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Librera Reader (PRO)
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Free version contains ads
The Pro version has no problem. Alternatively, the fdroid version works as well, though it might be annoying to those who want cloud integration because the fdroid version doesn't have cloud integration.
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Has all the functionality one needs - nothing is missing and there's nothing excessive
Best app so far.
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No way to set a "home" folder
You have to press the back button a ridiculous amount of times to exit the app and then browse back to your books when you want to read again later.
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Fast animation
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Cannot reverse PDF reflow to return to normal view without exiting the PDF and opening again
Very annoying when you want to view graphics and tables etc.
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FOSS
GPL v.3.
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Some times adds blank pages after an image
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Can read aloud texts
Customize the voice with pitch, speed and do whatever you want with it.
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Flips pages by itself, cannot get it to stop
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UI and reading customization will blow your mind
You can even customize CSS code to fine-tune display of epub books. The best reader to handle online catalogs and TTS reading!
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Platforms:
Android
License:
GPL-3.0-or-later
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https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/
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ReadEra
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Open and read book files in EPUB, PDF, DOC, RTF, TXT, DJVU, FB2, MOBI and CHM formats
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No light mode
No light mode for the menu. Unusable if you have astigmatism.
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Very fast
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Not many settings
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Completely free, no ads anywhere and anytime
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Slow animations
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Supports chapters, bookmarks and page style
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Image sizing is wrong compared to other readers
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Supports TTS
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Images aren't has sharp as other readers
Images don't look like they are supposed to unless you full screen the image.
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Attractive interface
Looks well made and not just a txt editor or something.
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Kids mode
Makes it easier for kids to use the app.
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Does not work without log-in
Adobe is one of the biggest data harvesting companies.
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Real All PDF
There isn't a PDF file which cannot be read by this app.
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Cloud compatible
Can connect to Dropbox and Google Drive.
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SD location recognition
Locate SD location and scan it quickly.
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Multiple view modes
Page, scrolling, two-page (in landscape) and a reflow mode.
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Just works
The app reads all PDF files.
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PocketBook - PDF, EPUB reader
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Asks to send you "offers"
Very suspicious.
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Beautiful user interface
Pocketbook is a very nicely designed eBook reader for Android that has a simple and intuitive interface.
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It asks for access to ALL your files in order to complete the install
ALL FILES? WHY??? Not just some prescribed folder, but everything, everywhere. Who would grant that kind of access?
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Crop page margins for pdf books
PocketBook allows manually or automatically cropping page margins to better fit text on screen.
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Most recent update removed features
No longer recognizes my TTS no longer has a sleep timer.
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Free
Pocketbook is a completely free eReader with zero in app purchases.
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Buggy
Pocketbook is still a bit buggy, where it sometimes does not open books or just opens to a blank screen.
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Lock screen orientation
The app allows for users to lock the screen orientation of the device in order to prevent the screen from switching while in the middle of reading. This is very helpful for those that read in bed and change positions a lot.
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Works with Adobe DRM on .epubs and .pdf
PocketBook is compatable with e.pub and .pdf Adobe DRM files.
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Sumatra PDF
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Starts quickly
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Windows only
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Free and open source
Sumatra is available for free, licensed under GPL with source code available on GitHub.
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Lacking in features
Sumatra aims for simplicity at the expense of functionality. For example, there's no way to annotate PDFs or edit them.
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Low resource usage
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Fonts are not smooth enough
Not as smooth as e.g. Adobe Reader. No anti-aliasing
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Does not have heavy editor features
Annotations and other heavy features are just not needed in reader.
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Cannot crop empty fields
Just got used to this killing feature on Goodreader on Mac.
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Extensive keyboard shortcuts
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Elegant interface
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Portable
The application consists of a single file that can be run without installation. You can put it on an external device, such as an usb thumb stick and run it on any Windows machine from the thumb stick.
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Multilingual
It's available in 69 languages.
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Platforms:
Windows
License:
GPL-3.0-only
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Mantano Ebook Reader Premium
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Paid
The premium version of Mantano costs $4.99.
