• Johanno@feddit.org
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      3 days ago

      Why though?

      I mean the only reason I could think of is that the number of sites which do not support Firefox increases. So I always need Chrome to get some websites working.

      What did Firefox that Vivaldi does better?

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        I find that Chromium derivates do perform much better as long as a Wayland+Nvidia combo isn’t freaking them out.

        It’s usually not a huge deal on fast desktops though.

      • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        What did Firefox that Vivaldi does better?

        So far:

        • No AI slop
        • Lower CPU usage
        • Broader set of extensions (old Chrome + Chrome V3 both supported)
        • Nicer interface with actually configurable sidebar
        • Configurable keybinds for everything
        • Mouse gestures

        But as I say, I’ve only been trying it for a few days, and there are several others I want to try before I settle on a permanent replacement.

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          2 days ago

          Ok I get your point, but basically a Firefox alternative like libre wolf would work for you too

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        2 days ago

        I’d recommend Cromite. For desktop and Android, it’s awesome.

        DDG browser if you want multi device sync.

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          3 days ago

          Maybe try LibreWolf, it’s just Firefox with the Mozilla bullshit removed and privacy respecting defaults. It’s identical besides that

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            3 days ago

            Because of the anti fingerprinting changes so many sites don’t work in it though, mapping utilities in particular, and banks.

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            3 days ago

            Yeah, unfortunately LibreWolf’s a bit weird for me in ways I can’t live with.

            Also its onboarding process really needs work, the first time I used it I lost all my logins because I wasn’t fully aware LibreWolf doesn’t save any cookies by default, which kinda coloured my experience with it.

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              2 days ago

              I find Librewolf to be a bit annoying as well. You can disable that cookie-deleting behavior, but I was annoyed that when I signed in with my Firefox account that it had deleted my history and synced that deletion, so now my history was gone everywhere.

              Zen is my current favorite Firefox derivative. Whether you like it or not will depend on if you like their UI choices. I actually wasn’t a tabs-on-the-side guy, but after using it for a day or so I’ve come to like it a lot.

              Waterfox was nice too, but it was a bit unstable last time I used it.