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The Best 1 of 52 OptionsWhy?

Best web browsers for WindowsPriceBased OnLicense
91
SSuite NetSurfer Browser
FreeChromium with proprietary GUIFreeware
69
Yandex.Browser
FreeChromium core with proprietary UIProprietary
66
Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
FreeChromium core with proprietary UIProprietary
64
Chromium
FreeN/AOpensource (BSD)
63
Mozilla Firefox
FreeNetscape>Mozilla SuiteOpenSource (MPL-2.0)
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SSuite NetSurfer Browser

My Recommendation for SSuite NetSurfer Browser

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Simona
PrincipledNinazu
Top Pro
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Downloads websites and files incredibly fast

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Simona
PrincipledNinazu
Top Con
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Only available for Windows

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ExcitedHorme
ExcitedHorme's Experience
I find this browser very easy to use since it has such a clean and minimal interface. Runs faster that other browsers, the latency is incredible and I find it very useful when playing online multiplayer games. See More
Specs
Based On:Chromium with proprietary GUI
License:Freeware
Browser Engine:Blink
Default Search Engine:Groot
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ImpartialTheia
Top Pro
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Includes many useful built-in productivity web apps

Has many built-in productivity web apps that are completely cloudless in origin for enhanced online security. See More
ImpartialTheia
Top Pro
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Now also includes a built-in screen recorder

Contains a built-in screen, webcam, and microphone recorder. See More
Simona
PrincipledNinazu
Top Pro
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Has a great looking media player

Plays local media files including hot-links to videos online too. See More
Simona
PrincipledNinazu
Top Pro
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Also available as a portable download

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Yandex.Browser

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PositiveAlernus
Top Pro
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Very lightweight and fast

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PopularChibchacum
PerfectGabija
Top Con
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Russian

So instead of sending all your data to the US or China governments you will send it to the Russian. See More
AffableKuraokami
AffableKuraokami's Experience
!!!!I like it: US Maniacs is very afraid that Russian is tracking and survey more than own compatriots!!!! See More
Specs
Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI
License:Proprietary
Browser Engine:Blink
Default Search Engine:Yandex
PrincipledNinazu
Top Pro
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Minimalistic and beautiful

Yandex seems to get their inspiration from Chrome and Safari making this an undoubtedly beautiful browser with its unique and good looks. See More
PopularChibchacum
Top Con
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Looks like an alien

It does not follow your desktop overall design. See More
PerceptivePoludnica
PerceptivePoludnica's Experience
TOTALLY A TRACKER and its russian See More
PrincipledNinazu
Top Pro
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Turbo mode

They cooperate with Opera browser having turbo mode embedded in the browser. This makes the browser a lot faster to use when the internet is slow. See More
PoliteIasion
Top Con
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Linux version still in beta

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Simona
CaffeinatedKubaba
Top Pro
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Made with love and dedications by FSB for CIA

"From Russia with love". See More
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Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

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EnchantingMahuika
Top Pro
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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. See More
Monika
ImpartialNinazu
HumbleTitias
Top Con
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Microsoft still tracking you by default

Microsoft Edge collects less information than Chrome, but still collecting data about you and your interests. However, you can disable all tracking into the settings. See More
Kaiii
Kaiii's Experience
A browser with simple appearance, but a spyware. See More
Specs
Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI
License:Proprietary
Browser Engine:Blink
Default Search Engine:Bing
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Monika
GregariousTamKung
AmiableIphimedeia
Top Pro
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Built on Chromium

It is built on Chromium and the worlds most open rendering engine Blink which is licensed under BSD. See More
Monika
CommunicativeBenthesikyme
Top Con
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Asks you to change your browser settings

Every few days it asks you to change your browser settings to Microsoft's recommended settings, e.g setting Bing as the default search provider and more. See More
RobustMarzyana
RobustMarzyana's Experience
Probably the best browser for Windows since its great integration into the system See More
MemorableOgmios
AdaptableScylla
Monika
Top Pro
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Better web compatibility than the old Edge

It uses the BSD-licensed Blink engine instead of Microsoft's Trident fork EdgeHTML. See More
Monika
ExcellentInariOkami
Top Con
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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. See More
Monika
SuaveAnteros
Top Pro
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Integrated in Windows 10

It will be updated with your Windows updates. See More
Monika
Kaiii
Top Con
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Still sends info on mobile, even if the send usage setting is off

There's a video on Youtube about it. Yikes! See More
Monika
SuaveAnteros
Top Pro
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Allows to delete browser data on exit

You can remove the browser data on exit. See More
teadan
ArticulatePoludnica
Top Con
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Proprietary license

Since you can not distribute licensed media codecs under an open source license worldwide. See More
teadan
Monika
SuaveAnteros
Top Pro
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Can add websites as apps

You can save any site as application. See More
Monika
Kaiii
Top Con
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They still trying to make it better

With its history of Microsoft Edge being a spyware, trying to be the default browser no matter what, etc., they are adding more and more features. See More
Monika
SuaveAnteros
Top Pro
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Allows to change the search provider

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GregariousRenpet
Top Con
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Feature creep

MS is adding more and more bulls**t to it that could be easily added with extensions eg: there is now a math solver, a coupon shopping feature and a screenshot tool integrated. See More
RobustMarzyana
Top Pro
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Sandboxing

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PoliteIasion
Top Con
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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!) See More
Monika
AmiableIphimedeia
Top Pro
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Supports Chrome extensions

As it is built on Chromium. See More
Simona
Monika
Kaiii
Top Con
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Many features, however

It has many features, however, when you right click and the 'small' panel appears, it's huge! You can't even remove most of them. See More
EnchantingMahuika
Top Pro
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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. See More
ExcellentWepwawet
Top Pro
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Includes proprietary codecs

Unlike open source browsers it includes also licensed codecs. See More
AmiableIphimedeia
Top Pro
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Faster than Chrome

It uses less RAM, has tracking prevention and accelerates the hardware when possible. See More
Alex
Tim
Top Pro
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It isn't Google's

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Monika
SuaveAnteros
Top Pro
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Available for Android and iOS

So you can synchronize your data between devices. See More
Monika
RobustMarzyana
Top Pro
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Great integration into Windows

It's nicely integrated into Windows. For example, saved apps will be available in the start menu and uninstall menu. See More
Monika
Kaiii
Top Pro
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Lightweight

Uses not a lot of RAM. See More
ChattyCacus
Top Pro
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Better web compatibility

Uses the same engine as Chromium so web pages render better. See More
DetailedAbhartach
Top Pro
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Great UI

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DetailedAbhartach
Top Pro
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Preinstalled in most Windows 10 devices

