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it depends, currently Firefox, I routinely erase history so the browser I first use after a history dump becomes the primary for a while. - the choices are opera ,firefox, and safari. I try to avoid searches on my phone for no particular reason
mobile - 100% safari
pc - 100% chrome
I'm shocked there aren't more chrome users
pc - 100% chrome
I'm shocked there aren't more chrome users
Surprised to see votes for Firefox with the company trying to ruin the experience with AI. Just been nothing but bad press for them for the past few months.
You should really try Brave, it's lightweight, blocks ads on Youtube (and ads in general), and they give you crypto (if your that kind of guy) for seeing ads.
Brave across the board on PC, mac, iOS. Mac i use primarily Brave, Brave nightly, Safari. iOS use Brave, firefox focus, safari. Occasionally Edge for msft365 best compatibility if i need to login to one of my accounts to make a change.
I've tried Vivaldi, Chrome, Brave, Orion, and Firefox on iOS to try and replace Safari. I usually get turned off by some part of the UX then go back to Safari because it is good enough for most things.
- Firefox for the longest time would make the address bar completely disappear when scrolling down a webpage. Absolutely boneheaded. A genuinely stupid thing to do. They recently changed that so now the address bar shrinks. I'm good with this. However, to bring back the full sized address bar tapping on the tiny version doesn't do anything. You have to tab in the general area at the bottom of the phone which is, again, stupid.
- Chrome doesn't let you swipe away a tab in the overview to close it. Last I checked Vivaldi didn't let me either. Vivaldi has the swipe down and to the left(?) from a webpage to close it but I would rather it have both methods. Brave is missing the swipe between tabs.
- Orion is pretty close to Safari in terms of navigation but recently I have found the iCloud sync to be completely broken.
Arc. Arc Arc Arc. No one has mentioned Arc.
Best web browser I've ever used. Warm, intuitive, graceful, powerful, efficient UI.
Best web browser I've ever used. Warm, intuitive, graceful, powerful, efficient UI.
use duck duck go as your search engine, coupled with Firefox it is not a bad match, as for as AI goes it could have a long gestation period - check back in 30 years as an addenda at this point in the AI cycle the user is required to be knowledgeable to ask an intelligent question
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I’m still on Arc for macOS, Zen is slowly closing the gap. Interested in Ladybird. Vivaldi on PC. Safari/Brave on iOS.
Safari has been my primary for like 10+ years now and I don’t see that changing unless they seriously hose it.
The more interesting question for me is what my backup browser is -- the one I keep around for the occasional site that doesn’t play well with Safari. Right now it’s Brave, which seems to get the job done without being made by Google.
The more interesting question for me is what my backup browser is -- the one I keep around for the occasional site that doesn’t play well with Safari. Right now it’s Brave, which seems to get the job done without being made by Google.
I know. As an old timer Netscape fanboy, I am biased towards Firefox, but the two things holding me back is their recent announcements about their AI and ad plans, and the fact that it doesn't block ads in iOS.
I think two things:
- First, this website is Apple-centric, and there's more people moving away from google amongst Apple users.
- Secondly, Google has degraded their services and privacy guarantees a fair bit in their push for more ad profitability and questionable AI feature bloat, so more people are starting to get sick of it and looking for alternatives.
I personally switched to DuckDuckGo search about 10yrs ago and super happy, and for browsers also have not been using Chrome for a similar amount of time, been hopping around from Safari, Firefox, Firefox forks, Orion, DuckDuckGo browser, and now my current do-it-all choice Vivaldi, it's been good.
Each to their own but I encourage you to try different browsers and search engines even if just for fun/curiosity, there's plenty of options out there! And worth doing a bit of research on each browser's privacy guarantees and business models! Cheers.
Safari is primary, Brave is backup esp to get rid of those pesky google ads.
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Dang you were early on with the switching away from Google. I didn't personally find myself taking issue with Google results or ads until around 2020.
I use Vivaldi everywhere and find using lesser browsers is pretty painful.
Safari is my #1… on all of my Apple devices. But I also have a lone Windows 11 laptop and a Pixel 10 Pro which, of course, is Android. With those two devices, I have disabled Edge and Chrome and have Brave set as my default browser. But Vivaldi sounds interesting.
Firefox all the way! Even if from a fork or not, I prefer the firefox engine
Safari, but I like Chrome better.
Way back when I switched back to the Mac, I wanted to try 'the Apple Way,' and so went to Apple Mail, Apple Calendar and Safari. Over time, I started letting Safari conjure and keep up with complex randomly generated passwords, and those sync across my iPhone and iPad, which of course default to Safari, and therefore my passwords are ready to go after facial recognition confirms it's me.
But I like Chrome better because in my limited experience it's more reliable. Sometimes a PC Magazine article page never completely loads (usually it does), or a Facebook message attachment doesn't come up. So when something persistently doesn't work, I copy the URL and open it in Chrome, which tends to work fine.
If I were starting out fresh today, I'd consider going with Chrome.
Way back when I switched back to the Mac, I wanted to try 'the Apple Way,' and so went to Apple Mail, Apple Calendar and Safari. Over time, I started letting Safari conjure and keep up with complex randomly generated passwords, and those sync across my iPhone and iPad, which of course default to Safari, and therefore my passwords are ready to go after facial recognition confirms it's me.
But I like Chrome better because in my limited experience it's more reliable. Sometimes a PC Magazine article page never completely loads (usually it does), or a Facebook message attachment doesn't come up. So when something persistently doesn't work, I copy the URL and open it in Chrome, which tends to work fine.
If I were starting out fresh today, I'd consider going with Chrome.
Vivaldi for general web browsing on Mac and iPhone. Edge for Youtube/video on personal Mac, primary browser for work. Frequently Edge will be streaming video from YT while I am browsing in Vivaldi.
I hate Safari on any platform/device it will run on. If I could kill Safari, I would raise it from the dead so I could kill it again. That said, there are certain situations (like government websites) where the only browser that will work correctly is Safari.
…which tells me everything I need to know about Safari.
I hate Safari on any platform/device it will run on. If I could kill Safari, I would raise it from the dead so I could kill it again. That said, there are certain situations (like government websites) where the only browser that will work correctly is Safari.
…which tells me everything I need to know about Safari.
Firefox on desktop includes MacOS versions abandoned by Apple (Monterey and Mohave) as well as Linux.
You can use a browser that uses the same rendering engine, like Vivaldi or Brave, and get the same stability as Chrome, while keeping your privacy etc.
I've been using Helium because it's the lightest browser I've ever found. I was using Safari for awhile, but then I tried firefox. Then I decided to try Orion but it was way too slow when I had only a few windows/tabs open. Then I found Helium and it's awesome