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For those who can't switch away from Chrome extensions yet I recommend trying Vivaldi Made by Opera browser Founder https://vivaldi.com

Opera got sold and the people who used to work there now continue their work at Vivaldi. Love their browser: strong focus on keyboard users, fast, privacy oriented. https://vivaldi.com

Vivaldi browser https://vivaldi.com/ and Vivaldi browser snapshot (both available for desktop and mobile) have become my favorite(s). Support all Chrome(ium) extensions, highly customizable, tab groups and tab-stacking. Been using both for 5ish years and probably never going back. I like FF but its insistince that I need to sign in from another device to verify that I am me has always been a little bit...obnoxious. Google is a joke in terms of privacy, no matter what they claim. Their entire business model is selling ads, and they do that by watching us.

Been using Vivaldi [0] on and off for the last few years. Now trying to run it full-time the last couple weeks (thanks to Microsoft's questionable Edge "additions" and avoiding Chrome for any non-Google sites). Still has a couple quirks I'm getting used to (e.g. no touchpad gestures for history navigation), but the customization is great. It is partially closed-source, but they are open about what they do [1]. [0]: https://vivaldi.com [1]: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/

You should also try Vivaldi[0] if you're already shopping around. Once Firefox went belly-up last week I needed a new browser, and Vivaldi made the cut for me. They publish their source code and do a great job of stripping the Google features out of Chrome. [0] https://vivaldi.com

https://vivaldi.com/ . I know it isn’t fully open source, but it is amazing.

Looks great. Will be playing with it. My gold standard for the command palette in the browser is [Vivaldi][1], which I revisit every few months but never stick with it. The [Eesel][2] extension is another option, but you win big for me on size: 101KiB vs 1.29MiB. [1]: https://vivaldi.com/ [2]: https://www.eesel.app/

It's great that we have all these choices for privacy-focused browsers. How does https://iridiumbrowser.de/ compare to https://brave.com and https://vivaldi.com ? It seems like Iridium can install any Chrome plugins and is available in the normal repos for Debian/Ubuntu, FreeBSD, etc (as well as Windows/Mac), but it's not backed by a company (and the company's marketing dollars), so it might be even more privacy-focused. (I do see a lot more crashes with Iridium than Brave on a systemd-removed Debian-based system, however.)

Recommend Vivaldi (https://vivaldi.com) as an alternative to Brave. Same Chromium based browser, but without any of the crypto stuff and has a lot of nice built-in features. Works on PC/Mac/Linux/Phone.

If you like chromium ecosystem, I suggest trying the Vivaldi browser. https://vivaldi.com It won me over with (1) the ability to split the window into multiple tabs (2) ability to turn any webpage into a side-bar "applet-thingy" -- great for having whatsapp, todoist, always on the side while you switch tabs. It also has plenty of other features aimed at power-users.

The Vivaldi web browser[0] found a great solution to this problem years ago. Tab stacking, tab tiles, and native tab hibernation. I've been rocking it for 3+ years now, and I've got to say it is the best browser out there. [0]: https://vivaldi.com/

I'm not gonna bother with 'studies' or manual workaround - I'm just going to wait for an update. In the meantime I'm enjoying trying out Vivaldi[1] - really reminds me of opera 3/4, that I loved. 1: https://vivaldi.com

I'm very happy with Vivaldi: - It has amazing features like tab stacking; - super fast and lightweight; - also uses the Blink rendering engine; - is compatible with most of Chrome extensions; AND - takes privacy seriously. Give it a try: https://vivaldi.com

Vivaldi! +1 for mentioning Otter though - those guys are doing amazing work https://vivaldi.com/ https://otter-browser.org/

Vivaldi might be your best bet: https://vivaldi.com Interacting with disk isn't easy with Chrome, but using something like Styler or GreaseMonkey (or whatever it's called now) lets you mess with a page however you want. The overhead of an extension is pretty small, once you actually build it and set your browser to developer mode.

https://vivaldi.com The Vivaldi browser has copied the original Firefox user interface and stole the best ideas from the Firefox extension makers so if you want the Chromium web rendering engine with the original Firefox user interface you are served by the Vivaldi browser. Hopefully they will become profitable and release their modification under a free software license.

Ah, another browser to keep an eye on. In a good way. What else is there that is worth checking out? I.e. not a 1:1 chrome/ff clone with one extension integrated. https://vivaldi.com/ (they push a few new things, it's closed source.. and rather taxing on performance) http://otter-browser.org/ (this is more or less a hobby project I'd say)

My favorite alternate browser right now is Vivaldi [1]. It's made more for power users with a lot of customization options. It's built by Opera's former CEO. [1] https://vivaldi.com

Ctrl+F "Vivaldi" -- no relevant comments? Vivaldi is impossibly excellent. How is Arc getting so much more attention? Want vertical tabs? Vivaldi. Side bar? Vivaldi. Workspaces? Vivaldi. Mouse gestures? Vivaldi. Vertical space? Vivaldi. Customizable speed dial? Vivaldi. Keyboard commands? Popout mini-browser? Encrypted sync? Page tiling? Chrome extensions? Multiple types of tab groups? Excellent tools for inspection, screenshotting, etc.? Total anonymity? Everything comes up Vivaldi. And what's more, Vivaldi actually works for the USER. They spoof their ID (due to Google sabotage) that lets us use Bing Chat without switching to Chrome. They don't even ask for your email address, unlike Arc. They'll GIVE you an email system for free. Vivaldi's openly committed to rejecting Google's Manifest v3 that cripples user control over what information is collected by Google and what extensions a user can use in their own browser. And yet Vivaldi receives virtually no attention or praise. And Arc has been showered with it for years, despite never shipping a product until today. It's... very strange. This browser is everything I could ever dream of, and it doesn't get a fraction of the attention that Firefox, Brave, or Chrome gets. Link for Vivaldi, from the same people behind the original Opera: https://vivaldi.com