Most Windows 10 devices have Microsoft Edge preinstalled. See More
ChattyCacus
Top Pro
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Consumes much less battery than Chrome and other alternatives

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Monika
DetailedAbhartach
Top Pro
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Fast enough, fair privacy protection and compatible with Chrome extensions

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DetailedAbhartach
Top Pro
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Replaces the old pre-installed Edge

Since the old Edge isn't removable on most PCs. See More
Kaiii
Top Pro
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Simple and nice design

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ChattyCacus
Top Pro
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Faster than Chrome and other browsers

It uses less RAM, has tracking prevention and accelerates the hardware when possible. See More
DetailedAbhartach
Top Pro
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Has its own built-in plugin web store

Microsoft edge support both, microsoft edge add-ons and chrome web store See More
teadan
PoisedSopdu
Top Pro
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One distributor

This greatly reduces the risk of malware infected custom builds. See More
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Chromium

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Monika
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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Cross-platform

Chrome and Chromium are available on almost every device nowadays. See More
Monika
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Con
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No official builds

There are no official builds available so you have to rely on a third party distributor. See More
Specs
Based On:N/A
License:Opensource (BSD)
Browser Engine:Blink
MemorableOgmios
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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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. There is also no trademark issue like on the Mozilla products. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Con
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Fat, slow, and another piece of google spyware

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WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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Latest Blink

This is the browser Blink is made for and developed alongside. See More
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Con
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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. See More
Monika
RobustMarzyana
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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BSD license

You can do almost anything with the code. Which is the reason why it's been forked so many times. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Con
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Can be dangerous

Because it's completely open source, people can make a fake version and install it when you install other software. And people can add a virus in it. See More
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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Bare

It does not have any extensions preinstalled and focuses to be a web browser. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Con
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Not possible to disable WebRTC

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Monika
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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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. See More
ExcellentInariOkami
Top Con
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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. See More
teadan
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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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. See More
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Con
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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. See More
ExcellentWepwawet
VivaciousCitBolonTum
Top Pro
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Many browsers use it as base

If you contribute to the Chromium/Blink project you will also contribute to Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave, Iridium, Yandex and many others that use Chromium as their base. See More
Monika
ExcellentInariOkami
Top Con
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Fat, slow, and another piece of Google spyware

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WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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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. See More
ExcellentInariOkami
Top Con
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Lacks privacy options

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Monika
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
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Does not come with Google

Unlike Chrome it does come without any Google account requirement. See More
ExcellentInariOkami
Top Con
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Under BSD License

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Mozilla Firefox

My Recommendation for Mozilla Firefox

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Paolo
Top Pro
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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. See More
teadan
Monika
SuaveAnteros
Top Con
•••

Can not save websites as apps

You can not save webpages as standalone applications like on Chromium based browsers. See More
Raghu Ranganathan
Raghu Ranganathan's Experience
Firefox is a browser which has been shaped by experience(over 13 years!) it uses an open source engine, works smoothly, and doesn't exert heavy loads on my system. It is the most reliable browser I have used till date, and probably the most customizable one. Transparent development and an enormous cooperative community make this and excellent browser. See More
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Based On:Netscape>Mozilla Suite
License:OpenSource (MPL-2.0)
Browser Engine:Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)
Default Search Engine:Google
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Paolo
Top Pro
•••

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. See More
Monika
SiamSami
Top Con
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Some built-in advertising

With their "pocket" feature, they offer advertisements built-in. See More
SNM
SNM's Experience
Firefox can open some links that can't be opened on some browsers. See More
Mohammad Sohair
Top Pro
•••

Awesome customizability

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JM80
RingRage
Top Con
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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: https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-backpedals-after-mr-robot-firefox-misstep/ 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) : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1406647 See More
MightyPolyphemus
MightyPolyphemus's Experience
Looks awesome on ubuntu. I don't know how to update it. See More
Mohammad Sohair
Top Pro
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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). See More
Monika
SuaveAnteros
Top Con
•••

Promotes a political agenda

Promotes a political agenda in your browsing experience via Messages and Pocket recommendations. See More
EmbiggenedSatet
EmbiggenedSatet's Experience
Firefox respects your privacy better than any other browser, and is more battery efficient than Brave/Chrome on my M1 MacBook. See More
SplendidTheandrios
Top Pro
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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. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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Sometimes buggy

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MagicalHuttellurra
MagicalHuttellurra's Experience
WOWEE! this is perfect for my ubuntu. See More
Yoshiyuki
Paolo
Top Pro
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Strong developer tool

The built-in developer tools have been merged with the popular FireBug extension since FF57. See More
ArticulatePoludnica
GregariousTamKung
SuaveAnteros
Top Con
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Crappy license

Mozillas MPL is less permissive than Chromiums and Blinks BSD license. See More
ShojiVR
ShojiVR's Experience
Unlike chromium based browser, firefox based browser doesnt allow mutliple session so it is impossible to open firefox, tor, waterfox at the same time See More
PowerfulMercury
Top Pro
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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. See More
teadan
RingRage
Top Con
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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. See More
PowerfulMercury
PowerfulMercury's Experience
Easy to customize, privacy friend, no bloated installations, no obscure process, quick and powerfull. See More
Paolo
Top Pro
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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. See More
teadan
MemorableOgmios
Top Con
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Only a few people use it

About ~10% of all PC users worldwide use a Gecko based browser compared to ~80% of Webkit/Blink users. With such a low precentage displaying a website correctly in gecko has far less priority for a web designer. See More
NotApple
NotApple's Experience
I swapped to Firefox after Chrome has become incredibly bloated and slow. I been an avid Chrome user since forever. When they updated to the new Quantum version I jumped on the Firefox train. Wow it was blazing fast comparing to Chrome. Yet it was not meant to last. Funny enough same thing happened with Firefox it got slower over time and was just as a memory hog as Chrome used to be. I been slowly experimenting with pretty much every single browser out there. I would have to say Brave is probably the fastest browser and comes with built in shields. Firefox and Chrome are both hogs. Firefox extension market is also pretty broken and they keep breaking compatibility with previous versions way too often to the point where half of the extensions are just junk. Chrome web store is much more OP as most apps are backwards compatible and you can also install games and full fledged apps. I also don't really trust Mozilla's business model. See More
teadan
Paolo
Top Pro
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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. See More
Mohammad Sohair
Top Con
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Installing some extensions still requires restarting the browser

While some of the developers already allow users to install their extensions without the need to restart the browser, not all of the extensions have been updated to support non-restart installation yet, as some developers have yet to add special code to do so. See More
SplendidTheandrios
Top Pro
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Really independent browser

