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Brave
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Free/libre software
Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely.
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Brave is an Ad company
Brave Software is a for-profit company (though users must opt into Brave ads and Brave doesn't track users.)
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Option to disable additional privacy concerns
Like fingerprint tracking.
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Download package is very large considering it as a browser
Brave takes on a lot of roles besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file.
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Takes care of privacy and security
Takes privacy seriously by blocking ads and trackers and not tracking people's searches. Things like HTTPS everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best.
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Useless built-in 'ad blocker'
Its adblocker is useless to be honest. Since the extension uBlock Origin is a great blocker by itself, the Brave ad blocker does not block every ad!
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Built-in adblocking
Other apps make it difficult to block ads without rooting your phone or going through unoptimized add-on stores, but Link Bubble blocks them out of the box, making browsing much less crowded. Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy.
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Quite intrusive advertisements, especially on Windows
Advertisements keep popping up in the Windows notification center. Must opt in to ad system, but no option to disable sound for ad notifications only.
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Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads
Basic Attention Token; you can decide to opt into a new blockchain-based digital advertising system, giving publishers a better deal and users a share of the ad revenue for their attention.
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Still dependent on Google
Since it's based on Chrome.
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Now supports Chrome Webstore
It's now a faster, less intrusive Chrome.
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Uses much RAM
1 tab, 400+ RAM, also it depends on what website you're on.
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Tor is available right in the browser
Private Window with Tor hides your IP address from the sites you visit.
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Same security-holes as Chrome
On the desktop: Brave uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome may also hack Brave. However, Brave has security features that Chrome doesn't (such as a built-in adblocker). Those features will stop many hacking attempts.
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Faster than Google Chrome
Brave consistently beats Chrome in speed, might have to do with less tracking being run in the background.
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Doesn't remove search engine ads
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Very fast
The fastest browser out there.
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No reader view
Can be accessed with an extension though.
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Sync is now available
Option to synchronize data between devices using peer-to-peer connections. No sign-in required, only a sync code.
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Dumbed down in the latest versions
In previous versions, Brave felt more like Firefox. Now it's been dumbed down, it feels more like Chrome/Chromium. For example: There's no menu-bar.
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Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage
Set up automatic micro-donations. Brave will automatically divide a monthly donation among the top sites you visit. And/or, you can decide which sites get what percentage of your donation. It’s called pinning.
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The iPhone version has some odd behavior
On reopening Brave, it often returns you to the "search results" page, rather than the webpage you had previously browsed to from the search results page. Might just be a specific configuration.
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Supports the latest technologies
Brave regularly adds new functionalities like decentralized domain support and a native crypto wallet long before Chrome considers them. These features to be disabled in settings.
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Cache dump
Doesn't clear cache well, shows same page even after emptying it until you ctrl+F5 to get fresh page every time you visit the page(s).
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Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript
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A browser for NFT-ers(?)
There would be less of a problem with using Web3 solutions if they weren't sometimes looking like an art for art's sake, a jerkcircle shoving down it's own topic down the users' throat. Replacing the Web 2.0 with another commercial solution is bound to end up as a reinvention of the wheel, where even more commercialization and direct monetization will push digital exclusion. Non-profit open source community has achieved great things while so far NFTs and cryptos are, not without a reason, ridiculed.
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Cross-platform Web Browser
Brave is available on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS
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Sync issues
Unable to sync extensions, no cloud sync (only device sync).
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Appearance
No options to customize apperance, and make the bookmarks appear on the home page, for instance.
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Creator support limited
Most creators don't use it and so will not profit from the crypto system.
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Poor Customer Support
Only customer support available in Brave community. Mods usually does not help.
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Promotes search engines that track users such as Bing and Google
Google Search is the first search engine on the list.
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Bookmark management
Bookmark management is not as seamless as other browsers.
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No cloud sync like Firefox
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Power hungry, uses much more battery power than other browsers
Per default Brave enables hardware acceleration which results in a much higher energy (battery) consumption than the most other web browsers.
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Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement
Brave is advertised as a browser that respects your privacy and blocks ads while still supporting content creators. However, at the same time the company is making deals with Facebook, Twitter and others to whitelist their trackers and ads
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Bookmark button located on the left side of the URL bar and can't be moved
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MPL-2.0
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Chromium core
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Blink
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Naver Whale
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It's a Suite
It includes a calculator, timer, calendar and unit converter and a built-in music player.
