What browser do you use and why?
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Because I manage some of google accounts at a time I have to use different browser to log to. So I'm using Opera 24 (25 on Ubuntu) Firefox, Chrome, Maxthon, Otter, Superbird. Opera is the BEST! First of all it have a superb plugins for RSS. It's fast enough, very intuitive. Mail client? I don't need it anymore. All of my mails ( gmail, hotmail ovi, ox.io, vivaldi) I manage trough web interface. I have only one grudge agains Opera. MyOpera mail!!!
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I have mainly used [Opera, desktop] for the last fifteen years or so. However, around a year ago I started using [Iron, portable] because Opera [Presto] seemed to be having way too many compatibility problems for me, I got frustrated.
I tried [Opera, Blink, v.15], but it was too stripped down, no bookmarks, etc. didn't like it. Started using [Iron, portable] it had none of the compatibility issues like [Opera, Presto] did but yet had enough features unlike [Opera, Blink] . I liked [Iron, portable] better than [Chrome] since, [Iron] doesn't have the phone home security issues.
Last night I thought it was time to re-visit [Opera, Blink, portable v.21] again, which is what I'm using now and I'm liking it. Compatibility is good, like [Iron] with some of the niceties of the Opera of old. If it continues to be this good I may be an Opera user full time again, hurray!
By the way for anyone interested, I've never been a [Firefox] guy too clunky and hate [IE], too much bloat-ware from MS.
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Since its early times, I’ve used Opera Presto. I was always pleased. I also used M2 though it didn’t develop enough to cater for my growing emailing needs (for email, I switched to Thunderbird and then eM Client and K-9 on Android). When they dropped Presto, I was in a mess. I didn’t want to switch but neither wanted to support data-gathering Googles and the likes (though I tried Chrome and IE), so I switched to Firefox instead. The time with Firefox was ok, though I was not really happy as it is slow in starting up and boggy on some pages with heavy content. Unfortunately, since some versions I have trouble with it on my desktop (Win7); eg flickering horizontal coloured lines appear, which I couldn’t solve. So some weeks back, I’ve tried out Opera24 and – to my surprise – was quite pleased. If you install the extension ‘Download Chrome Extensions’, you can install ‘FVD Speed Dial’ (via Google Apps store). I really love this and since I got to know it (with Firefox) I’ve almost ditched bookmarks. My needs for bookmarks are moderate (about 100) though. I have also explored the Opera bookmark bar and it would also serve my needs. I use alternative search providers (no Google) by assigning a letter to them and write the letter in front of the search term into the address bar.
However, I am still not sure – as Opera uses Blink – if my Opera transmits my private data to Google. Having extensions like AdBlock, Disconnect, and Ghostery installed, would that protect my privacy? Or is Opera Blink still phoning back to Google?
I use on
- PC: Opera Blink latest stable version
Why: It is not at all that perfect (as Opera Presto was) however, there is no better alternative for me as I do not want to use outdated and multiple versions; you can add all security extensions I wish and it works better for me than FF - Android/ CyanogenMod: Most of time Tint Browser (you can download it from F-Droid); Opera is not bad but not good either
Why: Tint Browser is simple and light-weight, open-source, supposed to respect your privacy, has an ad-block add-on, has a nice full screen mode -> best available alternative for me as I do not do heavy browsing on my phone.
- PC: Opera Blink latest stable version
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In Windows : Firefox, Opera, Yandex Alfa, Comodo Dragon, Maxthon and Vivaldi. Opera, Yandex, Comodo and Vivaldi use so much RAM so now Firefox is my default browser now.
In ElementaryOS : Firefox, Opera, Chromium and Vivaldi. Opera and Chromium works well. Firefox usually slow and Vivaldi mostly slow.
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I am using Maxthon Cloud Browser. I tha many useful features, well not so many as old Opera, but I really like his download manager, which will allways resume my downloads, reader mode, option to reopen closed tabs, good history manager with calendar view, split view, notes, integrated adblocker, RSS reader, screen grap (to take an snap of the page or any other window and then edit it, save or share it) and I also like the sync function (it can synchronize all my settings, bookmarks, opened tabs, files, history etc through Cloud into several devices). And I really love how it works with cache. I can preload almost any page and then open in even if I am without Internet connection. That's really cool and it would be great to see it also in Vivaldi
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Opera 12.xx all the way.