It is really independent browser, unlike many other that are based on Chromium. See More
RingRage
Top Con
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Very very slow

Not only is it slow to load, but individual tabs take MUCH longer to load than any other browser out there. See More
Paolo
Top Pro
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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. See More
Mohammad Sohair
Top Con
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Heavy and consumes a lot of memory

Mozilla developers should think on this as the new Microsoft Edge browser steals less memory and it just pops up the moment you open it. In the case of Mozilla, you have to wait for after clicking it for opening it. See More
CompetentShullat
Top Pro
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A lot of add-ons

An enormous number of add-ons. See More
Monika
ChillZ
Top Con
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Terrible user interface

And you can't even fix it anymore because they removed XUL. See More
Paolo
Top Pro
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Automatically updated

Firefox is automatically updated on the platforms where it makes sense. See More
Remen
Top Con
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Many Addons are not updated/adapted for the new Quantum version (version >=57)

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Seth Barbour
Top Pro
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Good font rasterizing

Font rasterizing on Windows is much better than in competitors. Even smaller text is clear and contrast. See More
Paolo
Top Con
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Unstable add-ons

E10s has already caused many extensions to not work properly. Also, in November, only add-ons with WebExtension API can be installed. See More
Taylan Soylu
Top Pro
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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 See More
Nedas Kuzas
EnchantingMahuika
ChillZ
Top Con
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Experiments

Per default mozilla can install experiments on your browser. See More
Paolo
Top Pro
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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). See More
Monika
CoolHermus
Top Con
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Memory leaks

Several hours of browsing leads to continuous increase of memory usage. Closing tabs will not free up all the reserved memory unlike other browsers like Opera or Chrome. See More
Yoshiyuki
gilch
Top Pro
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Multi-account containers

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Monika
Remen
Top Con
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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. See More
Seth Barbour
Top Pro
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Strong HTML5 feature support

Firefox scores strongly on HTML5 feature support. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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Google obsession

Lately, Firefox has been partnering with Google, leading to some privacy concerns. See More
Paolo
Top Pro
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Easy screenshots without extensions

Within the browser itself, you can easily take screenshots and save them to your computer. See More
JM80
Yoshiyuki
Paolo
Top Con
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Uses GTK on Linux/BSD

Makes the integration on non-GTK Desktop Environments very hard. See More
SplendidTheandrios
Top Pro
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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. See More
ChillZ
Top Con
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SJWs forcing their opinions on the users

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Paolo
Top Pro
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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. See More
JM80
RingRage
Top Con
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Switches from HTTP version of a page to its HTTPS version wtihout notification

Even though the HTTPS page might have different content (yes bad website design, but if your browser does something automatically you don't expect, it should tell you). See More
Seth Barbour
Top Pro
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Integration with Pocket

Firefox comes with build-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. See More
ExcitedNehmetawy
Top Con
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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. See More
teadan
DaringBuarainech
Top Pro
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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. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
•••

Devtools for WebExtensions are buggy

See More
DaringBuarainech
Top Pro
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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. See More
MemorableFangfeng
Top Con
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Uses Google as its default search engine

Which is pretty ironic for a browser that's focused on "privacy". See More
Alex
HonestSopdu
Top Pro
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Very secure

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ExcitedNehmetawy
Top Con
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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). See More
MagicalHuttellurra
Top Pro
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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. See More
ExcitedNehmetawy
Top Con
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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. See More
FantasticKusarikku
Top Pro
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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! See More
Monika
SuccessfulSerket
Top Con
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Partial dark mode

Bookmarks, context menu, etc. are not themed. See More
MagicalHuttellurra
Top Pro
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Installed by default on many Linux distributions

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SiamSami
Top Con
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Poor performance on SSD even without extensions

On a fast SSD such as Corsair Force LE series this browser still performs as if it were installed on a regular hard drive disk, meaning it takes long time to start, even without any extensions. On that matter Google Chrome is light years ahead of Firefox. This applies only for Firefox versions below 60! See More
DetailedAbhartach
Top Pro
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Best and latest UI

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SiamSami
Top Con
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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. See More
FantasticKusarikku
Top Pro
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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! See More
Paolo
Top Con
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Poor enterprise support

Does not use standard management tools such as GPO or Profile management. No MSI. See More
FantasticKusarikku
Top Pro
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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. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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Can't scroll tabs with mouse wheel

It's pretty basic but you can't switch between tabs back and forth using your mouse wheel. Any add-ons supporting this have been deprecated since FF57. See More
teadan
FantasticKusarikku
Top Pro
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HTML5 video preload

The only web browser that only preloads entire HTML5 video which is useful for slow internet. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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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. See More
Paolo
Top Pro
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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. See More
HilariousLoviatar
Top Con
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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. See More
Paolo
Top Pro
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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. See More
PoisedSopdu
Top Con
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Huge variety of builds

Everyone can release a build so you have to trust the distributor of the build. See More
Paolo
Top Con
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Updates not in sync with updates of (key) extensions

A key extension can suddenly becomes useless because extension updates tend to fall behind the updates of Firefox. See More
Mohammad Sohair
Top Con
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Slow performance in OS X

Uses a lot of resources and feels slower than the Linux and Windows versions. See More
RingRage
Top Con
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No support for ALSA since version 52

You must use PulseAudio if you need sound in Firefox. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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No status bar

There's no status bar. Granted, there is a status tool-tip. But what if you want an actual toolbar, you're out of luck. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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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. See More
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Iridium Browser

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2
Pros
13
Cons
11
Specs
MeticulousMithra
Top Con
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Buggy

Sometimes, removing extensions won't work. Some websites downright refuse to load, no matter the settings. See More
PerfectViracocha
Top Pro
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BSD license

You are in control and you can do almost anything with the code. See More
ThoughtfulBhima
ThoughtfulBhima's Experience
This is how a browser should be. See More
Specs
Based On:Chromium
License:OpenSource (BSD)
Browser Engine:Blink
teadan
Nedas Kuzas
TirelessPluto
Top Con
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Not available for mobile

It is not available for Android or iOS, however it is planned in the future. See More
RobustMarzyana
PerfectViracocha
Top Pro
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Based on Chromium

Supports all the modern web features and uses Blink. See More
AmiableEulabeia
AmiableEulabeia's Experience
great alternative to edge See More
Monika
MeticulousMithra
Top Con
•••

It is not degoogled anymore

It is not degoogled anymore: at first start creates a folder in User Data named Floc...and when set to block third party cookies, it opens Google sandbox (in a portable version). It is anti-privacy! See More
AmiableEulabeia
Top Pro
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Made by a European company

It follows the EU data protection law. See More
teadan
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Con
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Slow updates

