Hi Lemmy! I’m curious which browser everyone uses? I’m currently on Librewolf, but I try out a variety of different browsers. What browser(s) do you prefer? Do you think blockchain or web3 browsers are the future of browsers?

  • Adda
    11·
    3 years ago

    I am using LibreWolf, Firefox fork, on desktop and Mull browser (Fennec fork, which is F-Droid fork of Mozilla Fenix browser) on mobile phones. If need for a Chromium-based browser arises, I have Ungoogled Chromium installed for desktops and Bromite for mobile phones. For privacy reasons, sometimes Tor Browser can be useful. All of those browsers are FOSS and privacy-oriented, with some extra tweaks supporting privacy out of the box. I would love to use some of those wonderful keyboard-driven browsers, but the lack of browser add-ons turns out to be fatal for me. Maybe one day, hopefully.

    • sinewyshadowOP
      6·
      3 years ago

      I’ve tried Qutebrowser, but the adblock isn’t strong enough for my liking. I still see ads on youtube. Once they improve that, I might re-visit it.

      • Adda
        4·
        3 years ago

        QuteBrowser, Nyxt, and many more… All these would be great additions, but sadly, not usable for me yet.

          • Adda
            4·
            3 years ago

            GNU/Linux. And they are absolutely usable, just do not support browser add-ons I use and need daily.

            • sinewyshadowOP
              3·
              3 years ago

              I gotcha. Linux, in my opinion, is the superior OS, as it has all the good browsers.

              • Adda
                1·
                3 years ago

                Definitely :-) Although, as far as I know, LibreWolf works great on Windows, too (no Mac build, if I remember correctly, though). The same goes for Tor Browser or Ungoogled Chromium. and Mull or Bromite can be used on multiple mobile phone OSs as well. Support for keyboard-driven browsers tends to be a bit trickier on any non-GNU/Linux OSs from what I recall.

    • GenkiFeral
      2·
      3 years ago

      I have Fennec on one phone. Just curious how Mull is different.

      • Adda
        1·
        3 years ago

        Mull does the same what LibreWolf does with Firefox. It takes the current Fennec release, changes some configurations to make the browser more private, disables some privacy-invasive features of Fennec and adds some privacy-oriented features of Tor Uplift project. In general, both Mull and LibreWolf are just hardened forks of the current release of Firefox (Fennec) with proprietary parts of the browser removed. See Mull GitLab repository to learn more about what exactly is changed.