and have since forgotten. At any rate, it doesn't appear to be installed on this system.
Edit: Yeah, I think I played with Cyberfox in the past. I likely haven't installed it in a long time because it hasn't been updated in a long time, at least not at the official SF repository. I think I also didn't have much faith in it as it was a small project but those memories are quite old and are unreliable.
I'm kind of a browser junkie. I don't use them all regularly but I do use several at the same time. They're all used for different purposes and have different tabs open. I find this workflow easier and it never hurts to have a little compartmentalization.
I don't think I've yet tried Cyberfox. I know it exists, I've just never tried it. Or, I tried it a while back and have since forgotten. At any rate, it doesn't appear to be installed on this system.
Edit: Yeah, I think I played with Cyberfox in the past. I likely haven't installed it in a long time because it hasn't been updated in a long time, at least not at the official SF repository. I think I also didn't have much faith in it as it was a small project but those memories are quite old and are unreliable.
It meant to be Waterfox. I wanted to include Cyberfox, Palemoon and Midori as well, but there was not enough options and by mistake I removed Waterfox instead of Cyberfox. Unfortunetaly, there is no option to edit poll entries.
I mostly use Firefox, with Vim-vixen, noscript, privacy badger and ublock origin.
I sometimes mess around with suckless surf, which is a nice lightweight webkit based browser, but there are no extensions or anything for it. It doesn't even support tabs. But you can use suckless.org's tabbed to provide the tab functionality.
And I use w3m in the terminal for quick and dirty web-searches when working in the terminal.
Using w3m also helps me to stay on task and avoid the temptation to waste hours procrastinating doom-scrolling social media, or falling into wikipedia black holes after searching for whatever answers I was looking for!
I sometimes mess around with suckless surf, which is a nice lightweight webkit based browser, but there are no extensions or anything for it. It doesn't even support tabs. But you can use suckless.org's tabbed to provide the tab functionality.
And I use w3m in the terminal for quick and dirty web-searches when working in the terminal.
Using w3m also helps me to stay on task and avoid the temptation to waste hours procrastinating doom-scrolling social media, or falling into wikipedia black holes after searching for whatever answers I was looking for!
There you go. It now says Waterfox and I amended my vote as I have that installed and use it for a few tasks. It doesn't stay running like several other browsers do, but it's installed and gets some use.
Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
Mainly Firefox and its clones, definitely not anything based on Google years ago if i wanted a light browser [on32 bit machines] i would use seamonkey
I have Chromium although use Firefox for email and online purchases, with privacy badger and ublock origin.
I used to use Auto Cookie Delete by CAD but no longer since I always use private browsing mode.
I used to use Auto Cookie Delete by CAD but no longer since I always use private browsing mode.
These browsers are in use on machines here:
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BROWSER COMMENT
w3m .................text browser; can load images with w3m-img installed;
elinks ..............text browser; can download tables accurately from webpages;
lynx ................basic text browser; installed by default on debian;
ungoogled-chromium ..chromium without dependency on google elements;
brave ...............installed from nightlies at github for recent development;
tor .................firefox based for anonymity;
firefox-esr .........firefox with support for organisations; default in debian;
firefox .............installed from latest tarball for recent developments;
min .................bare bones GUI browser;
mullvad .............firefox based developed for privacy and security;
freetube ............browser for youtube;
falkon ..............light weight browser from KDE;
qutebrowser .........keyboard focused browser;
librewolf ...........privacy oriented browser;
midori ..............firefox based recently updated development;
palemoon ............firefox fork, older style, a bit nostalgic.
CaffeineAddict
Well-Known Member
I have never used more than 1 browser.
And currently using Firefox.
And currently using Firefox.
That would quite unbearable for me for a number of reasons, but one in particular is that I prefer using dark themes and they don't all behave the same on all websites. The main dark theme extensions on the firefox based browsers I use are "Dark Reader", "Dark Background and Light Text", and lately "Sauron" (recently made aware of by @KGIII - thanks
), so when one doesn't behave as expected, I'll use another on another browser. It's actually easier in my workflow to use a single keystroke to change to another browser than go into the "addons" in a particular browser and fiddle about changing the dark theme extensions.Other reasons are that I use different browsers for different purposes like purchasing, banking, technical researching, streaming etc., and mix them up at times. I tend to use the latest browser releases so updating is fairly constant but not onerous.
Ugh... LOL
I can't stand 'webmail' at ANY provider. I only use it if I absolutely need to - and then usually to go in and edit some filters.
Then again, I have a whole lot of email accounts as I own a number of domain names. My email would be unmanageable without using an email client. MSFT had a great one called Outlook Express. Thunderbird is almost as good and can be made better with some extensions. (There are even some extensions for dark mode @osprey, though you'll also want a dark theme.)
I can't even stand webmail when it's something I'm in control of - even when it's on my own servers and a part of my hosting.
Ah well... I guess this is a bit off topic, but I do love a good email client.
Aristarchus
Active Member
Firefox is the only configurable mobile browser (about:config).
Desktop FF and Librewolf
Same reason
note added:
from console prompt run (needed only once):
firefox -p
add new profiles and uncheck "Use the selected profile without asking at startup"
Now, each time when click on FF icon, Profile Manager will start giving you an option to select profile to run. You can run more than one profile at a time ( start multiple profiles from about
rofiles)
Desktop FF and Librewolf
Same reason
Heh, use FF profiles (make sure that default profile is unchecked). Each profile with different addons and user.js files if needed.
note added:
from console prompt run (needed only once):
firefox -p
add new profiles and uncheck "Use the selected profile without asking at startup"
Now, each time when click on FF icon, Profile Manager will start giving you an option to select profile to run. You can run more than one profile at a time ( start multiple profiles from about
rofiles)
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I guess Gmail is considered web-mail huh.
Gmail is all I've ever used since the beginning of my time on the internet.
Ain't never seen no reason to use a email service just another hoop to set up and jump through imo.
Proton Mail is very good (I use both - webmail and the app). Gmail is OK, but I mainly use the app on my phone. I use several Microsoft accounts at work and the webmail is terrible.
To be honest, in 99% of all cases I use my phone to check personal email and the official apps are pretty good. At work I don't have a choice, but sending/receiving email is a tiny part of my job. So, I can't see the point in using an email client.
theLegionWithin
Active Member
Chrome on my main rig and phone, firefox on my main rig and the testbench laptop. I prefer Chrome - sure, it's resource heavy but the resources are there to be used
I'm using firefox exclusively right now, with some measures taken to eliminate update nags as many ads as I can and any chance of (locally) stored info following me around the web.
I also voted "other" because, thanks to Ron Alan mentioning it above, I'm revisiting PaleMoon - That's what I use on Win 7 (which I only use for flash games these days) but it's been ages since I used it on linux, so here we go.
I also voted "other" because, thanks to Ron Alan mentioning it above, I'm revisiting PaleMoon - That's what I use on Win 7 (which I only use for flash games these days) but it's been ages since I used it on linux, so here we go.
A bit off topic but have I shared this URL with you before?
Linux Support - Flashpoint Datahub
Basically, these folks archived as much Flash stuff as they could, mostly games. As Flash was going the way of the dodo, they wanted to preserve it. You'll need Windows or Wine but you mentioned that you already have Windows. I just linked to the Linux support because that's the link I had in my bookmarks. (It's not for me, it's to share with people who miss Flash games.)
