browser comparison

[J. Starke]

I use both Firefox and Chrome for different reasons. No complaints other than the fact that Chrome loves to eat RAM.

[craig89]

Originally I used IE but most sites at that time discouraged using that so I switched to Firefox. That worked great for a number of years but then on I would have problems playing videos on certain sites. I had tried Chrome at work and hated it but tried it again and, I guess with upgrades since then, it worked much better. So I use Chrome now. One problem I have, and this is odd, if I go to websites that are hosted by my ISP, it completely slows down Chrome. Not all the time but most of the time. So I stay clear of those websites. Would like to hear from anyone that may know why it does this but otherwise Chrome works fine for me.

[pelham456]

Originally Posted by pelham456

the 2 things which FF and chrome fail on:

1) cannot save webpages in a SINGLE file (mhtml in IE)
2) cannot view THIS page:

http://renegaderadio1510.podbean.com/feed

those are the only 2 reasons i cling to IE.

otoh, i find "save image as..." avail in FF in several cases where IE does not offer it. rly rly annoying!

so far no verdict on chrome in this regard.

one more thing i find lacking in chrome...and maybe IE, i forget:

3) i DL a lot of audio/video and some %age of them will not offer up URLs via right click and/or "save file as...". for most of those the URL is obvious via "view source" (any browser) but for SOME that it isn't (involving off-page fetching or w/e), it can still be found under FF's "view info >> media". is there an equiv to this in other browsers?

SOME of those i have managed to find via "inspect element" (chrome), but not all. there's a certain %age i am left with which i am at a flat-out dead end tryna find URLs for.

not a lone site here or a lone site there -- i been at this a while, and i have whole categories of podcasts divided into "URL via right click", "URL via page source", "URL via info or inspect", and "URL still unknown".

any tricks/workarounds on that last one?

[PatrynXX]

Originally Posted by pelham456

one more thing i find lacking in chrome...and maybe IE, i forget:

3) i DL a lot of audio/video and some %age of them will not offer up URLs via right click and/or "save file as...". for most of those the URL is obvious via "view source" (any browser) but for SOME that it isn't (involving off-page fetching or w/e), it can still be found under FF's "view info >> media". is there an equiv to this in other browsers?

SOME of those i have managed to find via "inspect element" (chrome), but not all. there's a certain %age i am left with which i am at a flat-out dead end tryna find URLs for.

not a lone site here or a lone site there -- i been at this a while, and i have whole categories of podcasts divided into "URL via right click", "URL via page source", "URL via info or inspect", and "URL still unknown".

any tricks/workarounds on that last one?

found out a redirect addon I have disabled the hidden links on one site I was using (erotelki) not posting the actual link. I started to figure this out when I was clicking IMDB review links and they wouldn't show up right. I guess those are redirects. O_O the original link will show up above it if I hover over the link. So now if I go to erotelki and right click save as, it saves as ul . to and doesn't redirect via erotelki. Fun. Had no idea how much Redirects are a pain in the ass till I added that.. That one is called Redirect Bypasser. I'm as I have said have someone who added that blob thing that seems to popup mainly under pornhub like sites. But freeones sets it off too. That to be is a redirect. But this extension doesn't do that. (which I think is a pop up with a redirect) but simply shuts off the redirects in the links.

[redsox1211]

Their is 1 thing kinda annoying about firefox, the directory of space gets filled up fast, like i choose to daily to delete site data/cookies etc, and i noticed even if i dont go on that many sites its also over a gb of space, or close to it

[BigFapper]

Originally Posted by cylnz

today for everyday use I use Vivaldi. It is what is left of opera. I like it very much. The only problems I don't like is that it is built on chromium. Chromium parentheses which you can use by the way is the open source version of Chrome by Scroogle.

These days by far, the most widely used browser is Chrome. It is spyware malware big brother crap that you install yourself so that someone else can control you. Unfortunately for world plus dog it is the basis that the entire internet is basically built on now. It sucks it's wrong it's bullshit it's life.

Vivaldi has quite a few add-ons available and has a decent phone version.

Is it true that Chrome has a lot of spyware because it belongs to Google and collects everything you do with your browser, but Vivaldi also has telemetry such as collect Unique ID per install, IP Address, Screen Resolution and CPU architecture, Browser Version, and Time since last message. So speaking of spying on users, Vivaldi not far behind.