Since the whole Chromium release need to be scanned, PC users may wait half a year while the Chrome base gets updated five or six iterations. See More
Nedas Kuzas
HilariousLoviatar
Top Pro
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Portable release

It is available as a portable version. See More
EnchantingKiririsha
WiseHebe
Top Con
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No integrated update manager

There is nothing, not even a notification that a new browser version is available which makes it a security risk. See More
PerfectViracocha
Top Pro
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Lots of extensions available

Due to access to the Chrome Web store. See More
teadan
ArticulatePoludnica
WiseHebe
Top Con
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Dependent on Google services

It still can use the google services as default, however they are disabled by default. See More
EfficientHayk
Top Pro
•••

Privacy enhancements over Chromium

Disable "Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors" Disable autocomplete through prediction service when typing in Omnibox Always send "Do-Not-Track" header Network/DNS prediction is disabled by default Block third-party cookies by default Link auditing (<a ping="...">) is disabled by default Fetch plugins list from iridiumbrowser.de where it will be updated regularly Site data (cookies, local storage, etc.) is only kept until exit, by default Passwords are not stored by default Input form autofill is disabled by default For IPv6 probes, use a DNS root server instead of Google The default search provider is Qwant Load "about:blank" on new tabs instead of the currently set search engine and/or promotions. Don't report Safe Browsing overrides. Don't use autofill download service. Disable cookies for safebrowsing background requests. Disable the battery status API. See More
teadan
WiseHebe
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Con
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Extensions must be updated manually

For security reasons, extensions must be updated manually. See More
PerfectViracocha
Top Pro
•••

Extensions are updated manually

They won't update automatically in the background. See More
OrganizedHorkos
Top Con
•••

No automatic browser data deletion

You can not remove all browser data on exit. See More
PoisedSopdu
RobustMarzyana
Top Pro
•••

Sandboxing

Every tab and plugin run as it's own process. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Con
•••

Definitive unique browsing-fingerprint

See More
WorthyPuschkayts
Top Pro
•••

Simple installation

Provides installers and packages for the most operating systems and linux distributions. See More
teadan
PoisedSopdu
Top Con
•••

Huge variety of builds

Everyone can release a build so you have to trust the distributor of the build. See More
VivaciousCitBolonTum
Top Pro
•••

Can save webpages as Apps

See More
MeticulousMithra
Top Con
•••

Google Safebrowsing enabled by default

See More
PerfectViracocha
Top Pro
•••

Disabled features

Disable background mode Disable EV certificates, so they are shown just like "normal" certificates Disable Google cloud printing Disable Google hot word detection Disable Google experiments status check Disable Google translation service Disable Google promotion fetching Disable Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) status check Disable Google Now Disable automatic update check Disable profile-import on first run See More
PerfectViracocha
Top Pro
•••

Security improvements over Chromium

Increase RSA keysize to 2048 bits for self-signed certificates (used by WebRTC) Generate a new WebRTC identity for each connection instead of reusing identities for 30 days Generate a new ECDHE keypair for each WebRTC connection instead of reusing them for multiple connections Disable using system-provided plugins (i.e. Java, Flash, etc.) See More
Nedas Kuzas
EnchantingMahuika
Top Pro
•••

Fast

It is fast since all background services have been disabled or removed. See More
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Tor Browser

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4
Pros
11
Cons
11
Specs
Monika
ImpartialNinazu
Top Con
•••

Not made as your daily browser

It does not support many modern features due to security and is pretty slow. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Pro
•••

Provides anonymity

Tor Browser routes traffic through the Tor network and deletes all privacy sensitive information (such as the browsing history or cookies) at the end of each session. Additionally, it encrypts all traffic. See More
SmartMorrigan
SmartMorrigan's Experience
A browser nobody needs. See More
Specs
Based On:Mozilla Firefox ESR
License:Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Browser Engine:Gecko
Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo
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Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
Monika
Top Con
•••

Does not guarantee perfect anonymity unlike what most users would expect

TOR is only safe as long you know what you're doing. It also possible to track people with TOR, if you have enough will and know-how. See More
Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
ImpartialNinazu
Top Pro
•••

Access hidden .onion sites

See More
InfluentialKisin
InfluentialKisin's Experience
just for paranoid people. See More
LoyalWuluwaid
Top Con
•••

Extremely slow

Caused by the tor network the browser depends on. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Pro
•••

Free and open source

See More
PhilosophicalAtlas
PhilosophicalAtlas's Experience
It is pointless their is always a way to track you if you use a generic build of a operating sytem like windows, mac or linux. This browser just slows down your daily workflow with only minimal privacy enhancement. See More
Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
ImpartialNinazu
Top Con
•••

You will hang on every recaptcha

Due to the always changing IPs most captcha systems will believe that you are a bot. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Pro
•••

NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere installed by default

See More
AmiableEulabeia
AmiableEulabeia's Experience
pointless for normal browsing since you can not use it for daily browsing or for your secure stuff like online banking. See More
LoyalWuluwaid
Top Con
•••

Must adapt new browsing habits

It is not recommended to do several things TOR browser that users would want to do in a normal browser, such as visiting social networks and banking. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Pro
•••

Tor sets the standard for safe and private browsing

If you follow their instructions religiously, Tor is the nec plus ultra in terms of safety and privacy. For the time being at least. See More
teadan
Nedas Kuzas
ImaginativePerseus
Top Con
•••

Dependent on Mozilla

It is based on Firefox so it has to deal with all Mozilla decisions. And some of them can't be revoked due to the terrible MPL license. See More
Simona
SkillfulRhapso
Top Pro
•••

Open source

Open source builds trust on using the program. See More
Nedas Kuzas
Top Con
•••

Gecko

It uses Mozillas Gecko engine to render the web wich is nowadays only used by about 15% of all internet users so you might have broken or unoptimized sites. See More
Simona
SkillfulRhapso
Top Pro
•••

Based on Firefox

Firefox is a great browser, and tor is built on it. See More
UpbeatThor
Top Con
•••

Not secure

Firefox isn't as secure as Chrome. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Pro
•••

Portable

Can be installed and run on a portable device such as a USB stick. See More
UpbeatThor
Top Con
•••

Tor is very outdated on Firefox code

It's not that it uses the same browser engine, just look at the logos. See More
teadan
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Pro
•••

The only browser package which includes a gateway build in into TOR, a network where you can actually browse the web with completely anonymous, or at least to whatever you browse on it

Privacy. It's fundamental. And this browser has enabled and keeps enabling people to lookup things they don't want their ISP/ government or surveillance marketers to see. And what's better they won't know a thing about what you searched. What is visible to the outside world however is the fact: you make use of TOR and probably the TORBrowser this client / citizen of ours is using TOR to obfuscate his /her traffic (=~anonymize ). See More
Simona
ls
teadan
Top Con
•••

