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I’m currently use brave and safari.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brave for web browsing, Safari for video streaming. As far as I know, Edge on Windows and Safari on Mac will stream in the best quality possible due to DRM/codecs. Supposedly Safari uses less battery streaming video on Mac too.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use Firefox because it lets me use Tampermonkey, and because I also use a Windows PC for gaming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Safari. I like using a browser that is very similar to Chrome, but I rather avoid Chrome. Edge was also forced for using Bing chat for some time. Safari is fine, but you can't use all the plugins that are available for other browsers, and that is a bit annoying.

I used Firefox a lot before, but some websites that I used had some annoying bugs. I'm also a bit more used to the dev tools of Edge. Of course, I test websites that I build on all 3 browsers, and often have more than one open at the same time.

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

Firefox and sometimes Safari. Since I also have a Windows machine I like to use the same browser on both devices. And I don‘t like giving more data to Google by using Chrome. They know enough about me already

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use Arc and Firefox. Arc is fun and daring, so I'm curious where it goes. I especially like their Spaces, which makes it simple to separate different contexts (e.g. work, personal, entertainment). Not only by cache and cookies, but also visually.

[–] KillaBeez 1 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Firefox and Safari.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I am stuck on Edge on everything. The vertical tab implementation on Edge for me outdoes anything else. I can't go back and no addons do the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Firefox on my personal machine and chrome on my work machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Safari for personal use and Opera (chromium) for work (webdevelopment).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm using edge on a MacBook that I have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I primarily use Linux nowadays, but when I go back to my M1 Macbook Pro, I tend to use Safari. For me it's all about battery life. I'd love to use Firefox, but the battery drain compared to Safari is very noticeable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

DuckDuckGo for Mac.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Add me to the Arc group. Absolutely the best and most game changing app I’ve used in years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I switch the OS I’m using constantly, so I use Firefox cause of its pretty nice syncing features and pretty nice dev tools. Though, I have to use Chrome or some flavor of it for testing.

I actually really like Safari and its syncing within the ecosystem is quite handy, but I mostly need something that’s as good on Windows as it is MacOS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Does anyone else have issues where images copied to the clipboard from Firefox don't paste? They always paste as blank objects for me. Safari and Chrome handle it fine. I would prefer to stick with Firefox if possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@rebiots was on chrome for a bit but went back to Safari for the ecosystem features but leaning towards doing a Safari/Firefox split

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Brave and Safari

I used to be a Firefox fanboy. But they don't care for resources and just eat ram and cpu for lunch. So, it is not usable for me, unless I close all tabs all the time - which I don't like.

[–] sinistrelle 1 points 2 years ago

Safari and Edge. I need to use Edge because I have several non-Apple devices so synchronisation presents a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Firefox and Tor browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@rebiots Firefox for Mac, Safari for iOS.

[–] btmoo 1 points 2 years ago

I was reading comments in this thread about Arc, and I was intrigued and watched a youtube video about it. The thing I don't understand (and I haven't tried Arc yet) is how are the Arc tabs different than just leaving the tab groups expanded on the left in Safari? The UI looks almost identical. Is there a usage model that I've missed?

[–] malloc 1 points 2 years ago

Safari — mostly for the password manager, sms short codes auto entry, and privacy oriented features

[–] SusanPearson 1 points 2 years ago

I use Arc for the majority of my online life but Chrome for my Genealogy because the BrainTool extension only behaves as I would like in Chrome and it is a fantastic extension for managing all the elements of my research.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firefox, or Brave when things don't work on Firefox. Arc looks interesting from this thread and I've requested an invite. I keep an eye on Safari, especially new privacy features regularly being added and supported by Apple - though I'm aware of their privacy policy generally means they protect your privacy from everyone except Apple.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don’t need an invite for arc. Just go download it. I think i used homebrew to get it without an invite

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

Got it via Homebrew - thanks for the tip

UPDATE: Opening the app asks for a login, when I enter my email it says not on the Waitlist so I guess they've changed it to require an invite before you can use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Boo. I uninstalled it a week after installing it. I just use Tree Style Tabs in firefox now which is about the only thing i like in arc. Lord knows we don’t need another chromium browser trying to reinvent the GUI.

[–] moosh 1 points 2 years ago

Safari here.

[–] coolfission 1 points 2 years ago

Chrome and Firefox but I really want to switch to just Firefox. I wish Firefox had multi user accounts and tab grouping since I rely on those two features all the time.

[–] Porgey 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Arc! By far the best browser I’ve used on ANY platform.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use safari. It’s smooth, minimalistic and I like the integration with iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Firefox, although also looking for a very lightweight privacy friendly browser.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Edge for work, Firefox for personal. Safari for fun sometimes when I’m bored.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I try to use Firefox as much as I can since it's the last rendering engine that isn't owned by Apple or Google.

If Firefox doesn't work I've found Vivaldi to be a nice alternative to Chrome/Edge/Brave.

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