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Library / Bookshelf
Mantano features a library manager that appears as a bookshelf in the app.
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Great experience for reading
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Beautiful
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Integrates perfectly with a desktop PC
You are able to read/update/add to your library from a PC via a well designed web interface.
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Kobo Books
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Not all eBooks sold on the site are Adobe Digital Editions compatible (.epub)
For some reason not all the eBooks available on the Kobo eBook site are downloadable as .ascm files. Most likely Kobo leaves this up to the publisher, as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt does not have a single book on the Kobo store that offers a separate .ascm download. What most users are unaware of is that the Kobo store is not primarily an .epub bookstore. Kobo uses a proprietary format called .kepub that only works on their own Kobo branded devices. Many of the books they sell do offer a separate .ascm file download, but not all. What exacerbates this issue is that there is currently no way for a user to know if an .ascm will be offered until after purchase.
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Offers separate Adobe Digital Editions downloads
The Kobo eBook store offers a separate file download (most of the time) from within a users browser. this file is called and .ascm file and is what is used to add an .epub to the Adobe Digital Edition software.
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Kobo randomly changes prices
Depending on whether a user is logged in, different prices will be shown on non agency eBooks. Non agency eBooks allow for Kobo to set the price of the title instead of the publisher and sadly it does appear as though Kobo has taken advantage of this to entice new users into thinking their books are priced lower than they actually are.
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Send eBooks as gift
Kobo Books eBook store allows users to send eBooks as gifts to their friends and loved ones.
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Desktop app doesn't function
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Self publish
Kobo offers a way for users to self publish their own eBooks with a service called Writing Life.
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Many coupons
Kobo often offers a lot of coupons for their eBook store. Some being as high as 80% off coupons. Though most only work on non agency eBooks, so not that great if the user only reads the newest of releases.
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MuPDF
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Super fast
It was written in C and opengl, so your hardware was used fully.
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No print option
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Vim-mode shortcut keys
Super easy to use with rapid response.
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No two page mode
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Excellent for presentations
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Not enough functionality
If you want "minimal," you got it.
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Annotation capability
With mupdf-gl, you can do most of the annotations and comments.
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The annotation does not have good shortcut key support
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Cannot customize shortcut keys
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Android, iOS
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KDE Okular
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Free and open source
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No XFA Adobe Forms support
Cannot fill PDF Forms created with Adobe.
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Trim margins
Easily trim margins either automatically or manually for easier reading
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Requires many KDE libraries
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Featureful
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No middle-mouse auto-scrolling
Instead of scrolling automatically when holding down the mouse wheel and dragging, it instead zooms in or out, in contrast with many other programs.
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Table selection
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Poor HiDPI support
You may have to tinker with QT__SCALE_FACTOR environment variables to get the desired size and not blurry content (this is a bug; see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362856 and https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54688)
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Tabbed view option
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No search results overview
You have to navigate to next/previous hit one by one
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Supports touch interaction
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No "fit to page" option under printing settings
You can only print the content as given so, when you receive a bigger or smaller image thant the default of the printer, you will have to edit it first on other editor.
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Slow scroll
Its new ultra-slow-scroll for PgUp and PgDn makes it unuseable.
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Platforms:
Windows, MacOS, Linux (KDE), BSD
License:
GPL-2.0-or-later
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Ebook Reader
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Collects personal information
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Can import third party eBooks
Ebook Reader allows for users to import their own DRM free eBooks into the app.
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Slow to load eBooks
The app is pretty slow when opening an eBook.
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Free store for classic books
Ebook Reader has a large selection of free eBooks available for download through the app.
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Cool Reader
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Constantly changes brightness
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Free and open source
Cool Reader is available completely free and is also open source.
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Could have a better UI design
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Fully customizable
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Does not support DRM .epubs
.epubs with DRM are not supported by Cool Reader.
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A wide range of formats supported
Cool Reader supports epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM) and pml formats.
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Platforms:
Android
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GPL-2.0-only
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MEGA
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Cross platform
Linux, Windows and Mac.
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Slow syncs
Servers are slow, and the new app is terrible.
