What web browser do you use? I use Dot, Librewolf and sometimes Brave on desktop and Bromite and Fennec on mobile

  • Iván Ruvalcaba
    3·
    3 years ago

    Firefox on Debian, on Windows Firefox/Edge. On Android DuckDuckGo Browser (old and cheap device, sorry!).

    • Sandro LinuxOPM
      1·
      3 years ago

      Good choice Firefox is pretty good and I really like ddg on mobile

  • joojmachine
    2·
    3 years ago

    Regular release Firefox on Arch and Nightly on Android, but I’m probably switching to Bromite soon

    • ksynwa
      3·
      3 years ago

      Why Bromite? I use Firefox on Android and it works fine for me. Bromite was okay. The only reason I saw for using it was replacing the webview with it but otherwise I like Firefox Nightly a lot more.

      • joojmachine
        2·
        3 years ago

        My main issue with Firefox, and probably the biggest one, is the early zombification of tabs, there has been SO MANY TIMES I had to change apps during a login (to get a 2FA code, for example), and when I come back the tab reloads and I have to start the login again. It’s enfuriating. But mainly I switched to Bromite because it just works a little better in general on mobile.

    • Sandro LinuxOPM
      3·
      3 years ago

      Maybe check out Fennec on mobile because it is firefox made by the f-droid devs

      • joojmachine
        1·
        3 years ago

        used it for a long time, its good but I have the same issues I had with FF in the first place

    • Sandro LinuxOPM
      2·
      3 years ago

      yeah most ppl use chrome so you need to test using Chromium

        • Sandro LinuxOPM
          2·
          3 years ago

          Yep totally agree it is really bad and I hope firefox beats it

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
            1·
            3 years ago

            It’s gonna be hard to beat seeing how Google is using its monopoly power to prop Chrome up and now MS jumped on the wagon as well. I do hope FF can at least keep enough market share so that it can’t be ignored.

            As long as there are at least two independent web engine implementations then we’ll continue to have a semblance of standards and specifications for web protocols. The real danger with Chromium becoming the de facto engine is that it will allow Google to just add features to it without having to consult anybody or even bother documenting them in any specs. At that point Google will have complete control over how the internet functions, and that’s just too important of a thing to be in the hands of a glorified ad company.

            I’ve also been wondering if we might see a split between commercial and open web at some point. Maybe Chrome will just become an app you use to access commercial sites, and then browse using Firefox. I’m very excited with the resurgence of non-commercial sites centered around Fediverse that’s happening right now. I think the two main factors are that hosting has become relatively cheap and the barrier to setting up a site has gone down thanks to containerization. I really think that the Fediverse might be the future of the internet.

            • Sandro LinuxOPM
              2·
              3 years ago

              yeah I think that chromium becoming too powerful as a force in the browser space