Blocked by some websites

Many websites will block Tor, or present users with a captcha (ex. "The website needs to confirm you are a real person."). See More
einabyss
Top Pro
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Safe

Tor is just as safe as chrome or firefox, as long as you don't visit malicious websites See More
Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
VivaciousCitBolonTum
Top Con
•••

Illegal

Accessing the hidden wiki or any other content on the dark web is illegal and people have even been imprisoned for this. See More
ShrewdHarmonia
Top Pro
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Relatively fast

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Min

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TirelessPluto
Top Con
•••

Lacks basic navigation buttons

No backward or forward buttons makes it a bit cumbersome to navigate. See More
TirelessPluto
Top Pro
•••

Minimal design

See More
Specs
Based On:Chromium core
License:OpenSource (Apache-2.0)
Browser Engine:Blink
PopularChibchacum
Top Con
•••

Looks like an alien

It does not follow your desktop overall design. See More
TirelessPluto
Top Pro
•••

Built-in tracker protection

Prevents automatic loading of cookies as well. See More
TirelessPluto
Top Con
•••

No MIMEtypes defined or added

Won't open or even download Microsoft Office documents. See More
AmbitiousDercetius
Top Pro
•••

Built in AdBlock

See More
AmbitiousDercetius
Top Con
•••

Wrong User-Agent

I'm using Min 1.17.1. Its user-agent shows it is not min but chrome 87 See More
AmbitiousDercetius
Top Pro
•••

Open source

Built with Electron using JS & CSS. See More
Nedas Kuzas
AmbitiousDercetius
Top Con
•••

It's hard to be polite

I do not find any place to set font, font-size. See More
PoisedSopdu
Top Con
•••

Huge variety of builds

Everyone can release a build so you have to trust the distributor of the build. See More
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Pale Moon

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17
Cons
19
Specs
SuaveAnteros
Top Con
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Unsecure

Pale Moon lacks the sandboxing and other privacy protecting features included in latest Firefox releases. See More
MemorableOgmios
IntellectualTeojusin
Top Pro
•••

Has its own library of legacy extensions

Since the most firefox extensions have drooped support for older firefox versions. See More
Specs
Based On:Mozilla Firefox ESR
License:Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Browser Engine:Goanna (Gecko-fork), SpiderMonkeys
Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo
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SuaveAnteros
Top Con
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Outdated rendering engine

It is an really old fork of Gecko that misses many of the newer web features. See More
IntellectualTeojusin
Top Pro
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Independent from Google and Mozilla

Pale Moon is based on some old Firefox code, but it's a completely different browser. See More
SuaveAnteros
Top Con
•••

Uses Goanna

It an old Gecko-fork that is developed mainly by one man. See More
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Good community support

See More
VivaciousCitBolonTum
Top Con
•••

No GPU hardware acceleration

Palemoon can not use your GPU so everything is rendered on your CPU which will dramatically drain your battery. See More
SophisticatedBabaYaga
Monika
ThoughtfulMeretseger
Top Pro
•••

Respects your privacy

At least according to the author... See More
RespectableHors
Top Con
•••

Does not contain multi-process sandboxing

See More
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Has its own add-on ecosystem, built on time-tested technologies such as XUL (plus JS and CSS) and XPCOM

"Classic" Firefox add-ons can work, but they are not supported and should be updated or forked to become a Pale Moon add-on. See More
SuaveAnteros
Top Con
•••

Lacks popular extensions and adblockers

Though it used to support Firefox extensions, it no longer does. The best supported ad-blocking extension, uBlock Origin, is mediocre at best, falling short of AdBlock Plus. See More
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Uses Goanna layout engine

Unlike most other browsers, Pale Moon uses its custom engine. See More
Monika
AdaptableScylla
Top Con
•••

Still contains some spyware

Default homepage is spyware and search suggestions and automatic updates are enabled by default. See More
Monika
ThoughtfulHuixtocihuatl
Top Pro
•••

Open source

So we can verify that the browser is not spyware. See More
PoisedSopdu
Top Con
•••

Huge variety of builds

Everyone can release a build so you have to trust the distributor of the build. See More
Alex
Top Pro
•••

Firefox add-on support

It even supports some add-ons that are not available on Firefox anymore. See More
Alex
Top Con
•••

Not many Firefox extension work with it

Pale Moon is based off of an old version of Firefox, which means many of Firefox's extensions now do not work for such an old version, making the selection of extensions quite limited. See More
MemorableOgmios
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Customizable

You can fully customize the UI. See More
RespectableHors
Top Con
•••

Incompetent developers

See More
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Designed for usability, not the shiny new things

See More
Svjatoslavs Krasnikovs
MemorableOgmios
Top Con
•••

Slow

It is a very slow browser compared to others. See More
Svjatoslavs Krasnikovs
MemorableOgmios
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Optimized for modern processors

See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
•••

Pale Moon is based on very outdated Firefox code

See More
Svjatoslavs Krasnikovs
MemorableOgmios
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Stable

Based on stable old firefox code. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
•••

Android version has odd behavior

Clicking does not work. See More
MemorableOgmios
Top Pro
•••

Lightweight on RAM

Since there is no sandboxing it eats less RAM than modern browsers. See More
GregariousTamKung
Top Con
•••

Licensed under MPL

If they ever abandon Goanna a possible new fork has to deal with the MPL license. See More
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Supports complete themes

Pale Moon supports complete themes, something which Firefox used to have before version 57. See More
SophisticatedBabaYaga
Top Con
•••

Can not save webpages as apps

See More
Svjatoslavs Krasnikovs
MemorableOgmios
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Support for GTK 2 themes

Pale Moon supports GTK 2 theme while Firefox does support GTk3. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
•••

Arhaic

Fossil not compatible with modern sites... See More
Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Support for older web standards

It hasn't dropped the legacy support of old web standards. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
•••

Lead developer loves Cloudflare and hates Tor

Website is cloudflared and he thinks most sites should be hostile towards tor. See More
SophisticatedBabaYaga
PleasantPolemos
Top Pro
•••

Light on resources

Less features, multimedia support and security means it is lighter on your RAM. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
•••

WebAssembly enabled by default

See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
•••

Pale Moon's website is cloudflared

See More
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Vivaldi

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Pros
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Cons
27
Specs
SiamSami
Top Con
•••

Telemetry

According to its privacy policy, Vivaldi sends an approximate location, randomized ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution and time since last message every 24 hours. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
•••