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Client-side encryption
All files uploaded to Mega are first encrypted on the users side. To access files a decryption key must be supplied. For ease of use, the decryption key can be appended to the URL you share.
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50GB free
50 GB trial for new accounts after registering for a month, then 15 GB. There's also three upgrade plans, starting at 500GB and $110/yr. 15GB may not seem much, but Dropbox only offers 2GB for the free plan. This is better than Google Drive because Google Drive storage is shared with all the Google services you are using.
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Functional web interface
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Easy to use
Just drag and drop files in the browser window, then create a link for sharing. You will need an account to create a link. To streamline the process for new users you can start uploading as soon as you access the website and create an account while it's uploading.
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Respects personal privacy
They will never look through your files unless they ask for permission.
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Open source client
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Platforms:
Windows; Android; iOS; Mac OS X; Chrome OS; Linux
Mobile App:
Yes
Offline access:
Yes
Versioning:
Yes
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FBReader
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Cannot search for books on a SD card
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Built in eBook store
FBReader features an in built eBook store for users to download eBooks onto their devices through the app.
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No light mode
Unusable if you have astigmatism.
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Simple and fast
FBReader, while offering many options is simple in design, with that allowing for fast use.
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UI is bad
User interface is confusing and ugly.
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Books can be saved to SD card
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Complex and confusing app settings
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Cloud sync
FBReader has built in Google Drive sync for the users files, allowing them to store their eBooks online, not taking up room on their local storage.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
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Google Play Books
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Allows bookmarking pages, highlighting text, and adding notes
Google Play Books offers many options while reading such as bookmarks, highlights and notes. Making for a good app to use for academic .pdfs and .epubs.
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Lacks library management features
No shelves, categories, or reading lists.
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Built-in dictionary
Google Play Books has an inbuilt dictionary for users to use to look up unfamiliar words.
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External SD card
Google play books doesn't have the ability to save the downloaded books to an external SD card.
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Supports PDF & EPUB uploads
Users can use the Google Play Books webpage or app to upload their own .epubs or PDFs.
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Font, font-size, layout and theme can be customized
Margins, text size, line spacing and color theme of the page can be changed to the users liking,.
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Syncs across devices
No matter what device one is using the Google Play Books service on it will sync all eBooks and placement into the cloud.
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Immersive mode
Google Play Books has built in immersive mode when reading. This allows for the navigation and notification bars to be hidden, allowing the full screen to be used for the eBook.
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Responsive interface
Like the majority of Google's apps, Google Play Books has a slick interface that works quite smoothly.
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Has light and dark themes
Google Play Books offers a dark and a light theme to make it easier to read in dark or light rooms.
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Books can be bought or rented directly from the app
Google Play Books has an in built eBook store within the app, making for a convenient way to purchase titles.
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Has text-to-speech support
Text to speech can be used to have an eBook read to the reader aloud.
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Kindle for PC
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Built in store
The Kindle app for Android features an in built eBook store within the app that sells eBooks, magazines, newspapers, comic books and graphic novels. Amazon also offers one of it not the biggest eBook store available today.
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Send to Kindle now has to be paid for
Send to Kindle only works if a user is already paying for a cloud subscription plan.
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Send to Kindle
The Kindle platform allows users to upload their own eBooks and documents to be read on any of the Kindle apps or devices.
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Not good for students research
The eBooks available from Amazon do not offer normal page numbers, printing or even copy paste, which makes using any of the ebooks for reports or papers pretty much impossible.
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App supports a multitude of operating systems
Kindle for PC is one of the many apps available from Amazon for the Kindle platform. This allows users to keep their library with them no matter what device they are using.
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Aldiko Book Reader Premium
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Paid
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Customizable reading settings
Aldiko supports many different reading options such as text alignment, text size, background color and brightness.
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Page turning is slow
Compared to other popular eBook readers on Android the page turning animation/function is slow.
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Free advertisement supported version
Aldiko offers a free version of the app that features in app advertisements as well as less features. This allows users to try out the app in order to see how well it runs and if they like it in general.
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Heavy on resources
Noticeably slow on weaker devices compared to other apps on this list.
