General Internet Browser Discussion

[lexluthermiester]

There have been a number of questions about web browsers lately and no home for those questions to be discussed/answered, so let's fix that. This thread is about internet browsers of any make, their functionality and usefulness. This applies to any platform. For fun, we have a poll!

Anyone is free to ask the community questions or offer input & assistance to those who do. Standard forum rules apply so lets keep things helpful and informative! Let's begin;

Speaking of Firefox, Is the a place here we can ask/talk about browsers? I looked but could not find one, thanks!

Feel free to open a new thread then, preferably in the General Software section.

Mr. Bill ask away!

 

[Mr Bill]

There have been a number of questions about web browsers lately and no home for those questions to be discussed/answered, so let's fix that. This thread is about internet browsers of any make, their functionality and usefulness. This applies to any platform. For fun, we have a poll!

Anyone is free to ask the community questions or offer input & assistance to those who do. Standard forum rules apply so lets keep things helpful and informative! Let's begin;



Mr. Bill ask away!

I have Chrome, Edge and Firefox, I was just wondering if anyone is more efficient than the other?
Thanks!

 

[lexluthermiester]

I have Chrome, Edge and Firefox, I was just wondering if anyone is more efficient than the other?
Thanks!

What kind of efficient? Power draw? System resource?

 

[Mr Bill]

What kind of efficient? Power draw? System resource?

Sorry, I'm in the a/c business, we usually talk efficiency, I meant "speed" wise.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Sorry, I'm in the a/c business, we usually talk efficiency, I meant "speed" wise.

Chrome and Chromium variants are generally very fast. Faster than Firefox at rendering pages. But keep the following in mind though, PC's are so fast these days that browser speed is not as important as it once was.

 

[windwhirl]

Sorry, I'm in the a/c business, we usually talk efficiency, I meant "speed" wise.

I agree with Lex. I think Chromium/Chrome and its variants (Edge's the only one I recall) have been in the lead in that regard. Granted, I think it's pretty uncommon to find yourself in a site where you actually notice any difference.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

Edge is the nicest on lower end systems
Chrome has RAM problems
Firefoxes new engine has RAM problems until you have a ton of tabs open

 

[joemama]

Edge is the nicest on lower end systems
Chrome has RAM problems
Firefoxes new engine has RAM problems until you have a ton of tabs open
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Good thing I have a whole lot of RAM that I never use up

 

[thesmokingman]

I use firefox daily but the issues with it are starting to get annoying. Random things will fail like right now it is not redirecting properly. Shit breaks all the time with FF, smh. I keep chrome and edge around at the ready.

The page isn’t redirecting properly

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

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I use firefox daily but the issues with it are starting to get annoying. Random things will fail like right now it is not redirecting properly. Shit breaks all the time with FF, smh. I keep chrome and edge around at the ready.

hhhhh wut??
Ive never had this problem ?
things do break when firefox is on higher security settings but thats not firefoxes fault

Good thing I have a whole lot of RAM that I never use up

Im the same to an extent
and even if i run out of ram
it can just throw firefox into swap

 

[lexluthermiester]

I use firefox daily but the issues with it are starting to get annoying. Random things will fail like right now it is not redirecting properly. Shit breaks all the time with FF, smh.

Have you tried the ESR channel releases? I've been running those versions exclusively since they were introduced and it's been smooth sailing. The ESR's are the stability focused versions and also tend to have fewer security issues as well.

Directory Listing: /pub/firefox/releases/78.13.0esr/

This is the latest of the version 78 ESR's, but there has been a new ESR series started;

Directory Listing: /pub/firefox/releases/91.0.1esr/

I'm currently testing this version to make sure it'll work for me ATM. It's perfectly stable, but I have a few extensions that need to be sorted out.

Give them a look. They can be installed into separate folders and will have separate profiles from your current install of FireFox.

 

[windwhirl]

I use firefox daily but the issues with it are starting to get annoying. Random things will fail like right now it is not redirecting properly. Shit breaks all the time with FF, smh. I keep chrome and edge around at the ready.

u
hhhhh wut??
Ive never had this problem ?

