What's your favorite browser for 2020?

[mnorian]

Hi all.

I have been using Vivaldi browser for the last several years; and thought it was a little known one; but was pleasantly surprised to find it top rated by the Youtube channel Techgumbo:

It is a Chromium based browser so you can use all the add-ons in the Chrome web site.

The most favorite feature that I like about it is the easy to use screen-shot grabber; as I post a lot of images to CF. Second would be the built in ad-blocker; it works so well; I forget the net even has ads.

They have a beta for Android devices as well; that just came out last fall.

What is your current favorite browser?

 

[St. Helens]

I have a Chrombook with a built in Chrome browser. Its is such a hassle free platform. No massive updates that hijack the machine for half a day. No paint in the tails Java with its adware based helper objects either. The Chromebook and its browser isn't crippled by bloatware. So I would have to say Chrome on a Chromebook is my favorite browser.

 

[Lost4words]

Will have to try that. Thanks for sharing as i use an Android tablet

 

[paul1149]

Hi @mnorian ,

Here's a nice article giving a glimpse at some of V's features. It's a couple years old, but still pretty good.

How to use Vivaldi for research | Vivaldi Browser

 

[bekkilyn]

I like Chrome mostly, though I get annoyed with its incessant memory leakage, so may try Vivaldi now that you've told us about it.

However, I also use Bing (on Android) a lot due to the Microsoft Rewards program and I can often get a year of Xbox Live Gold for "free" by building up enough points from browsing on Bing, so even on Chrome on my PC, I'll use Bing for search engine.

 

[Anthony2019]

On my desktop PC and touchscreen laptop I run Fedora Workstation (a Linux distribution).

The default browser is Firefox which is a good all rounder and handy if you need to use certain extensions.

For day to day use, I use the Epiphany (Gnome) Web Browser because it loads up faster than Firefox, is clean and simple to use and works beautifully with my touch interface. It handles most sites pretty well. I have a plugin called Lightspark installed which handles all the rich multimedia content without needing to install Adobe Flash.

 

[Isilwen]

Ever since Firefox was released, that has been my browser of choice.

I did try others, such as Chrome and MS Edge, but I always go back to Firefox.

 

[Lost4words]

Ever since Firefox was released, that has been my browser of choice.

I did try others, such as Chrome and MS Edge, but I always go back to Firefox.

Does it work good on a tablet

 

[Isilwen]

Does it work good on a tablet

Actually, yes.

 

[JustRachel]

I've used Firefox forever. I'd hate to set up something new.

 

[rnmomof7]

Hi all.

I have been using Vivaldi browser for the last several years; and thought it was a little known one; but was pleasantly surprised to find it top rated by the Youtube channel Techgumbo:

It is a Chromium based browser so you can use all the add-ons in the Chrome web site.

The most favorite feature that I like about it is the easy to use screen-shot grabber; as I post a lot of images to CF. Second would be the built in ad-blocker; it works so well; I forget the net even has ads.

They have a beta for Android devices as well; that just came out last fall.

What is your current favorite browser?

I use safari I guess I am just comfortable with it.. I also have Firefox and chrome ...Just remembering I had Brave on my old computer.. they say they are the most private ..may try that again

 

[Lost4words]

I have used the Brave browser. It was quite decent. Not used it in over a year.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

Firefox doesnt seem to work for me anymore on my pc so I have been using Chrome.

 

[Sophrosyne]

I've used Mozilla browsers since Netscape 4.0 came out in the 90s through the Netscape series to Mozilla Browsers to currently Firefox on PC and Android. It was the first to have an adblocker and extensions.

 

[HantsUK]

I use FF the most, but also Chrome and Safari on Mac, and IE & FF on PC. Sometimes all together. For example, I have cookies disabled on FF for any Goggle sites, but that stops me logging into Goggle, so use Chrome if I need to log in to Goggle.
If I am doing anything financial, then I will not have any other websites open on that browser (in other tabs/windows), and will use a 2nd browser to look at other sites at the same time.
If a website limits how many pages/views you can do before having to login, you can continue on a 2nd (or 3rd) browser.
Or use one browser to log into Facebook, and another browser to view FB when not logged in.

 

[mnorian]

I use FF the most, but also Chrome and Safari on Mac, and IE & FF on PC. Sometimes all together. For example, I have cookies disabled on FF for any Goggle sites, but that stops me logging into Goggle, so use Chrome if I need to log in to Goggle.
If I am doing anything financial, then I will not have any other websites open on that browser (in other tabs/windows), and will use a 2nd browser to look at other sites at the same time.
If a website limits how many pages/views you can do before having to login, you can continue on a 2nd (or 3rd) browser.
Or use one browser to log into Facebook, and another browser to view FB when not logged in.

Oh; I didn't know that using a different browser would allow you to post more to sites that limit free views; I'll have to try that for ones like the Washington Post. Thanks.

 

[HantsUK]

Oh; I didn't know that using a different browser would allow you to post more to sites that limit free views; I'll have to try that for ones like the Washington Post. Thanks.

It will depend on how the site tracks your visits. A different browser is normally seen as a different user (and two people using the same browser will be seen as one person). Try it and see.

 

[Joey Arnold]

I like Firefox.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I use safari I guess I am just comfortable with it.. I also have Firefox and chrome ...Just remembering I had Brave on my old computer.. they say they are the most private ..may try that again

Hi; you seem to know a lot more than me about computer browsers; my wife is the expert at home, here also...

 

[faroukfarouk]

PS:Maybe I should leave computer comments to those who know more about them...