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In app eBookstore
Aldiko provides an online eBookstore within the app making for a pretty convenient experience for those that do not want to sideload and import their eBooks.
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Recent versions have substantially more ads
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Cloud storage
Aldiko offers users the option to store their eBooks on cloud storage sites such as Dropbox, which is great for users with low storage devices or multiple devices.
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Recent versions have brittle DRM loading
Adobe ACSM loading used to be rock-solid, but this has become brittle enough to simply not function on at least one device as of recent releases.
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Can be used to read Adobe DRM content
Aldiko Book Reader Premium supports Adobe DRM content that has been purchased from an assortment of eBook retailers that support downloads of Adobe Digital Edition versions of .epubs.
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Mozilla Firefox
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Strong HTML5 feature support
Firefox scores strongly on HTML5 feature support. Though not as strongly as Chromium/Chrome browsers do.
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Some built-in advertising
With their new "pocket" feature, they offer advertisements built-in.
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Syncs between devices
Firefox Sync is an optional feature in Firefox that allows syncing bookmarks, passwords, and add-ons between devices.
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Cannot directly translate page
Unlike Google Chrome, if you visit a website with a different language, you cannot translate it, which is a bad user experience for some.
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Free, open source and community driven
Firefox is available as a free download. All Mozilla software is licensed under the Mozilla Public License. Instructions on how to obtain the source code can be found here.
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Lack of keyboard shortcuts customization
Keyboard shortcuts can not be changed in a user-friendly way. It is also difficult to manipulate addons with hotkeys.
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Respects your privacy
Mozilla is one of the first browsers that advocates privacy. They believe that internet should be in the user's control and not those who run the websites, and so they give tools inside the browser to make the user be more in control.
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When you search in a website (Ctrl + F) there are no marks appearing in the right scrollbar
All Chromium based browsers have this feature.
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Strong developer tool
The built-in developer tools have been merged with the popular FireBug extension since FF57.
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Installs Addons with updates
Mozilla is installing/integrating addons with every update like the Mr. Robot promotion - it also has integrated Pocket that spams you every time you open the browser or a new tab with partners of Pocket.
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High performance
The Firefox Quantum update (FF57) greatly increases the render speed and general performance of the browser, by taking better advantage of the user's hardware.
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Uses Google as its default search engine
Which is pretty ironic for a browser that's focused on "privacy".
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Reader View
Reader View in Firefox allows users to read an article without any distractions by removing ads, unrelated elements and other distractive objects (similar to Microsoft Edge's Reading Mode and Safari's reader mode).
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Sometimes very buggy and slow
On sites like twitch.tv chat scrolling is still not fixed. Compared to other browsers Firefox is still very slow and feels sluggish.
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One of the few browsers not using Chrome's Blink engine
Firefox uses its own rendering engine (called Gecko), instead of Google-controlled Blink like the vast majority of other browsers.
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Uses GTK on Linux/BSD
This makes the integration on non-GTK Desktop Environments very hard.
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Fast
With new integrations focused on security and performance, Firefox is faster and less likely to have problems during use than ever before.
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Multi Profile is not user friendly
Multi profile requires commandline -no remote to use and open about:profiles to create manually (on Chrome, you can instantly create them on right top user button).
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Open Source
Open Source means that you can see the source code. So everybody even if they don't work for Mozilla is able to look what the browser does in the background. So you can be 100% sure that Firefox doesn't have hidden "spy features" unlike Google Chrome.
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Antivirus has False positives
All Downloads in Firefox are scanned for viruses, but there are a lot of false positives.
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Good font rasterizing
Font rasterizing on Windows is much better than in competitors. Even smaller text is clear and contrast.
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Doesn’t support multiple languages for spell check
If you write in multiple languages, you need to manually switch the spell check language.
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Automatically updated
Firefox is automatically updated on the platforms where it makes sense.
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Terrible user interface
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Uses less resources
Firefox 57 (Quantum) and newer uses less resources than ever. It is proven with benchmark done by AppleInsider.
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Crappy license
Cannot redistribute binary after source code modification.
