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Add to SafariWhen comparing Waterfox vs Naver Whale, the Slant community recommends Waterfox for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop web browsers?” Waterfox is ranked 25th while Naver Whale is ranked 53rd. The most important reason people chose Waterfox is:
Even faster than firefox.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Fast
Even faster than firefox.
Pro Offers excellent privacy
Does not phone home.
Pro Never ever freezes
Highly reliable.
Pro Works with Firefox addons
Firefox 56 add-ons compatibility, including unsigned XUL extensions and complete themes.
Pro Less bloated than Firefox
Pocket, telemetry, data collection, startup profiling is removed.
Pro Extremely customizable
It has almost every setting imaginable.
Pro Multiple add-on support
Pro Works with major streaming services
Includes widevine plugin and suitable user agent for viewing major streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Video.
Pro It's a Suite
It includes a calculator, timer, calendar and unit converter and a built-in music player.
Pro Convenient sidebar
You can have a bunch of apps on the sidebar which makes accessing them more convenient.
Pro Looks cute
Has a cute aesthetic with many options for wallpapers and changing the browser design.
Pro Compatible with Chromium extensions
You can use Chromium extensions.
Pro Uses Blink
It uses Blink which is the most used rendering engine.
Cons
Con Lag, lag, lag, freeze, freeze, freeze
Need to do something about it.
Con 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.
Con 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.
Con Misses translations
Since Naver is the South Korean Google it focuses mostly on Korea and some parts of the browser might miss translations.
Con Looks like an alien
It does not follow your desktop overall design.
Con Feature creep
Too much stuff.
