Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

Post by eudora » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 12:26 AM UTC

etatoby wrote: post #146

eudora wrote: post #104

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I really want to use Firefox on Android, but I need a couple things: Desperately need the scrolling in Firefox to feel like scrolling in the rest of the apps. And I would very much like easy tab switching by swiping across the title bar thing, and the new tab/new incognito/back button behaviour. Pls Moz pls

Brave browser has been my default browser on Android. It's as fast as Chrome (if not faster) as it uses the same rendering engine Blink; has all the features you mention; has builtin Ad and privacy controls; is developed by Brendan Eich's company (Mozilla's co-founder); but is fully open source and a fork away, if the company starts pulling odd moves.

Post by sbr464 » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 4:08 AM UTC

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #117

sbr464 wrote: post #70

This update really broke a lot of things. There are a lot of services that rely on the first logged in google account. I used to log into chrome with a personal account, and log into gmail/etc first with my business account. That way, my bookmarks and history would stay with me personally, but things that I use a lot, work email/google cloud etc would open as default under the work account. One common issue is some s…

FWIW I've used the dual profile strategy (one for work, one for personal) for a long time and I really like it, so perhaps it just takes some getting used to. For example, I most definitely prefer my bookmarks and browser history to be separate. Let's just say I might blush if the location bar autocompleted some sites from my personal history if I was entering a URL in front of someone at work...

Post by niutech » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 6:08 AM UTC

Post by checkyoursudo » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 1:55 PM UTC

checkyoursudo wrote: post #116

mehrdadn wrote: post #86

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Thanks! But have you had issues with any other videos (or anything else besides lack of Google integration/auto-updates for that matter)?

I have used that Gentoo Chromium on a bunch of different video sites. Here are some examples I can think of: - to stream live webcast and prerecorded webcasts through a Continuing Legal Ed provider, using their (proprietary?) web app. - Vimeo. - NFL.com but not live streamed any games. - some of the 2018 Winter Olympics, including live stream. - videos but no live stream on the Premier League and Bundesliga websites.…

Post by largespoon » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 4:51 PM UTC

bad_user wrote: post #141

eudora wrote: post #104

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I really want to use Firefox on Android, but I need a couple things: Desperately need the scrolling in Firefox to feel like scrolling in the rest of the apps. And I would very much like easy tab switching by swiping across the title bar thing, and the new tab/new incognito/back button behaviour. Pls Moz pls

Given that Chrome on Android doesn’t support extensions and thus no ad/privacy blockers, it might as well not exist and Firefox is for me the only game in town due to supporting uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. Scrolling is irrelevant for me.