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I liked Opera 12 because of integrated mail, left+right mouse as forward, right+left mouse as backward and grouping tabs. Since Opera 24 (I guess) new Opera appeared in repository, but Opera Mail isn't still available for linux so now I use Firefox because feature "Don't load tabs until selected." and I'm still waiting for "Opera like" mail client
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Opera from 2.12 to 12.15. I tried to stick with new Opera but couldn't, and switched to Maxthon. It's good but a little buggy - it can lose sessions or disable the back button, which makes me nervous.
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maxthon, - best from opera 12 + many other cool features.
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I use Opera as the master browser for more than ten years.
Excellent is its interface and configurability, fast service - all at hand, love notes.
Now I have version 12.17, but I feel out of breath a lot of things laboriously sets both were previously (in version 11-9.2). Opera NEXT is for me a very bad joke…A few days ago I met Vivaldi - excellent - great new birth browser, thank you !!!
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I use New yandex beta browser, before yandex and 2 operas before chrome or similars
New yandex because of it has Turbo mode, extensions, a new face, transparency by using aero if possible, without bookmark bar. see below screenshot merging 2 version of new yandex with and without aero in win7 started and proffessional versions:
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I use opera (chromium based) and google chrome because they are pretty stable and simple
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Default Opera 26 Stable because I can't get comfortable with Chrome or FF (or even Pale Moon) no matter what I do. Still using the detached Opera mail client as my main email, BUT, I have to keep a copy of Opera 12.17 on line to serve as my MAPI client, since the new detached client simply won't let Windows use it as MAPI.
Am eagerly awaiting at least semi-maturation of Vivaldi so that I can go back to my old workflow which worked the best.
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Safari. Because it is the best
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Heh - careful with claims like "the best." The best for your purposes, on IOS or OSX perhaps, but I tried it on Windows and, for my purposes, it was an unqualified disaster.
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Safari for Windows was never meant to be a real product anyway. It was also abandoned. But I enjoyed that Apple brought the OS X font rendering to Windows. But Windows users obviously do not appreciate that.
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Yeah - the fuss over font rendering often escapes me. I can't tell you how many times I have read a comment on a browser blog about how HORRIBLE and EYE-DESTROYING this or that font rendering was, and I couldn't even see what they were talking about. I mean, literally, if they posted screen grabs I either could not see the difference or, if I could see it, it was obviously merely a matter of personal preference.
There's this browser out right now called Sleipnir (Written in Japan and named after a Norse mythical 8-legged horse? What?) that advertises: " the designer … undertook the challenge to make the text you meet the most all the time beautifully drawn. Making text on all pages beautiful will make the entire world of the Web you see from now on a more beautiful place." The funny thing is, I don't particularly like the way that browser renders text. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To each his own, I suppose.
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I bounce between a couple:
*Pale Moon, because I like Pre-Australis Firefox, and it's generally more stable.
*Firefox ESR on occasion.
*SeaMonkey to play around with. It's actually very nice when you customize it.
*Opera 12.16, despite being a little rustic, it's fully featured and hard to substitute.
Love Vivaldi, been using it lately too. Not totally there though. I do hope it will be just as polished feature wise as Opera was when it goes Beta-ish. Like customizable toolbar icon-placements, more context menu items, some form of extensions (Chromium stuff works unofficially), and generally just smoother implementation of what it already has. Feels a bit empty. But seeing the separated search bars, icon placements, and sidebar gives me hope. It's not contaminated with over minimalism -
Firefox because it has add-on that blocks ads /flash ads and pop-up / page hi-jacking etc. I loved Opera 12 but did not like the later releases.
Now why am I switching to Vivaldi because Firefox does a terrible job of managing memory and can not maintain more than a few tabs open for a long time without crashing, it has had this problem for years and it is because of how it manages memory. I still use Firefox for most thing migrating selected site access to Vivaldi.I still have not figure out where password revel in locate in Vivaldi. I need to clear out one save account .
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Firefox because it has add-on that blocks ads /flash ads and pop-up / page hi-jacking etc. I loved Opera 12 but did not like the later releases.
Now why am I switching to Vivaldi because Firefox does a terrible job of managing memory and can not maintain more than a few tabs open for a long time without crashing, it has had this problem for years and it is because of how it manages memory. I still use Firefox for most thing migrating selected site access to Vivaldi.I still have not figure out where password revel in locate in Vivaldi. I need to clear out one save account .
It's a Blink-based browser, so the function you want is at vivaldi://chrome/settings/passwords