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Does Brave have an implementation of Multi-Account Containers? This is the ONE killer feature in Firefox that makes it impossible for me to leave for Brave completely: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
The first time I actually leant how to use this I was like wow. It was the only reason why I left chrome for firefox
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We have quite a few engineers whose roots lie within, or have passed through, Mozilla. We even have several engineers and team members who pioneered much of the Web at Netscape and prior :)
Are you sure you want to participate in a discussion badmouthing Mozilla? You're not directly saying those things, but you are taking part in the dialog. That sort of behavior makes me pretty angry about Brave. Focus on Brave. You have nothing to do with Mozilla.
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Yes, Firefox need to focus on a usecase. It may not be able to beat chromium right now, but a working IPFS and TOR right inside your "vanilla" Firefox would give a compelling reason to keep it, when you can install chromium/chrome/edge and get better features - except this one!
> working IPFS and TOR right inside your "vanilla" Firefox would give a compelling reason to keep it For 3 people? I don't think IPFS is going to impact market share. Firefox does provide privacy.
Really? Most people who use Firefox are still exposed to tracking. Google is still the default search engine and promoted via Firefox Home, and continues to track the large majority of users who don't change their default. Pretty sure Facebook and Twitter are promoted via the default home page as well. Third party cookies, browser profiling and other tracking mechanisms have barely been addressed. Mozilla seems more focused on lip service, shameless self-promotion and double speak than addressing the problem. The so-called free web is a joke, it's a web of giants, and companies like Mozilla who are mere pawns in their protection racket.
Maybe they shouldn't have let go the guy who made it happen…
Mozilla promised us Tor integration, IPFS integration and more private browsing by default. Brave delivered it all.
It is easier for Brave to deliver new features when the biggest work is done by Chrome team.
It was easy for Apple to deliver Safari, when biggest work was done by Konqueror team...
I would like to use Brave but there is a serious issue--users are unable to install non-store extensions. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/2457 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5761 (duplicate)
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Anyone know why they didn't just use an existing cryptocurrency?
When we launched Rewards (then called 'Payments'), we did so using Bitcoin. During that time, our users would seek to buy about $5 or $10 of BTC at a time. Due to network fees and congestion, these users would pay as much as 90% to fees, and still not be sure when their coins would arrive. This clearly wasn't good for the health and well-being of Brave and Brave "Payments" (now "Rewards"). Our hand was forced, effect…
Serious question — how does BAT distribution work with ETH fees being in the same range now? Have you considered doing atomic swaps with a network like Stellar for a low fee transaction environment? They have a Metamask alternative called Albedo that you could probably effectively integrate into Brave.
I've worked a lot with Stellar and would be glad to help (not shilling, I don't own many XLM, I just know the network well).
Contact in bio if you're interested.
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Opera used to have this capability (internal web server, read/write web) until it was gutted and turned into another chromium skin after V.12
I'd forgotten about that feature! God the old opera was a hell of a browser. M2, the first stand alone web apps ...
I still remember the rhyme "Buy Opera today and make this banner go away!"
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For me, somewhat embarrassingly, the one killer feature is the "Send to Device" feature from firefox on iOS. Being able to send links to browser for later reviewing is super useful. Not sure why Edge or other browsers don't implement
If you’re on iOS you already have native universal hand-off in Safari, works in both directions. Even if it’s off, you can see all your other device’s tabs at the bottom of the mobile safari tab switcher.