When comparing Qutebrowser vs Firefox Nightly, the Slant community recommends Qutebrowser for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop web browsers?” Qutebrowser is ranked 17th while Firefox Nightly is ranked 22nd. The most important reason people chose Qutebrowser is:
With suggestions/auto-complete to reduce the learning curve.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Vim-style keyboard shortcuts and commands for rapid navigation
With suggestions/auto-complete to reduce the learning curve.
Pro Fast and light on resource usage
Pro Highly customizable
And quite easy to configure. You can even write your own config.
Pro Great for Privacy
Makes no unexpected network requests by default, unlike most other browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Firefox, etc).
Pro Userscripts
Call custom scripts on web pages or links (hinting mode).
You can use this for downloading of videos (youtube-dl, adfree), saving web pages as pdf or adding news sources to your RSS reader (newsboat).
Pro Access to new features
Nightly comes after beta which means you get access to more features.
Pro Blazing fast
Short load times. Quick tab switching. Fast rendering.
Pro Private and secure
Made with privacy and security in mind, even Tor based their browser on it.
Cons
Con Software rendering only with Nouveau Drivers
Con Steep learning curve
If you're not a vim user, it will take some time to get used to the shortcuts.
Con Slow
As it is mainly written in Python, it's startup is slower than the competition.
Con Requires additional support and plugins for video playback
Con Buggy; performance issues and crashes
Because you're accessing new Firefox features, bugs and crashing comes. Firefox Nightly is meant for developers and it's for PCs that have low chance of getting attacked. If Firefox is for you, go for the normal one or beta at least. If you use Nightly, checking updates regularly is recommended.
Con The icon is ugly
Con Not intended for general use
This browser was made for testing purposes for future versions of Firefox, and it can easily crash. Most people should use the stable release of Firefox.