Used to be a major advocate of Firefox as power user for almost 10years after switching from Maxthon/MyIE2 as the previous best browser. Now I just use https://Vivaldi.com ... far more customisation and features than Firefox. Even includes some of the power addons Firefox used to have as good addons... before it became the complete noob dog shit like it is now. Seriously Mozilla can go fuck themselves (I mean they already are, they lobotomised there browser into a crappy chrome clone in all but engine backend) maybe I should make a website like majrko.fyi competently trashing every aspect of Firefox. I can't even stand it (it pales in comparison to what it could be with the previous addon system) and it's new stupid slide menu system is just a big fucking waste of time designed by idiots who haven't a clue about good workflow. And the complete lack of customisation and features compared to Vivaldi is joke (or even what Firefox used to be capable of..so sad) At this point vanilla Chrome is just basic google garbage, but I wouldn't goto Firefox because of it's so called privacy aspects.. I'd goto Vivaldi instead for the features.. Privacy is dead.

I completely rely on Firegestures, the premiere mouse gesture addon. Mouse gestures are in my muscle memory. I can't live without them, and every single Webextensions Chrome mouse gestures addon either: a) Sucks. Doesn't work at all on internal pages including new pages (which is not a blocker, but sucks), and more importantly doesn't work _well_ ANYWHERE. Inconsistent behavior, poor performance. Just unacceptable. b) Is actually literally malware. Once Chrome extensions get popular, a shady Chinese or Russian consortium buys them up, adds user tracking, and silently updates the extension so your every move is followed. Chrome has been around for almost 10 years now, so I'm absolutely convinced that Webextensions are unable to support _GOOD_ mouse gestures. Now that Firefox will shortly become hot stinking Chinatown garbage, my only hope will be Vivaldi, a browser using Blink (Chrome's backend). Its mouse gestures are really close to being usable-- it only lacks configurable mouse button chording. https://vivaldi.com/

Why limit yourself to one browser? I use many browsers. Though Chome tends to be my main goto on the desktop for personal stuff mainly because of the good syncing system they set up early and Opera Mobile on the phone (I dropped Chrome here as it seems to be getting worse). IE I save for work on screen presentations so you don't have browser history showing up as you type plus the odd archaic system that demands IE. I use FF for some work areas to keep separate accounts. Also FF still have the best best extensions environment. And Opera for the accounts reason too. Another browser and possible contender for my main desktop browser is Vivaldi. While not quite there this is still early days. It's being founded by some of the old Opera Browser team. They are trying to rebuild a browser with the old core Opera values and create a power user product. Check it out: https://vivaldi.com/ I'm using this also and keeping a close eye on how it developes. Also if your browser is bogging you down due to hardware limitation try Opera 12 (old version before the big shift). It's very resource friendly. Disclaimer: Ex-Opera employee

The solution for the (as of yet) small group of people who cares about these things is very simple: community driven forks. With the bonus that you also get a set of great (and per fork different yet handy) features. These include: Waterfox (Firefox) - https://www.waterfox.com/ Zen Browser (Firefox) - https://zen-browser.app/ Librewolf (Firefox) - https://librewolf.net/ Helium (Chrome/Chromium) - https://helium.computer/ Ungoogled Chromium (Chrome/Chromium) - https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium Also as one of the major players, Vivaldi already made a stand against AI and forcefully including (agentic) AI in the web browser: https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/. It's a Chromium based browser with a lot of nice features and deep customization options: https://vivaldi.com/

I use Vivaldi[1]. Also has built-in ad-blocker although I'm not sure how good it is compared to Ublock or others. [1] https://vivaldi.com/

I'd say Vivaldi[0] scratches that itch better for me, without having to sell my soul to the crypto gods. I only wish it did not crash randomly on MacOS a couple of times per week. [0]: https://vivaldi.com/

> Edge and Arc always keep your tabs in sync between devices and inside their respective workspaces Maybe try Vivaldi? https://vivaldi.com/ I’ve got about 5 different workspaces and can flip between any of them on windows/linux whether that’s desktop or laptop. Has a ton of features I always wanted in Firefox, but never knew I needed (I think that statement makes sense?) OSX app is a bit meh, but might be because I’ve got muscle memory with safari. Edit — as a DevOps main I feel your documentation/research pain. Genuinely I feel like Vivaldi solved the 300+ tabs over multiple OSes/machines problem for me. (I think my record was 500ish tabs at one point). Edit 2 — maybe it’s not a DevOps thing. Maybe I’m just a tabs weirdo. :shrugs:

I have both Orion and Vivaldi instead for this reason. If Orion ends up being too janky, I fall back to Vivaldi. https://kagi.com/orion/ https://vivaldi.com/

I'd like that Vivaldi is also a great option, and the company is a legitimate employee owned cooperative. https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/

Firefox has been going downhill for a while now, so it's not surprising. That said, if you don't want to use Chrome, a fairly good alternative would be Vivaldi [0] - a surprisingly neat browser created by the ex-founder of Opera. It's based on the Chromium engine, so no weird rendering shenanigans, but at the same time is quite technically capable, with ad blocking, mouse gestures, email client, etc. [0] https://vivaldi.com/