Waterfox Browser

#1

Post by isaac21259 » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 4:27 AM UTC

Re: Waterfox Browser

#2

Post by overeater » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:14 AM UTC

Several things make me skeptical about this browser.

1) Homepage is a bit uncared for. The Copyright shows "2020" at the bottom, the top screenshot looks doctored rather than being a real screenshot.

2) It's owned by an ad marketing platform, System1, as noted in the FAQ.

On the plus side, the Github repository is active.

Re: Waterfox Browser

#3

Post by Causality1 » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:16 AM UTC

Has Waterfox gotten its act together? Last I checked on it it had a reputation of being slow and unstable,and its users were mostly people who needed XUL support. Of course those same people said it didn't have much life left in it but it's obviously still here.

Re: Waterfox Browser

#4

Post by melenaos » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:17 AM UTC

By reading the subtitle 'a perfect ballance between privacy and usability' i think that it wont have privacy and might be less user friendly that other browsers.

Also, the statement that you try to collect less data doesn't says anything about privacy.

Re: Waterfox Browser

#5

Post by mastrsushi » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:19 AM UTC

Ambitious, but absolutely not "the fastest browser in existence"

Re: Waterfox Browser

#6

Post by nextaccountic » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:23 AM UTC

Is this related to Firefox? The name suggests it, but the page doesn't say

Re: Waterfox Browser

#7

Post by iota8 » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:26 AM UTC

Not much information on the home page on why to use this and not Firefox. As this is derivative of Firefox, then what does it add over Firefox?

Re: Waterfox Browser

#8

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:29 AM UTC

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Re: Waterfox Browser

#9

Post by Jowsey » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:32 AM UTC

nextaccountic wrote: post #6

Is this related to Firefox? The name suggests it, but the page doesn't say

Its big thing originally was being a 64-bit port of Firefox. I assume it's still based on Firefox in some way, based on the name, but not really sure what it brings to the table anymore, besides some minor stuff you can already get with extensions.

Re: Waterfox Browser

#10

Post by metagame » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 6:39 AM UTC

iota8 wrote: post #7

Not much information on the home page on why to use this and not Firefox. As this is derivative of Firefox, then what does it add over Firefox?

It doesn't ship ads in your web browser, unlike Firefox. It allows you to install WebExtensions from any source (even if you don't sign them with Mozilla!), unlike Firefox.

I wouldn't recommend it, but that's just because I wouldn't recommend any web browser right now.