• TurboWafflz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      I tried searx for a while but, at least with the instance I used, the results were awful quality and there were a lot of reliability issues. Do you have an instance recommendation?

      • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        I don’t have any instance recommendations as I use a variety of instances categorized as vanilla

        In the HTML input field:

        • search V for Vanilla instance: all static files comes from the SearXNG git repository.

        Afterwards I go into the settings of the chosen instance and make personalized customizations. Once you’re done you can save your modifications by copying the:

        Search URL of the currently saved preferences

        • which is under the COOKIES Tab

        By pasting that link into your Add Search Engine section of your browser of choice, you’ll be able to directly search using SearXNG!

        Hope this helps improve your searching!🤗

    • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
      32·
      1 month ago

      I knew that on Lemmy someone would have commented this before me.

  • EuCaueBEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    I’m using Zen Browser + DDG, and for mobile I use Fennec! :)

  • RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    104·
    1 month ago

    Been paying for Kagi for a few months and really like it.

    Desktop browser, I bounce around and am never happy. I want to get back on Firefox, and thought I would when the latest version came out and finally added native vertical tab support, but turns out it still doesn’t have tab grouping/workspaces (saw that it’s in development but haven’t seen a timeline) so I’ve gone back to Vivaldi for now.

  • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    71·
    1 month ago

    I use Floorp and Startpage. I don’t trust DDG after the whole Microsoft debacle. Though, I’m not really that hot on Startpage since they use the same deceptive advertising practices as Google and Bing (disguising ads as results).

  • OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    72·
    1 month ago

    Librewolf on desktop, mull on mobile. Currently using brave search but hoping to eventually switch to searxng

    • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      hoping to eventually switch to searxng

      Do it! Easily the best search engine I’ve ever used. I do recommend going through all the settings beforehand, though.

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
    62·
    1 month ago

    Waterfox. Firefox-based, great theme/userChrome customizations and has the Betterfox config, which is where most of Librewolf’s sane defaults come from.