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Dark theme
Beyond the toolbar and tabs, it darkens UI elements such as the URL-bar, pop-downs, new-tab page and more.
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Major updates may break any installed add-ons
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Awesome customizability
Great library of add-ons.
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Now forces install and use of snap
Only on Ubuntu
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Tagging bookmarks
Firefox is one of the few browsers that you can tag your bookmarks. You can view a list of tags and can search your bookmarks in the address bar with tags.
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New icon looks ugly
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Really independent browser
It's not dependent on Google.
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GTK Themes styles the HTML forms
If you're in Linux and you use a dark GTK theme that uses white text and come to a webpage that forces black text on html-forms buttons you will get black buttons with unreadable black text.
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Screenshot tool
Powerful screenshot tool built right into the browser.
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Doesn't care for its original guidelines/goals
Mozilla originally aimed to be the "good guys" with user choice and privacy in mind. Their current leadership cannot be trusted to hold those goals in high regard: 1) Added Pocket - a privacy data sensitive plugin, made it mandatory 2) Tried to sneak in advertisement as "drive-by hack", backpedaled unconvincingly once users complained 3) Tried to randomly inject a small percentage of Firefox downloads in Germany with a data collecting plugin (Cliqz) that tech-savy Germans consider adware (no opt-out question asked).
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Ethical and pragmatic company mission
The Mozilla Manifesto outlines the company's mission and principles. Paraphrasing, they want the Internet to be a free and open resource, and to enable individuals to get the best use of that resource. They do this by creating open source software to which anyone may contribute, so long as such contributions fit with their principles (both ethical and technical).
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It's a memory hog even though Mozilla claims it is not
Mozilla claims it's using 30% less RAM than Chrome but in real life tests it uses much more.
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A lot of add-ons
An enormous number of add-ons.
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Fast bookmark management
In order to add an open page to the bookmark bar, the tab can be dragged down and is added immediately.
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Built-in privacy protection
Blocks tracking cookies, finger print scanners and Cryptominers by default. Can be changed to the user's individual needs.
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Lower memory fingerprint than competitors
Firefox used to be a trailer in memory usage, but as of 2017 it's less hungry for memory than competitors like Edge, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
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Text-to-speech (with adjustable speed) without add-ons
Firefox Reader Mode includes Narrate, a feature that adds text-to-speech functionality to the browser.
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Very secure
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Firefox experiments
FF experiments are Mozilla projects available from FF Test Pilot, such as Firefox Colour, witch lets you customise your browser theme to your liking!
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Firefox Lockwise password management
Helps store your usernames and passwords. Lockwise also lets you know if any of the sites you have login details for have had their (and potentially your) data leaked!
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HTML5 video preload
The only web browser that only preloads entire HTML5 video which is useful for slow internet.
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Mobile
Firefox has a solid mobile app.
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Integration with Pocket
Firefox comes with built-in Pocket integration that can allow users to quickly save the article for a read it later function to easily find any articles saved in Pocket from various sources and devices.
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Installed by default on many Linux distributions
Many Linux distributions come preinstalled with Mozilla Firefox
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About:config
Master about:config and uBlock Origin, and all Firefox-based browsers will be yours.
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WebRender
The newer versions of it will soon use WebRender to render webpages, which'll make it much more efficient by utilizing GPU to paint webpages.
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UI
UI is better than any other chromium-based browser.
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Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android,iPadOS
License:
MPL-2.0
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Netscape>Mozilla Suite
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Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)
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Chromium
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Cross-platform
Chrome and Chromium are available on almost every device nowadays
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Lacks privacy options
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Sandboxing
Every tab and plugin runs in its own subprocess so they will never affect the whole browser ,however that consumes more memory than other browsers
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High RAM usage
Due the sandboxing, Chromium also eats a lot of RAM , which can be a problem for machines with smaller RAM.
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Latest Blink
This is the browser Blink is made for and developed alongside.
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No official builds
There are no official builds available so you have to rely on a third party distributor
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Completely Open Source
Both Chromium and and its rendering engine Blink are licensed under the BSD-license which includes no copyleft unlike the GNU or Mozilla Licenses.
