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Best browser other than Safari or Chrome as an alternative
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Edge, believe it or not, even though it's Chromium based and thus rather similar to Chrome. I'm viewing this site in Edge, as a matter of fact.
Brave, it feels a lot faster than either Safari or Chrome. It has a builtin ad blocker too.
I am testing Orion browser https://browser.kagi.com/ (direct download link if you want to skip signing up for the beta: https://browser.kagi.com/downloads/Orion.dmg)
It's pretty fast, based on Safari's webkit engine, very privacy focused and supports both Chrome and Firefox extensions, although they are a work in progress (meaning that not all extensions work correctly yet).
The developers can be reached in the discord channel linked to in the faq page.
If you are not too worried about privacy, the latest Chrome 99 is even faster now. If you want something like Chrome but more privacy friendly and that uses fewer resources, Edge or Brave are good choices.
It's pretty fast, based on Safari's webkit engine, very privacy focused and supports both Chrome and Firefox extensions, although they are a work in progress (meaning that not all extensions work correctly yet).
The developers can be reached in the discord channel linked to in the faq page.
If you are not too worried about privacy, the latest Chrome 99 is even faster now. If you want something like Chrome but more privacy friendly and that uses fewer resources, Edge or Brave are good choices.
The speed improvement is not limited to chrome. All chromium-based browsers now score above 300 in speedometer benchmark on M1 with chromium build 99.
I still use Firefox if I can't use Safari for some reason. Only exception is for work, I use Edge as we're stuck with O365/Azure and that specific experience seems to be smoother with this browser.
There is also Tor for secure browsing. It is a little slower than Brave though but that is because it routes through a number of secure networks each individually encrypted along the way.
I use a combination of Safari and Firefox. Safari is my main browser used 99% of the time. Firefox with no extensions and all the security/privacy settings ticked to max is used when I access my bank or other sensitive sites. I will also use Firefox on the occasion that a site will not render in Safari correctly due to my extensions/content blockers.
Easy. Opera GX! Blazing fast and not a memory eater! (*coughs* Chrome *coughs*). I currently have around 50 tabs hanging in suspend aside from VS Code, Iterm2, preview, mail and notes opened and swap is 49Mb. 
I use Firefox with their containers and loaded with "strict" policy enabled and antispyware extensions for my main browser. I use Safari occasionally if Firefox isn't displaying things correctly. And I have Edge installed devoid of extensions for those instances when pages just won't display correctly and I need a chromium based browser with no extensions in order for the page to function properly. I'm probably spitting into the wind privacy wise, but it works for me.
I wish Firefox would copy Brave's tab grouping function... very convenient.
I wish Firefox would copy Brave's tab grouping function... very convenient.
Brave! Better performance than Firefox and uses much less cpu, couple that with Blink engine, removal of Integrated Google services and privacy tweaks = Best browser for macOS.
Look here for all the Chrome features they remove from Brave:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)
Look here for all the Chrome features they remove from Brave:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)
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I switched to opera a few years ago and am still pretty satisfied. It’s fast, the resource usage is way better than chrome, it doesn’t mine your data and the integration with services such as messenger, Twitter and WhatsApp is clever.
Mostly Safari but since I have a MBP M1 (Max), I use Edge instead of Chrome for work related stuff like Outlook and Teams via the web browser. Also have Firefox but not using that as much.
Have to admit that I really like Edge - big surprise for me!
Have to admit that I really like Edge - big surprise for me!
I would never consider using a browser made by Microsoft (or google).
Not in my experience: it’s much more responsive than firefox or chromium on my 2012 MBP.
+1 - while it may seem odd to run a Microsoft Browser on macOS, I find the performance is excellent. It's frequently updated (may or may not be a good thing depending on your perspective), profile sync works a treat, sleeps tabs to save resources & the O365 integration is super handy.
Microsoft Edge on MacOS is my guilty pleasure too.?
I only downloaded Edge because I have encountered a number of sites recently that don't work properly with Safari. I have occasionally used Firefox or Chrome when I site didn't work with Safari but over the last few years that has been infrequent until a couple of months ago. There must be some new HTML thing that these sites are using that Safari doesn't like. What happened to developers testing their websites with multiple browsers before going live?