Compatible with most Chrome extensions

Since Vivaldi is built on WebKit, the same engine Chrome (among other browsers) is built on, it was possible for Vivaldi developers to allow Chrome extensions to run in their browser. See More
RealisticLoviatar
RealisticLoviatar's Experience
Cleaner version of Firefox See More
Specs
Based On:Chromium
License:BSD+Proprietary
Browser Engine:Blink
Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux; Android
Simona
AuthenticManannanMacLir
Top Con
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Harvesting acurate fingerprint of all hardware componets of your device/system every 24 hours

Read more here. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
•••

Custom search engines

You can add as many search engines as you like. For example you can set up one for YouTube, one for Wikipedia, or whatever you want: you need only the URL of the search and it can be used from the URL bar (by prefixing it's nickname, yt for YouTube for example). See More
NeighborlyMalingee
NeighborlyMalingee's Experience
I have used Firefox and Chrome. I didn't like the changes Firefox was going through and never was a fan of chrome. When I tried Vivaldi I found, after testing, that it loaded pages faster than either Firefox or Chrome. and had features that I liked. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
•••

No silent background updates

Unlike most modern browsers, Vivaldi doesn't have the option to update silently in the background. It gives you a dialog box when an update comes out. Worse, the box doesn't warn you that not updating the browser could lead to security risks. That could be pretty bad for your average joe, who doesn't know computers that well. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
•••

Notes

A notes panel allows leaving notes on webpages and can include screenshots for reference and have tags and organized in folders to help manage them. See More
PioneeringBirrahgnooloo
PioneeringBirrahgnooloo's Experience
customization is fantastic See More
EnchantingMahuika
Top Con
•••

Feature creep

See More
BrilliantEnkimdu
Top Pro
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Ad and tracker blocker can be customized with lots of custom filters

See More
WorthyEreshkigal
WorthyEreshkigal's Experience
I have used Vivaldi for over a year now. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
•••

Comes with many Ads

After installation the first thing you have to do is to remove all the default bookmarks and quickdial links which is really annoying. There is more minor stuff like the default search provider or your start page things that could be easily managed with a wizard at the first startup. See More
BrilliantEnkimdu
Top Pro
•••

Built-in ad and tracker blocker

Vivaldi has a built-in blocker that allows you to select between blocking just trackers or both trackers and ads. With customizable blocking list sources, good performance, and support for all the standard blocker list features you find in ad blocker extensions (with more to come), you might not need an ad blocker extension at all. This also comes in handy on Android, where Chromium/Vivaldi doesn't support extensions. See More
EnchantingNereus
EnchantingNereus's Experience
I really like the fact that I can use it on my Macbook, Windows Desktop and on my Android phone. All the setting and bookmarks sync with each other and everything is encrypted on the Vivaldi server and can only be synced with your PIN. I also like the fact that you can use add-ons from the Google Play store and that Google isn't in charge of as much data as they are with Chrome. The tab stacks are great and you can even bookmark a complete tab stack which when you use as many tabs as I do, you can open up a bunch of memory by bookmarking a tab stack and closing the tab stack down. See More
ChillZ
Top Con
•••

Can't disable all spyware features

See More
TactfulLakapati
Top Pro
•••

Faster than Firefox or Chrome

See More
ShojiVR
ShojiVR's Experience
This browser is feature packed, but at the same time it runs very slow compared to other chromium based browser. See More
Ray
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Con
•••

No option to force links to open in new tabs

Similar to other browsers, there's no option for forcing all links to open in new tabs. See More
DynamicOmoikane
TactfulLakapati
Top Pro
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Cross-platform

Vivaldi is available on Windows, Linux and OSX, and Android. See More
PerseveringHymenaios
PerseveringHymenaios's Experience
love the new features and customization team behind vivaldi is clearly committed to creating a great browser See More
teadan
EnchantingNereus
TactfulLakapati
Top Con
•••

Not available on your Phone/Tablet. You can now use Vivaldi on an android device

Vivaldi is not available on iOS. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
•••

Built for power users

Vivaldi includes lots of niche functionality such as the ability to move tabs to any side of the screen, turn images on and off, or render pages with monospace fonts. See More
MeticulousTalos
MeticulousTalos's Experience
Major browsers are drifting towards allowing less user flexibility and customization -- often in the name of "enhanced security". Vivaldi is going in the opposite direction in its development. It is super fast and incredibly stable even with 20 or 30 tabs open at once. See More
SincereVanapagan
Top Con
•••

Can't protect pinned tabs from changing to another URL

Clicking on a page link, then another, easy to wind up far from the original pinned tab site. There is no chrome addon or native vivaldi function to stop this. See More
Monika
TactfulLakapati
Top Pro
•••

Customizable UI

Since Vivaldi uses JavaScript, React, Node.js, Browserify and multiple npm packages to build the browser, it can be customized with ease by anyone who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Vivaldi can change the colors across the browser and has the option to change the color automatically depending on the page. Also, page loading animations are available in the address bar. See More
TactfulLakapati
Top Con
•••

No VPN

See More
Monika
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
•••

Tabs can be stacked

Tabs can be grouped under a single tab to easily keep track of all open webpages. See More
AuthenticManannanMacLir
Top Con
•••

Sponsored bookmarks

Vivaldi has a number of preinstalled bookmarks, like Amazon. On some occasions, new bookmarks have been added when the browser updates. All of these bookmarks can be deleted, same as any other bookmark. See More
MightyUranus
Top Pro
•••

Dark theme out of the box

There's even an option to automatically transition from light to dark based on the time of day. See More
EnchantingMahuika
Top Con
•••

Advertisements in the bookmarks

By default: Vivaldi has a number of websites (such as Amazon) already bookmarked. New bookmarks may be added to the speed-dial when the browser updates. These bookmarks can be deleted, same as any other bookmark, but that will not stop new bookmarks form being added. See More
MightyUranus
Top Pro
•••

PC Cross-platform

Vivaldi is available on Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS, so it covers the most used PC operating systems. See More
SkillfulRhapso
EnchantingMahuika
Top Con
•••

Developers do not seem to care about your privacy

See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
•••

Ability to search through settings, history, open tabs, bookmarks in one place

A feature called Quick Commands (accessed via Ctrl + Q) allows quickly getting to settings, history, open tabs, bookmarks with incremental search. See More
Simona
AuthenticManannanMacLir
Top Con
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Can't disable all telemetry

Vivaldi needs some amount of knowledge about the amount of active users, for business deals. According to its privacy policy, Vivaldi sends an approximate location (country or major city), randomized ID, version, CPU architecture, screen resolution (to know what screen sizes to test on) and time since last message every 24 hours (to know amount of active users). See More
BrilliantEnkimdu
Top Pro
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Lots of features and customizability