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Misses translations
Since Naver is the South Korean Google it focuses mostly on Korea and some parts of the browser might miss translations.
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Convenient sidebar
You can have a bunch of apps on the sidebar which makes accessing them more convenient.
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Looks like an alien
It does not follow your desktop overall design.
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Looks cute
Has a cute aesthetic with many options for wallpapers and changing the browser design.
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Feature creep
Too much stuff.
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Compatible with Chromium extensions
You can use Chromium extensions.
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Uses Blink
It uses Blink which is the most used rendering engine.
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Based On:
Chromium core with proprietary UI
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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
Browser Engine:
Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)
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Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
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Fast
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Microsoft sends all your browsing history to Microsoft and tracks you by default
Microsoft Edge collects less information than Chrome, but still is collecting data about you and your interests.
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Supports Chrome extensions
As it is built on Chromium.
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Synchronization between PC and phone is weak
Although synchronization between computers is similar to Chrome, synchronization between PCs - phone is weak.
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Better web compatibility
Uses the same engine as Chromium so web pages render better.
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Unlike the legacy version, it doesn't have the option to set aside tabs which was a very useful feature
It does give you the option to give feedback for people who want setting tabs aside back, but it's not likely they're going to add it.
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More private
During the launch of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, the company claimed to have removed more than 50 services intended to collect user data. The improvement in this aspect does not come only from the hand of privacy, but also from optimization. The privacy settings are also a lot simpler to understand, more robust, and better than Chrome. There are three modes, basic, balanced and strict.
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(Integration with) Windows designed by Microsoft so that deinstall/ install of browser of user choice is extremely elaborate
Let's just wait to see history repeat itself, and Micorsoft being fined for it. (Again!)
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Faster than Chrome and other browsers
It uses less RAM, has tracking prevention and accelerates the hardware when possible.
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Design similar to Google Chrome
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Built on Chromium
Microsoft are contributing to Chromium.
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Great UI
It will soon get a new UI codenamed Phoenix. Very cool.
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Consumes much less battery than Chrome and other alternatives
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Preinstalled in most Windows 10 devices
Most Windows 10 devices have Microsoft Edge preinstalled.
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Has built-in ad blocking features
If you select the "strict" option in the Microsoft Edge settings, it practically becomes an ad blocker.
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Fast enough, fair privacy protection and compatible with chrome extensions
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Has its own built-in plugin web store
Microsoft edge support both, microsoft edge add-ons and chrome web store
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Replaces the old pre-installed Edge
Since the old Edge isn't removable on most PCs.
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You can earn money with this Browser
with microsoft rewards and Edge you can earn money
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Free integrated VPN
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Good features for teams to work together, like workspaces
free Office integrated
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Lots of features
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Sidebar with AI features and new Edge Drop
Edge drop is a good way to integrate your phone into windows
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Useful features like the reader mode
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Platforms:
Windows, iOS, Android, XBox One
License:
EULA
Based On:
Chromium core with proprietary UI
Browser Engine:
Blink
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Opera
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Built-In Adblocker
The built-In adblocker is faster than any extension. It's possible to add your own filter lists. However, the adblocker isn't enabled by default.
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Owned by a Chinese consortium
Who certainly need to conform with Chinese government requirements to let them infiltrate everything you do online.
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VPN onboard
Free VPN onboard (but it's slow and it leaks your IP), includes Germany, Canada, USA, Netherlands, Singapore.
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Trash VPN (Slow and Leaks IP address)
Terrible VPN service. Super slow. It's just a proxy service that leaks your IP address, not a VPN. Not recommended!
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Video pop-out feature
You can pop-out any video and it will stay on top while you are surfing on other tabs.
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Cannot select tabs
Unlike in Chrome and Vivaldi, one cannot select multiple tabs to move to another/new window.
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Compatible with Chrome extensions
Since Opera is built on Blink, the same engine Chromium is built on, it was possible for Opera developers to allow Chrome extensions to run in their browser.
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WebKit/Blink is not customisable or lightweight
Opera is built on WebKit/Blink, which means it shares cons of Chromium: high RAM usage (Not lightweight), lack of customizability.
