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Zen Browser: A New Privacy-Focused Browser(Firefox) (techwavearena.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Always like to test out default installed browsers against browseraudit.com.

Score :

Passed : 396
Warning : 35
Critical : 0
Skipped : 0

Not too shabby

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

First I've heard of browseraudit, thanks for sharing!

EDIT: For comparison I got the same scores on Firefox (duh) and the following on Edge.

Score :

Passed : 392
Warning : 39
Critical : 0
Skipped : 0

Bonus! Browserbench.org speedometer 3.0 scores:

Firefox; version 132.0.1 (64-bit)): 13.9
Firefox nightly; version 134.0a1): 18.6
Zen; version 1.0.1-a.17 (Firefox 132.0)): 17.6
Edge; version 130.0.2849.68 (Official build) (64-bit): 19.8

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So keep using Firefox with some addons unless you really really want inbuilt customization? Zen seems to be more about customisation first and privacy second.

So far I'm gonna pass. My librewolf keeps me happy.