Take a look at some of the features of the naver whale browser

[Catweazle]

I have tried Whale, and it is certainly a nice browser with interesting functions and very configurable. On the negative side, at the moment, I see a disastrous translation, which in some functions and in the Store does not even exist, where everything is in Korean.

[purgat0ri]

Looks like Korea's answer to Chropera: i.e., Chromium+large heapings of additional spyware.

[Catweazle]

@purgat0ri , I could not observe any suspicious activity in traffic using it. It does not appear to differ from any other Chromium in this regard. The default search engine is Google, but it also leads to choose DDG and others and of course you can add the ones you want, although only in the traditional way, not like in Vivaldi by clicking on a Search Bar.

[Priest72]

I would say that naver whale browser is primarily targeted at the south korean/asian market.

[Catweazle]

@Priest72 , this is obvious, given that little attention has been paid to translating into a language other than Korean.
But without a doubt it is an interesting project, with so many functionalities, as I have only seen it in Vivaldi or perhaps in the Cent Browser, which also has a kilometer setting list.
What I like in the Whale, is the Toolbox in the Sidepanel, with a calculator, clock and timer, among others, apart from a nice big clock in the new tab, similar to what these New Tab extensions offer in the Chrome Store. Everything has a pretty neat design.
Neither Whale nor Cent have as many features as Vivaldi, but certainly much more than any other I know.

[purgat0ri]

@Catweazle said in Take a look at some of the features of the naver whale browser:

@purgat0ri , I could not observe any suspicious activity in traffic using it. It does not appear to differ from any other Chromium in this regard. The default search engine is Google, but it also leads to choose DDG and others and of course you can add the ones you want, although only in the traditional way, not like in Vivaldi by clicking on a Search Bar.

Reading over the review that @Steffie linked to, it seems like the browser bakes in social media apps connected to the Naver.com website. According to this article, they do not have a very good track record when it comes to respecting user privacy: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2020/07/133_293187.html

Baking social media apps directly into the browser (as both Naver Whale and Opera do) is a huge red flag for me, as almost all social media sites are specifically engineered to track users and vacuum up their data.

[Stardust]

@purgat0ri said in Take a look at some of the features of the naver whale browser:

Baking social media apps directly into the browser (as both Naver Whale and Opera do) is a huge red flag for me, as almost all social media sites are specifically engineered to track users and vacuum up their data.

good point

[Steffie]

@purgat0ri I am glad you picked up on this point explicitly here, coz that indeed was a major reason i spoke non-glowingly about it earlier... but i forgot to actually explain myself... sigh.

[Catweazle]

@purgat0ri , For this of course I am not going to put any bookmarks or use it more to check its functions.
I use Vivaldi as the main browser with practically exclusive use, as a second UR which I use on specific occasions due to its excellent security shields, greater than those of Vivaldi.
Other Chromium browsers, as well as UR, I have it installed, to be able to test, if Vivaldi fails, if it is a problem with this or general of Chromium.
Whale I have already removed from the system, I only installed it to test it, but it does not help me much, since I do not know Korean. But this does not mean that it includes some good ideas, which perhaps Vivaldi could also include.