Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
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Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#32Servo! (https://servo.org/) You get to watch as a browser incrementally adds support for the web from scratch, something that hadn't previously happened this century.
I'm also rather bullish on Firefox, hence my staying at Mozilla after Persona's cancellation.
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#33I still use and love Firefox. With the recent multi-processor additions, it's also considerably faster now. I've found the extensions more versatile as well.
I occasionally use Chrome just for Google Maps, since they're considerably faster in Google's own web browser. Although really, I should try to use Open Street Maps more.
Edit: oh and as far as historical browsers, I really liked Galeon back in the day.
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#34I used to use Firefox for Tree Style Tabs and Pentadactyl, but I recently switched over to Qutebrowser[0] and I'm loving it. It has Pentadactyl-inspired keybinds, vertical tabs (no tree-style just yet, though), and it's _way_ snappier than FF. It's refreshing to use after all the bloat that Firefox has acquired and the slow-to-nonexistent development of Pentadactyl. (Not to mention the existential crisis of the FF We…
I tried Qute in the early, early days, then happened to sit in on a CCC lightning talk (completely coincidental) a few days later where the creator spoke about it. I really liked the concept but it wasn't quite there yet, and I didn't have the means (time, skill) to help.
Checking, it still doesn't seem to be in the Debian Stretch repositories (which is a major indicator of maturity and support to me). Is the project active or is it still a hobby project from one core developer?
There are recent releases but it's hard to tell how significant releases are when almost every change log line is something like "New :debug-log-filter command".
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#35Chrome because I actually like being integrated into Google services. The more information I can supply, the better all the other stuff becomes.
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#36Chrome. A web browser built for speed, simplicity, and security.
According to w3schools' browser trend analysis its user base is only rising, even as Microsoft Edge's install numbers are presumably growing. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/default.asp
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#37Safari, it's just got the best performance on my Mac and syncs with iDevices, on Windows I use Chrome but have Firefox and Tor for other purposes.
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#38I like Firefox, but on my Mac I use Safari because every other browser sucks down battery at ridiculous levels in comparison. I don't need anything fancy, and I don't use any extensions (I do my ad blocking at my DNS server). So Safari is generally good enough. The only thing I dislike about it is, when the developer tools are open, everything on the screen flashes red when you click or mouse over it. That's my only…
Hi! Can you elaborate on the ad-blocking at DNS server thing? Thanks!
Pi-Hole [1], for example.
Using a proxy in your system settings together with e.g. Privoxy (which runs locally or remotely on e.g. a RPi) also works (but that is proxy-based filtering).
Both DNS-based and proxy-based filtering can be circumvented. I just use uBlock everywhere, and have been playing around with AdNauseam. These work well enough.
The only time those fail miserably is when a browser is being embedded in an application, like on Android and iOS apps. I tend to buy the premium version anyway if I really like an app (no subscriptions though!).
There are 2 ways to circumvent those apps with ads. 1) use web browser (w/uBlock) instead or 2) use a DNS-based filtering (such as a Pi-Hole). However the latter option requires network access to the DNS server of the Pi-Hole which isn't there when you're roaming (e.g. on 3G/4G or a foreign Wi-Fi network). A workaround to that is using a VPN to your RPi. For me, that is too much work (had a similar setup in past), and the upload speed on my home network isn't to write home about (YMMV). Btw, not sure if all of this can be worked with DNSCrypt since when you're roaming there's the vulnerability of DNS hijacking.
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#39Chrome - still speedy, still simple (with lots of advanced features) and still secure. The channel release system, dev tools and syncing all my files/settings between devices is a god send.
Re: Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?
#40I used to use Firefox for Tree Style Tabs and Pentadactyl, but I recently switched over to Qutebrowser[0] and I'm loving it. It has Pentadactyl-inspired keybinds, vertical tabs (no tree-style just yet, though), and it's _way_ snappier than FF. It's refreshing to use after all the bloat that Firefox has acquired and the slow-to-nonexistent development of Pentadactyl. (Not to mention the existential crisis of the FF We…
I tried Qute in the early, early days, then happened to sit in on a CCC lightning talk (completely coincidental) a few days later where the creator spoke about it. I really liked the concept but it wasn't quite there yet, and I didn't have the means (time, skill) to help. Checking, it still doesn't seem to be in the Debian Stretch repositories (which is a major indicator of maturity and support to me). Is the project…
It's still mainly the core developer, with PRs and issues coming in from other contributors. Development seems to be pretty active and responsive, though. I think it's in a very usable form at this point.