What is the best browser to use as a second?
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@Catweazle UR's privacy protection is such that you can't even open a pdf when it's on high-security setting!
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@J1984 , I know, in the highest setting UR blocks everything where there is only a remote possibility of a trace. I don't know a Chromium more armored than UR, although it's the only thing that stands out, apart from being very fast.
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I don't have a "second" browser. I use Vivaldi Sopranos (internal test version) as default and if a website seems problematic (practically never) I will check it in Vivaldi Snapshot and Vivaldi Stable. If STILL problematic, I may try it in one of the other browsers on my machine (Edge, Firefox, Chrome) to see if it works there. But I do not have a standard fallback. Vivaldi is my default, and ANY other browser may be an option in extremis.
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Facebook is a real tester for any browser and for a few reasons i frequent facebook as it is a fast way of communicating with family etc.
Firefox on linux has a serious memory surging problem upon exiting facebook and was freezing my operating system on a few occasions.Interestingly palemoon was acting the same so maybe it's a mozilla code issue.
Vivaldi does not suffer from this and exits facebook in the correct manner without my memory swapping like mad.
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Opera 12.17 / Build 1863
Don´t use it really often as Browser since long time; it´s outdated. But i use it for Mail & Feeds.
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It has been a busy week for browser developers...
Mozilla has updated FF to 81.0.1
SeaMonkey Project has updated to 2.53.4
Pale Moon is updated to v28.14.2 (2020-10-02)
I think there is something called Edge out there that had an update
and of course Vivaldi Snapshot had an update to ver. 3.4.2059.2 -
Another browser than vivaldi RCs means a fallback one, so I sadly must admit they are:
- chrome (on desktop)
- opera (on mobile)
Firefox Quantum if I need to exclude a chromium issue.
Palemoon when I'm nostalgic and I want to use the real Firefox -
Vivaldi my primary
Iridium, FF Nightly (hardened), UnGoogled Chromium, Tor -
@Catweazle What is the best browser to use as a second? Well, that really depends on what you're looking for in a second browser:
Want a browser to use, for websites that don't get along with Vivaldi? Use Chrome. What a browser that will read webpages out-loud to you? Use Firefox. Want a browser with far more privacy then even Vivaldi? Use Tor, I guess. Etc.
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@Eggcorn , FF isn't more private as Vivaldi, however UR is.
But the main reason is not for privacy (if I need I use a VPN), but to have a second Chromium, to be able to check in case of a problem, if it is due to Vivaldi or a general problem by Chromium.
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@Catweazle said in What is the best browser to use as a second?:
FF isn't more private as Vivaldi, however UR is.
Firefox was the "read webpages out-loud" one, not the privacy one.
@Catweazle said in What is the best browser to use as a second?:
[T]he main reason is [...] to have a second Chromium, to be able to check in case of a problem, if it is due to Vivaldi or a general problem by Chromium.
In that case, the choice seems clear to me: Chrome/Chromium. When you're checking for errors, you want to minimize the variables (if that's the right term). So better to use vanilla Chromium, if you want to check to see if the problem's Chromium.
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I would suggest if your primary browser is Vivaldi, then Firefox and vice versa.
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@Catweazle
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@Catweazle said in What is the best browser to use as a second?:
I am currently testing various alternatives, to find a good browser that I can use as a second.
It turns out that most of them, based on Chromium, increasingly resemble Chromium itself, involving a large number of services directly related to Google.
So far they have been on my desk
SRWare Iron, not bad, but no what I wait for
Wanted to try Avant, but this is blocked directly by Windows Smart Screen
Cent Browser, many configurations, almost like Vivaldi, but with the usual Google Sync and it has not convinced me either
UR Browser, which is closer to my preferences, although with difficulties in saving UI preferences
Brave I find it somewhat suspect
At the moment I am testing the Otter Browser, which announces to resume the philosophy of Opera 12, although quite messy to configure if one does not have notions of CSS and scripts.
Well, this is odious to choose a second browser, if one is using Vivaldi
Anyway, any suggestions?Cent in Windows gets my vote. As for Stupid Screen just turn it off. It's as worthless as UAC and Fast Start.
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@deep1dive , for now I use the French UR as second, currently a good alternative, Better than Brave, I think.
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@guigirl You do realise falkon is the work of one man do you not.?..what exactly are you expecting in parellel with bigger browser crews exactly.?.
I am very sorry but calling a browser "semi-useless" when in comparison to major browser vendors is rather fickle to be honest.
You want DRM content.?..feel free to help the sole developer out or are you expecting him to be a wizard who can magically do the same work as major browsers.?What were your specific reasons for installing falkon in the first place.?
Just to note that the majority of vivaldi code is coming from the chromium project so your slight fanboy vibe is rather misplaced i think.
regards. -
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Primary: Vivaldi Daily
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@guigirl I can't answer, I'm not geek enough.
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Apart from UR (Chromium) I also use others with different engines. It does not matter so much that they are good or not so much, I use them only to check if eventual problems are due to Vivaldi, or general for Chromium or if it does not work in other engines, it is caused by the page itself.