Vivaldi has a lot of features and customizability. Far more then most (perhaps all) other browses, and many to list them all individuality as separate pros. See More
AuthenticManannanMacLir
Top Con
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Still uses some Google services (can be disabled)

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Steven Dino Windfeld
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Faster than Firefox and Safari

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AuthenticManannanMacLir
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Enabling "Hardware Accelerated Scrolling" can make scrolling jittery

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BrilliantEnkimdu
Top Pro
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Fast and safe

It is so faster and safer. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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Same security-holes as Chrome

Vivaldi 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 Vivaldi. See More
TactfulLakapati
Top Pro
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WebRTC IP leaking can be disabled

A built-in setting called "Broadcast IP" will stop the IP leaking with WebRTC when disabled. See More
teadan
ChillZ
Top Con
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Not completely opensource, proprietary UI

While Vivaldi is currently available gratis (without monetary charge), it is currently not fully 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 therefore neither free nor open-source software. The C++ source code however is open-source under a BSD license and can be downloaded and browsed from here. The UI code though is not open-source, but it's easily readable as it's HTML, CSS & JS. Modifications can be shared as their forum even has a dedicated section. See More
TactfulLakapati
Top Pro
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Tab behaviour can be customised

The order you toggle, open, close or clone tabs can be modified to match a workflow that best works for you. For example you can choose tabs to toggle in recent order so you can go back and forth between the last most useful tabs without needing to change their position on the tab bar. See More
TactfulLakapati
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No automatic page translation

Unlike Chrome, it doesn't automatically translate pages that are not in your language. See More
Steven Dino Windfeld
Top Pro
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Synchronisation

Everything can be synced with a Vivaldi account. Though there's still no mobile version you can sync between computers and OSes. See More
PopularChibchacum
Top Con
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Looks like an alien

It does not follow your desktop overall design. See More
Simona
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Tab bar position can be changed

Users can change tab bar position to top, bottom left or right. See More
wolfenlord
Nikolas
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Not the fastest

Slower than Chrome and Firefox. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Full of customizable keyboard shortcuts (can be completely keyboard-driven)

It's possible to change and add keyboard shortcuts for basically all commands. It also has single key shortcuts to execute actions with one click. See More
DynamicOmoikane
Top Con
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Partially proprietary

While Vivaldi is currently available gratis (without monetary charge), it is currently not fully libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications). It is therefore not considered free or open-source software. The C++ source code, for the Chromium backedn, however is open-source under a BSD license and can be downloaded and browsed from here. The UI code is not open-source, but consists of easily readable HTML, CSS & JS. Modifications can be shared on their forum's dedicated section. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Reader mode

Vivaldi has a built-in reader mode so you can remove all the clutter in news pages and read only the content, you can also customise the reader mode, like font size, style and colours. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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No touch bar support

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DependablePepromene
Top Pro
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Analytical history

View graphically your most visited pages on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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Extensions miss hotkeys

You can set your shortcuts at vivaldi://extensions, but they do not work. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Mouse gestures

Integrated mouse gestures. Fully configurable as of Vivaldi 1.2 (snapshot available now). Allows for navigating the web, switching tabs, closing windows, opening settings etc. with a flick of the mouse. See More
SiamSami
Top Con
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No option to open saved tab stack as... tab stack!

You may save stack, but you can open it as separate tabs. Interesting that when you save session with stacks, you'll be able to open the stacks with inner settings of page tiling (size and zoom) as well. Contradiction worth of shame. See More
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Steven Dino Windfeld
Top Pro
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Manages bookmarks very well

Vivaldi has an excellent bookmarks system. Bookmarks can be easily accessible via Speed Dial, side-bar, bookmarks bar, quick commands. No more messy bookmarks bar is needed and location bar suggestion is improved thus! See More
teadan
ChillZ
Top Con
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Buggy on MacOS

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NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Built-in page capture

Vivaldi can grab a picture of the whole webpage or part of it and saves it automatically inside a note or as a file in your disk. See More
Tosoju
Top Con
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You have to refocus to type on Google Docs

So, say you have Docs open on a tab right? You switch over to a tab (ctrl + number, say, 2). When you switch back, you have to manually reclick back on the page in order to start typing. Super inconvenient. See More
DynamicOmoikane
Top Pro
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Side panel and status bar

Unlike most modern browsers (but like most browsers of yesteryear), Vivaldi has a status bar. But the status bar is optional, you can turn it off (in the settings) if you don't want it. Vivaldi also has a side-panel, which again, can be turned off. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Non-closable fixed tabs

A setting lets you prevent closing fixed tabs so you don't close anything important by accident. See More
TactfulLakapati
Top Pro
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VPN is available by extension- also routing through Tor network

VPN and Tor encryption is possible through extensions. Tor is a free choice if one doesn't want to subscribe to a VPN service. See More
TactfulLakapati
Top Pro
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Allows navigating to the next page without searching for the link

A feature called fast forward puts a dedicated button before the address bar that is designed to help you navigate to the next page of a multi-page article, forum thread or search results without having to hunt for the link. See More
MightyUranus
Top Pro
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Saving Sessions

It saves oversights many options and functions implemented in Vivaldi. E.g. see CON "No option to open saved tab stack as... tab stack!" See More
MightyUranus
Top Pro
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Programmable user interface

For you programmers out there: Since Vivaldi uses JavaScript, React, Node.js, Browserify and multiple npm packages to build the browser, it can be customized with ease by anyone who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Web Panels

Web Panels allow for easy access to any site from the side panel. They are useful for reading two websites side by side or for chatting (i.e. Facebook) and surfing at the same time. Panels can be hidden when not in use. See More
Yoshiyuki
NeighborlyMalingee
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Cross-browser extensions with Opera and Chrome, Firefox web-ext's too

All Vivaldi, Opera and Chrome users can get extensions from all extension/addon sites, especially from Opera Addons and Chrome Store. See More
NeighborlyMalingee
Top Pro
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Updates via dialog box

Unlike most modern browsers (but like most browsers of yesteryear), Vivaldi gives you a dialog box when an new version comes out; it doesn't just update silently in the background. The dialog box tells you about the changes that have been made, and lets you chose when you want to update. See More
DependablePepromene
Top Pro
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Portable version can be added on default apps

Most portable version cannot be added as default apps but Vivaldi offers that option and it comes with updater too. See More
DependablePepromene
Top Pro
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Usable fullscreen mode with address bar when needed

In comparison, on Chrome you will not see the address bar, only on ChromeOS when your mouse is on the top of the screen. See More
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Otter Browser

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SuaveAnteros
Top Con
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External Rendering Engine