I've encountered it a couple times. Then again, I run Nightly, which is as beta as you can get without pulling the code straight from moz-central and compiling it yourself everytime someone changes a line in the code, so I usually report the problem if there's any and move on.

 

[sam_86314]

Firefox all the way. It's also the only browser on Android that supports extensions AFAIK.

The only thing I hate about Firefox is the sponsored nonsense that sometimes appears on my new tab page, but it's easy enough to disable.

I believe my nostalgic PC has Waterfox on it. It's lighter weight and supports legacy extensions.

 

[thesmokingman]

Have you tried the ESR channel releases? I've been running those versions exclusively since they were introduced and it's been smooth sailing. The ESR's are the stability focused versions and also tend to have fewer security issues as well.

Directory Listing: /pub/firefox/releases/78.13.0esr/

This is the latest of the version 78 ESR's, but there has been a new ESR series started;

Directory Listing: /pub/firefox/releases/91.0.1esr/

I'm currently testing this version to make sure it'll work for me ATM. It's perfectly stable, but I have a few extensions that need to be sorted out.

Give them a look. They can be installed into separate folders and will have separate profiles from your current install of FireFox.

I haven't really looked into it. I might give it a try when it becomes too annoying. FF keeps bringing back errors from a decade ago, its hilarious. I only use because FF of the add ons and only because I don't like the stock FF experience. That's the rub I guess, though I do appreciate how easy it is to back up and move one's profile, etc.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

FIREFOX + duckduckgo
probs the safest normal broweser combination bar tor

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

When I don't need to use another browser due to absurd issues, I use Pale Moon. Pale Moon 29.4.0 was just released yesterday. Pale Moon 29.4.0.1, was released today, which was an out-of-band fix for compatibility.

 

[lexluthermiester]

When I don't need to use another browser due to absurd issues, I use Pale Moon. Pale Moon 29.4.0 was just released yesterday. Pale Moon 29.4.0.1, was released today, which was an out-of-band fix for compatibility.

Pale Moon was my goto browser for a long while until changes to a site I was staff on broke compatibility with the forum software making performing admin and moderation duties impossible. I miss it but the fork from the mainline FireFox code made using it a non-starter for many activities.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Pale Moon was my goto browser for a long while until changes to a site I was staff on broke compatibility with the forum software making performing admin and moderation duties impossible. I miss it but the fork from the mainline FireFox code made using it a non-starter for many activities.

I watched compatibility get much better over time.

 

[Hugis]

I use Edge now , as it ships with 11 (thats my daily driver now) i dont see a reason not to use it. I still have Chrome installed(it was my goto for years)

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

I just swapped to Waterfox
Its nicer on the computer
and has MORE fun settings THX sam for telling meh about it

 

[lexluthermiester]

I just swapped to Waterfox
Its nicer on the computer
and has MORE fun settings THX sam for telling meh about it

Careful though, it's got issues with the YouTube comment system. You'll make a comment and most of the time it won't save. The latest version is the problem, which is why I switched away from it recently.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

Careful though, it's got issues with the YouTube comment system. You'll make a comment and most of the time it won't save. The latest version is the problem, which is why I switched away from it recently.

Eh i dont comment on yt lol
not really relevant for me then
But thanks for heads up

 

[theFOoL]

Boy I remember using Maxthon Classic Browser back in Xp and Vista

 

[freeagent]

Man..

I am such a boring user. I just use Edge..

I run a very barebones type operation lol. I don't have any bloat installed, I control start up behavior so anything that doesn't need to run isn't. Its like I am trying to run XP with a GB of ram and have enough ram left over to game @ high settings with lol..

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

Man..

I am such a boring user. I just use Edge..

I run a very barebones type operation lol. I don't have any bloat installed, I control start up behavior so anything that doesn't need to run isn't. Its like I am trying to run XP with a GB of ram and have enough ram left over to game @ high settings with lol..

I dont like edge cause it showes me bing to much