Thread: Alternatives to Firefox

Thanks for the additional links and advice - cleared Cache and History and will see what happens after the next update that I have been dismissing for a few days. After update I will clear cache etc again.

As mentioned above I will load up the suggested alternative browsers and see what best suits.

Thanks for all the contributions - greatly appreciated.

Garry

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Thanks for the additional links and advice - cleared Cache and History and will see what happens after the next update that I have been dismissing for a few days. After update I will clear cache etc again.

As mentioned above I will load up the suggested alternative browsers and see what best suits.

Thanks for all the contributions - greatly appreciated.

Garry

I've nearly forgotten what cache and history are with Safari.

If in doubt I just click on preferences and if any data has been loaded I just click delete and that's it.

This is with cookies enabled all the time.

. DL

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Thanks for the additional links and advice - cleared Cache and History and will see what happens after the next update that I have been dismissing for a few days. After update I will clear cache etc again.

Sorry to say - clearing the cache and history had no impact - will look at the alternative browsers suggested.

I'm going to try out "Waterfox".
I think Ron(P38a) suggested it.

DG

Brave and Opera are very good browsers.

Brave cuts out a lot of unwanted online traffic, saving time, etc.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Home system running Win 10 and Firefox.

I have been running Firefox for many years and it overall has worked well for me but over the past few months each update causes me grief. Basically now I have tabs that will not open, update or work. Then all is OK then they play up. I have tried no updating but the advice to update starts to become annoying after a few days.

Also Modzilla does not have a "help desk" so help is via chat rooms which rarely provide the required information.

When firefox plays up and tabs will not update I use my phone system to get the information I am after or use Chrome. Now Chrome does work well but I do not like its layouts where for example the bookmarks menu goes across the page and off it - prefer to just hit a menu and the sub menus drop down. Also I have heard Chrome is bringing in an update where Adblockers cannot be used in future - not good.

So any other suggestions for a browser where menus drop down - other that Firefox and Chrome I really do not know much about browsers.

Thanks

Garry

Originally Posted by Jackpos

Brave and Opera are very good browsers.

Brave cuts out a lot of unwanted online traffic, saving time, etc.

Opera purchased by Chinese consortium Opera (web browser) - Wikipedia

Opera probably works well, but.."Unfortunately, Opera is not considered a secure browser. Its built-in VPN is logging your data, and there are also other privacy issues." Opera Browser Review: How Secure is it in 2022? | VPNpro

I use Waterfox on Puppy Linux.

Brave seems to get good reviews.

Still prefer Firefox myself and rarely have an issue with it

Also use vivaldi and brave regularly but some things in these don't work as I would like

Browsers are like cars - everyone likes to choose what they like and then usually tweak it to make it a more personal experience.

The tweaking is usually where the issues occur - updates no longer supporting extensions, or settings are cleared with new installations and updates.

As a suggestion, try and keep your firefox installation as vanilla as possible, install the necessary browser extensions for security ad blocking, no-script etc and on top of all that - get away from the mainstream firefox and choose to install Firefox ESR instead.

ESR - Extended Service Release - it is to ensure stability and compatibility in large institutions where browsers need to be kept on a strict update schedule.

What does it mean? typically not all the bells and whistles supported immediately - and some outright simply not supported.

Overall, the ESR releases of firefox are far more stable and less prone to all the continual update cycle BS that is thrust upon the public when someone decide the world needs to have a new feature when the actual consumption of said feature would result in uptake of 0.0000000000001% of the population.

Like I said at the outset - everyone likes their browser "their" way. The less you customize and the more you leave as-is, the less issues you will generally encounter.

Get your security up to scratch, be vigilant about ad blocking and script blocking and stay on top of all the sites blindly adopting 3rd party scripts and trackers.