I usually try to opt for Vivaldi for anything I need for Chromium. I know Microsoft too well at this point (since Windows 3.14). Like, Swiftkey is my favorite android keyboard and I forced myself to learn how to use Thumbkey. That’s how much I just can’t trust them anymore.

I only use Chrome if I’m going to be doing web development. That being said, I have heard decent things about Edge’s performance lately. I could have dealt with MS shoving AI down my throat, but pics of my screen and ads in my start bar was the last straw.

Too bad I enjoy Github and Minecraft… otherwise I’d avoid their software altogether.

I actually trust Apple’s security. They make bank on high end devices for high prices, enough where they don’t need to rely on collecting and selling user data. Iirc, the only thing that really collects your data is Apple Music and Apple TV, but every paid sub streaming platform does that.

There’s nothing wrong with Safari at all. I have my irks with Apple tech, but honestly they’re probably one of the safer big corporations imo. I do love Airpods, though. I have a pair of Max and I can’t get by with any other headphones now, lol. I just can’t get used to mac and iOS, especially since I love open source android apps.

Makes sense about Orion. Its still brand new. Zen and Vivaldi are two of my absolute favorites, as well. I just switched back to Zen. I felt that Zen was weirdly more sluggish than Floorp for some reason. I mulled on it a bit and figured it out. mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y is set to 300 in Floorp and 200 in Zen. I set it to 300 and it feels so much better.

That’s why I don’t have any subscription services as well (aside from VPN and Debrid). I’m now less legally bound than those who use “legal” services (if you count extortion as legal).

Ngl, I’m going to bookmark this reply and see if I can get something similar set up. However, I will still have to look around for when communities open registration. The closest thing I was in back in the day was Demonoid when it first launched. I got in early through a friend who was a trusted member. Yes, it was torrents, but it was a completely private torrent economy.

That being said, torrents are still a security risk. I’ve just been using them for so long that I know the right channels and uploaders to go through in the public scene. I haven’t had a single malicious file fot my last 8 years on Windows. Now that I’m on Linux, the risk is a bit less. There’s still risk, but not as bad.

Zen Browser keeps me from going back to Vivaldi (I do love Vivaldi, don’t get me wrong). They added the best of Vivaldi to Firefox. Workspaces, essential tabs, tiled tab windows, and side toolbars. There’s a mod that reorganizes the theming to work with Firefox themes, but you can also right click the tab bar and pick any color under the sun, even multicolor gradients (I think up to 5 colors).

lmao Fair enough. Have you tried the Orion Browser yet? I was curious about it.

I’ll give you an upvote for courage, lol. I just can’t do it, myself. I’m not a fan of Google’s moral ethics. Every time I open Chrome I feel vulnerable.

If you want to have one streaming service to rule them all, that’d be Stremio. I don’t know how specific I want to get in this community, but there’s ways of turning it into a torrent streamer. I pay $3.75 a month for it using debrid and have access to everything, even obscure movies. However, I always seed what I watch to at least 5x.

Stremio has an app for Android, Samsung TV, Windows, and Linux. I think mac and iOS, too, but I don’t run those at all so I’m not sure. You can use catalog plugins to mimic Netflix, Hulu, etc. But you can also use it with your Netflix, Prime and other such streaming accounts.

Edit: Also, with debrid, you don’t need a VPN. It does all the anonymity for you. That’s the only thing that you have to pay for.

Oh hey. I just fixed some of the sluggish feeling of Zen. I thought about it overnight and had an idea. Turns out I was right. In about:config, Floorp has mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y set to 300. Zen only has it set to 200. Might be going back to Zen for a bit now, lol. I also disabled all mods and will be re-enabling them 1 by 1 to see if they had anything to add to the slow feeling.

I can’t either. Use the Gesturefy Firefox extension. Even has custom user gestures if you need and can you can change existing gestures.

I’ve tried the others, but Gesturefy seems to work best and I’ve been using it for years.

I really love Vivaldi, but Zen took over for me. It has Workspaces and even tab tiling. It also has something called Essential Tabs, which tile as buttons at the top of your tab bar.

https://docs.zen-browser.app/user-manual/workspaces

There’s also Glance Mode, which will open a whole page in a hovering preview over your current page. It really can do some crazy stuff with tabs.

I checked out DuckDuckGo Browser a bit. The mobile version is definitely more polished than the desktop version. At least you can use the DuckPlayer to watch YouTube without ads. The main thing for me is that I need a browser that forces dark mode on sites and the last I checked the DDG Desktop browser doesn’t have it, even though the mobile one does.

It looks like IronFox is getting more recognition than I thought. I’m glad, because its a great android browser. Is it on F-Droid’s main repository yet? I remember having to add the IronFox repository manually.

Number one on the list of why you should use Firefox, lol. Fuck Chrome.

I’m curious as to see how Floorp would work on Japanese sites. Its developed in Japan, so it should work good. I understand that there are still too many sites that won’t work without Chrome though, it’s a major pain.

I’m in love with Vim shortcuts as is. Having a bit of trouble figuring it out, though. Trying to track down the config folder. I have firefox-tridactyl added on Arch, but I also just installed it as an extension through Floorp. No idea where I’m supposed to find the configs for either. I’d like to make a theme using my custom astigmatism-friendly colors.

Well, I’ve been through the Arch sacred texts, so this won’t be new to me. Time to get some reading in, lol.

Zen and Floorp both have multiple UI designs you can change through the settings. I think Zen only has side-style tabs, though. Floorp is more malleable and has several UI variants plus many options to change how it works alongside integrated Tree Style Tabs support.

If you don’t want all the customization and such, Librewolf would be the choice. It’s a “just the basics” Firefox fork. No additives, no telemetry, nothing. The settings page is incredibly short, lol.

I don’t disagree. I was young and stupid.

I keep Zen around for the same reason. However, right now its fairly laggy and buggy so I keep checking back after updates.

Floorp and Firefox can play DRM, I think. There’s a checkbox in the settings, at least. I’ve never tried it because I use third party apps to play DRM media.

You’ve just changed my life with Tridactyl. It even has themes… This is what I’m missing. I can’t wait to try this. I love Qutebrowser, but no matter what custom lists I add (even using all three list types), I can’t get it it block everything. And I can’t find a Greasemonkey youtube script that works.

Tridactyl is going to be so much fun. Thank you!!