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I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome) (www.zdnet.com)
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The title is err, not correct because the top 2 alternatives Opera and Arc are based on Chromium engine. I have seen tons of people swear by Arc, but I am seriously asking (since as a Linux user I can't use it), how much good can a browser be in this day and age if ultimately it's ad blocking breaks and it will since Manifest v2 will go soon(unless Arc folks have a solution for it)

The rest alternatives are Firefox, Zen (FF fork but honestly Atleast this was something new I learned from this article) and Tor (which is weird since it is not meant for normal web browsing and using it will not only be slow but put additional strain on the nodes, correct me if I am wrong).

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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 107 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I switched from Firefox to Floorp and haven't looked back. Less bloated, same features, haven't found an extension that isn't compatible yet.

Same with Fennec on Android.

This article is pretty poor overall. Why recommend Arc, a browser that requires a user account to even open a webpage, and which the author himself said will probably be disappearing in the near future as part of their own product strategy?

Lame clickbait aimed at nobody.

[–] IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why did you go with Floorp vs the other FF forks? Just curious.

[–] clot27@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

For me, librewolf focuses too much on privacy sacrificing features, I personally dont like zen's design. There's others like waterfox but didnt tried them

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It sounded on base value like the least effort when switching from Firefox. It basically came down to Floorp and LW. I tried the former first and didn't see a need to continue looking.

[–] trueheresy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is interesting as I've not even heard of Floorp and alternatives have been such a hot topic the last month between manifest v3 and firefoxes updated terms fiasco.

Can I ask, what for you had you opt for floorp vs the more commonly mentioned alternatives like Librewolf, Waterfox, etc.?

[–] aqua_cat@pawb.social 10 points 2 days ago

I at least switched to Floorp for more customization options and funny name, but back then Floorp also had vertical tabs and side-dock before any other Firefox fork (afaik).

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It sounded like the easiest migration from FF, and I tried it first out of the options I had lined up to consider (inc. LibreWolf). I expect LW is great too, but I'm time poor and until Floorp gives me a reason to switch, I'll stick with it.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried Firedragon? Floorp-based but with some eye candy and privacy enhancements. (Linux only at the moment)

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

No but I like Floorp and I like eye candy, so I certainly will be!

[–] jef@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Floorp is a nightmare from my experience, I've tried it about 2 years ago, it was pretty cool but insanely buggy, I've been trying it maybe once every 2 months ever since and it hasn't gotten better IMO, if you customize almost anything in the ui, things will break eventually, and I always get frequent freezes and crashes.

At this point I just use Firefox with Betterfox user.JS and its been great, you get ff updates as fast as they come out since it's not a frok, also has all bloat and telemetry disabled, whenever I try out another browser I just switch back to ff for one reason or another.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

I've been using it on Linux for months and have had zero issues. FIrefox, on the other hand, constantly crashes. When it even opens in the first place.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't had many bugs but I'm primarily using it on a MacBook, so maybe it's more stable than on Linux? Though that in itself would also be a bother as I have a Linux desktop that I want to install on, so I'll be looking out for these issues when I do.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm using it on Linux and have had zero issues.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well fingers crossed for me then as I don't really want to spend the time to migrate again!

[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if floorp has improved, because people are talking it up lately. My experience a few months ago was like yours, it was very buggy.

[–] jef@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Last I've tried it was about a week ago, it was as I described. FYI I am on a mac, so Linux/windows might be less buggy, not sure.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 1 day ago

I was using the flatpak on Linux.

[–] clot27@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

Exactly the same. Floorp Fennec ftw