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Not possible to disable WebRTC
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Access to Chrome's extensions
Chromium can access the Chrome Web Store and all the extensions hosted there can be installed and used on Chromium.
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Fat, slow, and another piece of google spyware
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Supports all of Google Chrome features
As Chrome is based on Chromium they overlap in supported features. Chromium syncs between devices, automatically updates, has great built-in developer tools, installs extensions without a restart, includes a combined text bar for entering URLs and searching and has excellent HTML5 compatibility just like Chrome.
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Lacks support for certain common media formats
As Chromium avoids bundling any proprietary software, media that requires proprietary codecs or formats such as AAC, H.264, MP3 and Flash will not play by default on Chromium.
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Bare
It does not have any extensions preinstalled and focuses to be a web browser.
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Can be dangerous / only available as Source
There are plenty of unofficial Chromium distributors and every one of them can disable specific features (like sandboxing) for their build, so you will never know what you get.
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BSD license
You can do almost anything with the code.
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Under BSD License
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Gets constant updates
While the Chromium-based browser haev to adapt their code to the update before release, original Chromuim doesn't need it so it gets updated more constantly and frequently.
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Chromium sets the standard for Web Browsing
Since Google Chrome is the most used web browser, and that browser along with many others is based on Chromium, Chromium sets the standards for the internet and for security, and Firefox will always be years behind.
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Backed by Google
Chromium was first released as a large portion of Chrome's source code as an open source project by Google in september 2008. The idea was to encourage developers to review the underlying code and to contribute in making Chrome cross platform and port it to Mac and Linux as well. Nowadays Chromium is a large project with a huge community that's standing behind it but still Google continues to take an extremely active role in Chromium development. This ensures the longevity and constant development and improvement of the browser.
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Does not come with Google
Unlike Chrome it does come wihout any Google account requirement.
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Opensource (BSD)
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N/A
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Blink
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Amazon Kindle
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Ease of use
Clean, simple user interface.
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No support for EPUB files
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Whispersync
Synchronization between devices. Easily pick up on where you left off reading on your Kindle, smartphone, or tablet.
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Not good for students research
The eBooks available from Amazon do not offer normal page numbers, printing or even copy paste, which makes using any of the ebooks for reports or papers pretty much impossible.
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Free
Available for free on Windows and Mac, and also a very good web app.
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Built in store
The Kindle app for Android features an in built eBook store within the app that sells eBooks, magazines, newspapers, comic books and graphic novels. Amazon also offers one of it not the biggest eBook store available today.
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Send to Kindle
The Kindle platform allows users to upload their own eBooks and documents to be read on any of the Kindle apps or devices.
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Google Chrome
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Excellent HTML 5 feature support
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Online tracking by default
Chrome allows opting out of tracking by going to Settings > Advanced > Privacy and un-checking any unwanted services. Alternatively Chromium can be used to get a similar browser experience without Google's services on top of it.
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Syncs between devices
By logging into Chrome using a Google account it's possible to sync history, extensions, passwords, bookmarks and other settings between devices. This makes it great for anyone working with multiple devices as it allows experiencing consistent context when in the browser.
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Huge memory hog
Each tab and extension in the browser uses significant chunks of RAM, giving the browser poor performance on machines without enough RAM to supply.
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Simple user interface
For example, the address bar is also the search bar. Google calls it Omnibox.
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Bad for battery life
Drains battery life on both Windows laptops and Macs much quicker than the alternatives. It can shave hours off the battery life of any non Chromebook laptop.
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Great built-in developer tools
Chrome comes with built-in developer tools, making testing and enhancing web pages simpler for those of us involved in working with such technologies. As well as being beneficial to developers, this also has some benefit to non-technical users; in that by making testing simpler for developers those developers are more likely to use Chrome for their tests, and can spend more time making improvements over investigating underlying causes of issues.
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Not fully open-source
While most of Chrome is open source: Chrome does have some closed-source components to make it possible to play some closed media formats.
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Plenty of extensions
There are far more available on this browser than any other, and that may matter for some.