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Strong HTML5 feature support
Opera scores highly on HTML5 feature support.
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Uneditable default search providers
It can not delete or replace already built-in search services such as Yahoo, Google, DuckDuckGo, and Wikipedia.
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Opera Turbo
Opera has a functionality called Turbo which increases browsers speed and reduces data consumption considerably by compressing the data that's found in a web page.
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Proprietary
While Opera is currently available gratis (without monetary charge), it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefor neither free nor open-source software.
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You can install extensions on the sidebar
Unlike other browsers, you can install add-ons such as tabs, bookmarks, history, sessions, notes, and extension manager in the sidebar. So you have the flexibility to use it for your purpose.
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Unable to sync extensions
Imagine having 100 extensions and Opera link cannot sync them, which will be troublesome.
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Opera Sync
Opera Sync allows you to synchronize your bookmarks, passwords, and more from any computer, phone, or tablet.
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No address bar in fullscreen mode
Unlike in Vivaldi.
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Customizable
Opera is full of user controlled settings. Everything can be imported and exported even RSS feeds. It can be skinned in a variety of different themes or it can be extended through the use of a large number of plugins available.
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Buggy
Some buggy or confusing behavior with the bookmarks bar and moving tabs, and entire windows turning black after a while.
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Battery saving mode
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Same security-holes as Chrome
Opera uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome will also hack Opera.
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Opera can have extensions from Opera Addons & Chrome Store websites
Opera supports cross-browser extensions. Opera Addons site keeps quality up compared to Chrome Store. Full of useful extensions, Opera also supports extra APIs like Speed Dial API, Extension Sidebar API and Stash API meaning wider variety of extension possibilities than in Chrome.
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No reader view
There is a great reader view extension which is available.
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Speed Dial
Opera's Speed Dial (new tab page) has the ability to hold as many websites as you want, and you can customize it almost however you want. You can also organize the websites on the Speed Dial into folders.
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Built ad-blocker works when it wants
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Partly open source
Source code available on GitHub.
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Basically a Chrome clone
The latest versions of Opera are basically Chrome clones, so they really don't add anything new.
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Blazingly fast
Scores top on Basemark.
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No menu bar
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Portable
You can save the Opera's setup files on a USB hard drive and run its portable version anywhere.
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The advertisements are terrible
There are too many advertisements in this browser.
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For Opera 2017 & 2018 gonna be time of new
Opera got Reborn UI as the first implementation from Opera Neon concept browser. Snap -feature is next. Opera constantly improves its basic functionality - unlike Chrome.
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Extension icons not directly moveable
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Free vpn
Without any cost unlimited and working.
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Cannot stop auto update
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Lightweight
It doesn't consume much RAM, unlike Chrome.
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Needs user prompt to install from Chrome web store
Every time you install an extension, you need to say install first from Opera extension list to proceed.
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Touch bar support
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Built-in currency converter
Just highlight price on a website and see this price in your currency.
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Fast video loading
Opera loads videos faster, making it useful for slow internet connections.
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License:
EULA
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Chromium core with proprietary UI
Browser Engine:
Blink / Chromium core engine
Default Search Engine:
Google
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Waterfox
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Lag, lag, lag, freeze, freeze, freeze
Need to do something about it.
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Fast
Even faster than firefox.
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Owned by an advertising company
The same company that bought Startpage/ Ixquick, System 1. This is a company that gathers information about what you look at and do, analyzes and profiles you, and then sells it off to third parties.
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Offers excellent privacy
Does not phone home.
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Goodish, but still bad
Removes crap from FF, but doesn't offer anything you can't already do in FF. Also, doesn't help they are owned by an ad tech, System1.
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Never ever freezes
Highly reliable.
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Works with Firefox addons
Firefox 56 add-ons compatibility, including unsigned XUL extensions and complete themes.
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Less bloated than Firefox
Pocket, telemetry, data collection, startup profiling is removed.
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Extremely customizable
It has almost every setting imaginable.
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Multiple add-on support
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Works with major streaming services
Includes widevine plugin and suitable user agent for viewing major streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Video.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux.
License:
MPL-2.0
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Firefox
Browser Engine:
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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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Specs
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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