I use Brave browser on the desktop and mobile, and I'm quite calm and happy when surfing the web, blocks practically all ads, is full compatible with all chrome extensions, is open source and doesn't invade privacy.

[jjjukemdzz]

Originally Posted by redsox1211

Their is 1 thing kinda annoying about firefox, the directory of space gets filled up fast, like i choose to daily to delete site data/cookies etc, and i noticed even if i dont go on that many sites its also over a gb of space, or close to it

Open a search in explorer
Search for Firefox
Goto Profiles
In profiles, open <somename>.default
Open cache2

This is almost always 1Gig unless you choose "Clear history when Firefox closes".


To clear this Cache
Goto Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
Under Cookies and Site Data
Enable [X] "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed"
- set any exceptions under Manage Exceptions

Then exit/close Firefox

[pelham456]

Originally Posted by jjjukemdzz

Open a search in explorer
Search for Firefox
Goto Profiles
In profiles, open <somename>.default
Open cache2

This is almost always 1Gig unless you choose "Clear history when Firefox closes".

ok, i am curious to try, but i don't have anything like "Profiles" in the Firefox folder. the choices are "browser" "defaults" "fonts" "gmp-clearkey" "uninstall", none of which even close to a gig. ("browser" around 50M; rest like 1M each)

on an earlier windows i recall having Profiles under (or parallel to?) something like "AppData" off to the side somewhere (up top under weird "Favorites" or "Libraries" shortcuts), but i don't even see that now. i figured maybe that was located under "Windows" or "Win32", not "Firefox" itself?

elsewhere on C:, i find "Users", but again, no "Profiles" (and no "Firefox", for that matter) underneath.

i redid all the searches using "Mozilla" instead of Firefox, but still nogo. WHERE exactly is this all located? rather than "search" can you give a sample addy, e.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Firefox 62.0.3 (64 bit)\..." type string?

i can take it from there.

TIA!

[pelham456]

Originally Posted by pelham456

one more thing i find lacking in chrome...and maybe IE, i forget:

3) i DL a lot of audio/video and some %age of them will not offer up URLs via right click and/or "save file as...". for most of those the URL is obvious via "view source" (any browser) but for SOME that it isn't (involving off-page fetching or w/e), it can still be found under FF's "view info >> media". is there an equiv to this in other browsers?

SOME of those i have managed to find via "inspect element" (chrome), but not all. there's a certain %age i am left with which i am at a flat-out dead end tryna find URLs for.

oddly enuf, chrome started getting SUPER long at opening "inspect element". like 20 mins or more/page! WTF?

of all the weird "glitches" in life, this one takes the cake. it was working just fine up until recently.

i depend heavily on this, so i was driven back to FF. reinstalled** and "view info >> media" still works fine.

REST of FF still bugging me. for now i'm just opening it when i need to snag an URL like this.


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** FAILED reinstall, btw. lack of space, i assume. but after aborting installation -- and planning to redo after opening up some space -- i found, amazingly, that everything works fine! what thu...? i dunno if some minor advanced features or add-ons were affected, but absolutely nothing that i've been able to find in the 2-3 weeks since this all happened.

i never imagined an aborted install could work, even slightly! "broken and missing, it keeps on ticking..."

[PatrynXX]

Originally Posted by pelham456

oddly enuf, chrome started getting SUPER long at opening "inspect element". like 20 mins or more/page! WTF?

of all the weird "glitches" in life, this one takes the cake. it was working just fine up until recently.

i depend heavily on this, so i was driven back to FF. reinstalled** and "view info >> media" still works fine.

REST of FF still bugging me. for now i'm just opening it when i need to snag an URL like this.


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** FAILED reinstall, btw. lack of space, i assume. but after aborting installation -- and planning to redo after opening up some space -- i found, amazingly, that everything works fine! what thu...? i dunno if some minor advanced features or add-ons were affected, but absolutely nothing that i've been able to find in the 2-3 weeks since this all happened.

i never imagined an aborted install could work, even slightly! "broken and missing, it keeps on ticking..."

opening Chrome forever is old. until I added the FVD speed dial. bang no load times. Unless it's on the home page or default page then .. well I went and hit home by accident and there was the long load time again.. so maybe something off with the default page that it starts on (basically a mini speed dial)