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Increasingly slow
When Chrome first came out, it was known for being lightweight and very speedy. Over the years, more and more features have been added to Chrome. Because of this, crashes, errors, and general laggy-ness has increased noticeably.
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Good performance
According to TopTen Reviews, Chrome is currently one of the best performing browsers for initial (cold) startup, average startup, and navigation times. Works very well with the uBlock Origin adblocker.
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It's Google
Data collection!
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Automatically updates
Chrome updates in the background ensuring you're always on the latest version. This makes it much more likely that sites will work on your browser, since (almost) all Chrome users will be running exactly the same version.
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No mobile extensions
Chrome on Android and iOS does not support extensions.
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Multiple account login
You can have multiple Chromes with different accounts logged at the same time. And it is really easy to manage different accounts.
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Not as customizable as Firefox or Vivaldi
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Works great with many extensions
Unlike Firefox, Google Chrome can keep its fast performance regardless of how many extensions are installed. With more than 10 extensions Firefox gets slower and slower in a geometric progression rate. Google Chrome doesn't care how many extensions the user has installed - 3 or 133 it still performs great.
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Big target for hackers
Chrome is the most popular browser in the world. That makes it the most targeted browser in the world by hackers.
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Customizable by user
Each of the managed users can have their own configuration (themes, extensions, ...)
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Hard/impossible to transfer passwords to a different machine without uploading them to Google
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Can translate text directly
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Bad quality control on extensions
Some just plain don't work while a few actually break the browser.
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Uses Blink
It uses the blink rendering engine which has removed many legacy khtml/webkit code to be much lighter and faster.
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Basic
Unlike Brave and Vivaldi which are more stable and have more features, Chrome is pretty basic.
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Only one distributor
Unlike those various unofficial Chromium builds, there is only one distributor, so all Chrome releases follow the same standards.
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Blurred fonts on Windows
Fonts on Windows are blurred, that is especially noticeable in light fonts on dark background. Small italic text is hard to read.
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Sandboxed Tabs
Every tab runs as their own process, so if one crashes or becomes unresponsive, the whole browser isn't affected.
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No menu bar on Windows
There's no menu bar, except on Mac OS or Linux appmenu.
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Chrome is faster than Firefox
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Does not hardware accelerate HTML5 video correctly
Chrome is unable to hardware accelerate HTML5 video correctly which makes playing 4k video on laptops a poor experience filled with lag. Though there is a workaround for YouTube in that a plugin can be installed to force Flash playback instead of HTML5, which plays smoothly and has no HW acceleration issues. There's another plugin (h264ify) that will force to use the h.264 codec video if available instead of the VP9 one which is the resource hog.
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Simple interface
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No reader view
Unlike most other browsers, Chrome doesn't have a reader view function.
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Data collection
Chrome uses online services to collect our data and improve our browser experience. But this also means it spies on you.
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American agents may track you
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Engine is open-source
Chromium is open source, except the proprietary media codecs like AAC, H.264, MP3 and Adobe Flash, that can't be legally open-sourced.
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Soon to disable AD blocking and create DRM for the web
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Popular
As of March 2015, Chrome is the most popular browser on the internet, with a 43.9% - 63.7% market share, Its rendering engine Blink is also the most used rendering engine and used in many products including: Opera, Vivaldi, Qt, Brave, Steam or Electron meaning most developers will be testing their sites against this browser to ensure compatibility.
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Gives too much weight to Google on the future of the Web
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Backed and supported by Google
Whilst Chrome is based on the open source browser Chromium, Google reviews this code and build on top of it. This means it takes (and contributes to) a number of the benefits of the open source model whilst having the resources, support and investment of a major company.
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Plays more media formats than any open source browser
Includes support for many licensed unfree media formats.
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Multimedia Plugins and Codecs included
Google Chrome comes with its own flashplayer and the most common multimedia codecs so you don't have to worry that they are outdated nor do you need to install them as a third party package.
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Platforms:
Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android, iOS
License:
EULA
Based On:
Chromium with proprietary Media codecs and Addons
Browser Engine:
Blink, Webkit on iOS (since Apple does not allow third-party web engines)
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