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The thread sleep feature looks useful. Use to use an extension the great suspender to do the same until it got hijacked with malware...
89 tries so far? :P
Please make it real lean and just give us an uninstall option. ^_^b
You've been able to uninstall the Chromium version of Edge for sometime now, it's worth noting though that doing so will restore the links to the original Edge as that can't be uninstalled.Quote:
Originally Posted by ruckus
The best Chromium-based browser for me is still Vivaldi, which has had these customizations for a long time already (and many more). The only downside (on Linux) is no Wayland support, but it's getting there with Ozone (not that the X11 version is bad, far from it).
I use Vivaldi too, as mentioned above it has had vertical tabs for years.
Microsoft edge, always bringing up the rear...
Vivaldi goes too far in giving customisation imo and the HTML rendered UI really makes the whole thing sluggish. It's nice that you can modify it with CSS, but how many people actually do that.
Brave is my preferred browser now, it feels like Chrome just with a few nice to haves sprinkled on top and a bonus of about $100 worth of BAT after about a year of using it is nice too.
I've not used the latest version of Edge, but the older one is still ok for occasional use. In fact, I just loaded it up and first thing I see is their privacy disclaimer... guess I need to do some reading!
I like Firefox and Vivaldi... Chrome is still the default browser, but I do like Firefox's Facebook container. I use these 3 browsers for browser isolation... don't want google to know EVERYTHING I do online.
Also Vivaldi seems to be the only browser in which NoScript works properly anymore (based on the other browsers I've used). The others seem to have bypassed NoScript.
One thing I'm uncomfortable with Edge is the fact that it's the by the same dev as my OS. And that windows settings integration is not going to aleviate my concerns much further (at least that first screenshot looks the same as Settings aka modern Control Panel)!
Now, if only Chrome didn't use 2GB of RAM when idle, that'd be nice! I've only got 20 tabs open, and most are idle... so what's the memory being used for? If I had to guess, it's those damn trackers!
I've noticed Firefox is nowhere near as bad a resource hog as Chrome!
I've used it a while back but got bored of it. Didn't know it got hijacked though! When did this happen?Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesemp
If you're talking about the warning that Chrome gives, this happens when an app gets taken off the store, not because it got hijacked. I found that out last month, when I saw a bunch of warnings, then looked in the store. They were not there anymore.
EDIT: So I just saw the video. Sleeping tabs is exactly the same as The Great Suspender (just a different implementation of it). Good job MS, stealing someone else's ideas and calling it the great innovation....:clapping:
Vivaldi and Brave are the best two Chromium browsers.
I was a life long Firefox user until Mozilla went to the dark side, getting involved in politics and embracing de-platforming, they are no longer trust worthy. Mozilla don't care despite all the negative responses from open source community, bad leadership at Mozilla has sadly become rooted deep and refuses to leave.
Librefox is a fork of Firefox removing Mozilla's telemetry if you wish to still use it.
Firefox was always a good browser when it came to details, its gets lots of little user experience things right that are missing in Chromium browsers.
But its actual browsing performance is poor vs Chromium browsers now that I've switched to Brave, especially when it comes to recovery from anything that spikes RAM usage, Firefox never fully recovers gets sluggish and needs a restart, Brave on the other hand always stays smooth as silk.
Brave is developed by former Firefox devs too.
I really should try this some day.
For the last time Microsoft ... "I am NOT going to use it!"
I have to use edge at work and it's so dumbed down it's like using a phone,
I just hate it.
From reading this thread had a look at Brave and looks interesting, might try that out this week
I've got Brave on my Tablets. It's pretty decent, and functional. Haven't tried the desktop version yet.... but might give it a go too. As I've heard good things about it elsewhere as well.
Can Brave sync automatically between desktop and android versions? - By that I mean every x period of time rather than a one off sync.
To be fair I've not changed browser for years. Firefox now and probably always will be as it's setup just how I like it, syncs across my machines including the ui etc. and just works
Long gone are the times I will mess about with my setups and that includes hardware now
See https://www.techworm.net/2021/02/goo...extension.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Scryder
To be fair to Microsoft if the original inventor is going to make money flogging it off to some random malware team I'd rather they implement it!
Huh, thanks. Yeah, seems the new owners wanted to do a bit of sneaky spying to the extension's large userbase. Good thing google nuked it then.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesemp
I'm still meh about using MS product on a MS OS (at least as my main browser, might use it occasionally).
Appreciate the link. It was an interesting read.
No problem. I'll be honest Edge has been a great replacement to Chrome for me. Everything I'm use to but a bit less bloat and I trust Microsoft more than Google but hey everyone has different priorities. I just wanted something consistent across phone/desktop. Just got the build with the tab sleep and vertical tabs and they both work well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scryder
Nice. You know what, I want to move away from Chrome as well, so use 2 other browsers now. This is something I started to do a couple of months ago, but am a bit too lazy at certain times. Also things like youtube still need a google login, so makes sense to keep that on Chrome imo. But certain pages I use, I've moved to the other browser completely... speaking of, I need to move my Hexus away from Chrome as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesemp
I've seen videos about browser isolation, and some of that made sense to me... not leaving all your eggs in one basket. So new Edge and probably Brave certainly has a place in my future... the more browsers the merrier I say. And probably makes sense to move my outlook account to Edge...
Although I understand my ISP still keep all my data thanks to the Snoopers Charter, at least I can make it harder for the other corporations... even if it's just a bit. Speaking of, it's near on impossible to turn off Location Services on my Kindle Fire tablets (without rooting it). Every once in a while, I check privacy settings, and it magically turned itself back on! It's whack-a-mole for me.
Incidentally, syncing across devices is not an issue for me, as my Desktop PC is my main area where I browse the net. I don't care about syncing with the Tablets or Smartphone (something I only got last month!), main thing I watch on tablets is youtube, and that's synced already thanks to the google login requirement.
So I learned something new today. You can create a .bat file to load webpages on ANY browser in Win10! Last time I created a bat file was in the DOS days to run games, multiple windows instances and some programs. Then used it a while back for something else at work.
This will come in very handy for me... especially when deciding which browser to open which page... as per my post above. This came just in time and will save me tons of time and hassle!
Not sure you can pin tabs, but useful nonetheless.
Here's the link to the video explaining it, TechGumbo on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMxuTcceR6M
Enjoy!