It uses the Qt Web Engine from your local Qt installation which is usually not often updated. See More
SuaveAnteros
Top Pro
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Open source

Anyone can contribute to the Otter Browser, solve common issues, bugs. See More
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Based On:N/A
License:OpenSource (GNU GPL-3.0)
Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)
Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo
SuaveAnteros
Top Con
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No support for addons

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Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
Top Pro
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Uses Blink

It uses Blink to render the web so compatibility shouldn't be an issue. See More
SuaveAnteros
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Under GNU GPL

It is licensed under GPL which is less permissive than other opensource licenses like BSD or MIT. See More
ExuberantCloacina
Top Pro
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Legacy Opera

Aims to recreate the best aspects of Opera 12.x. See More
PoisedSopdu
Top Con
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Huge variety of builds

Everyone can release a build so you have to trust the distributor of the build. See More
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Dooble

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EarnestNemetona
Top Con
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External rendering engine

Dooble's browser engine is provided by Qt. See More
Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
Monika
Top Pro
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Lightweight

It is a very simple browser without any advanced features. See More
Specs
Based On:N/A
License:OpenSource
Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)
PoisedSopdu
Top Con
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Huge variety of builds

Everyone can release a build so you have to trust the distributor of the build. See More
Monika
EarnestNemetona
Top Pro
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Uses Blink

It uses Qt's Webengine which is based on Chromium core. See More
SuaveMatton
Top Con
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No Addons

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Nedas Kuzas
SophisticatedBabaYaga
Alex
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No addons

It's a simple browser without any addon API. See More
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Brave

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CleverCalliope
Top Con
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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. See More
SiamSami
Top Pro
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Built in Adblock

Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More
CommunicativeNinkurra
CommunicativeNinkurra's Experience
They're trying to lure in new users with this image of "we care about your privacy and rights" and "a browser of the future web", while they're really just another big company taking advantage of people. See More
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Based On:Chromium core
License:OpenSource (MPL)
Browser Engine:Blink
CleverCalliope
Top Con
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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. See More
SiamSami
Top Pro
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Safety and privacy well taken care of

Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More
MagicalHuttellurra
MagicalHuttellurra's Experience
perfect for my mac due to strict ad blocking. See More
Simona
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
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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.). See More
SiamSami
Top Pro
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Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More
ShojiVR
ShojiVR's Experience
No cloud sync is dealbreaker for me, at least make it possible to sync to cloud storage such as dropbox or else instead of claiming that it is for privacy reasons or they just lazy to make the feature. See More
ArticulatePoludnica
Top Con
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A shame to opensource

It is actually pretty poor for a software project to redistribute a modified version under a different and less open license (Chromium/Blink under BSD > Brave/Blink under MPL). See More
SiamSami
Top Pro
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Tor is available right in the browser

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einabyss
Top Con
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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! See More
MemorableAnicetus
Top Pro
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Very fast

The fastest browser out there. See More
CleverCalliope
Top Con
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Uses Google as its default search engine

Quite ironic for the "privacy" browser. See More
SiamSami
Top Pro
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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. See More
CleverCalliope
Top Con
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Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Brave take on a lot of rolls besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file. See More
SiamSami
Top Pro
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Planned optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Basic Attention Token; you will be able 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. See More
PopularChibchacum
Top Con
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Looks like an alien

It does not follow your desktop overall design. See More
teadan
SiamSami
Top Pro
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Faster than Chrome and Firefox

Brave consistently beats Chrome in speed, might have to do with less tracking being run in the background. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
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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. See More
CromulentHaldi
Top Pro
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Now supports Chrome Webstore

It's now a faster, less intrusive Chrome. See More
CleverCalliope
Top Con
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Sync issues

Unable to sync extensions, no cloud sync (only device sync). See More
MemorableAnicetus
Top Pro
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Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

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Simona
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
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Criptomining from user device

Criptomining from user device. Online... Live and direct from your device... Brave company makes big money exploiting peoples ignorance, but is encrypted and very hard to discover.. See More
KindheartedArinniti
Top Pro
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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. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
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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. See More
KindheartedArinniti
Top Pro
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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. See More
teadan
ArticulatePoludnica
CleverCalliope
Top Con
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Same security holes as Chromium and it's derivates

Brave uses the same browser engine as Chromium, meaning it has the same security holes as Chromium. Chromium is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a web page that will hack Chromium may also hack Brave. However, Brave has security features that Chromium doesn't (such as a built-in ad and malware blocker). Those features will stop many hacking attempts. See More
KindheartedArinniti
Top Pro
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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. See More
LikableNinurta
Top Con
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Tor mode security issues

Tor mode has been leaking data, and not secure than Tor. See More
SiamSami
Top Pro
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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. See More
Nedas Kuzas
PoisedSopdu
Top Con
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Huge variety of builds

Everyone can release a build so you have to trust the distributor of the build. See More
LikableNinurta
Top Pro
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Brave Rewards

Can donate tokens to favourite website. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
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Still dependent on Google

Since it's based on Chrome. See More
ReasonableEnki
Top Con
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Doesn't remove search engine ads

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DetailedAbhartach
Top Con
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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. See More
DetailedAbhartach
Top Con
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Bookmark management

Bookmark management is not as seamless as other browsers. See More
ArticulatePoludnica
CleverCalliope
Top Con
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Still dependent on Chromium

It is based on the chromium web browser. See More
DetailedAbhartach
Top Con
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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. See More
DetailedAbhartach
Top Con
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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. See More
ReasonableEnki
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Creator support limited

Most creators don't use it and so will not profit from the crypto system. See More
CleverCalliope
Top Con
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No reader view

Can be accessed with an extension though. See More
einabyss
Top Con
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No cloud sync like Firefox

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DetailedAbhartach
Top Con
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Appearance

No options to customize apperance, and make the bookmarks appear on the home page, for instance. See More
Monika
RobustMarzyana
Top Con
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You can't edit the included adblocker

You can not add custom sites or lists to the adblocker. See More
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Internet Explorer

My Recommendation for Internet Explorer

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ReflectiveBamapana
Top Pro
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System built-in browser

Browser has many system related features. With Internet Explorer you can run certain types of files, without saving them in a non-temporary directory, or you can change proxy settings via a built-in Windows dialog window. See More
Monika
SplendidTheandrios
Top Con
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Final version of the browser

Microsoft confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 (released on 2013, still bundled in Windows 10) will be the last version of Internet Explorer as Microsoft is shifting its development focus to Microsoft Edge. See More
PerceptivePoludnica
PerceptivePoludnica's Experience
Internet Explorer is basic and moderatly lightweight. It has all the features a browser need