Firefox.

I quite like Epiphany/Gnome Web, it has some nice features like saving a web page as a 'desktop application' (of course, native applications are far superior, but not always available) but it seems to struggle with some websites so I can't really use it for the bulk of my browsing. I'm not really a fan of GTK HeaderBars either.

So mostly Firefox but with some Epiphany 'desktop applications' 😁

Nycticorax I've been walking back from Firefox as well and using Brave more. It works well on all of my devices and I appreciate the focus on security and privacy (though I've read some people may know more than me on these notes). If Opera was still a Norwegian company, I'd use it again. Their security is still good.

    Unfortunately, when it comes to sensitive operations, like banking, CRA/IRS, etc, they only accept Firefox, Chrome, etc.
    Same with Netflix.

      Currently, we can have several profiles for different tasks. This is what I do with firefox and brave, email profile, shopping profile, streaming profile etc. With specific addons and parameters in each one. It works very well and avoids mixing everything up. Only firefox is not very user-friendly with its profile management, which is not accessible from the toolbar. Brave is doing very well, several profiles for different shopping sites, streaming profile with the windscribe vpn addon (I find chromium is more efficient for streaming).

      elfprince Unfortunately, when it comes to sensitive operations, like banking, CRA/IRS, etc, they only accept Firefox, Chrome, etc.
      Same with Netflix.

      That seems strange to me. I use Vivaldi for banking, stock brokerage, Netflix, BritBox, Disney+ and much more. It's what powers my streaming machine. It's even better than I expected.

      For a long time I'd used two different browsers (Firefox and Opera), in two separate workspaces on my Windows laptop, each with assigned tasks. It used to be Firefox for news, Twitter, broker, and banking, and Opera for ad hoc browsing (motorcycle racing, soccer, F1 and such).

      Turns out, when one starts Vivaldi, it not only remembers the sites from the last session, but even remembers the workspace where it was last started. Thus, when last used in workspace 2, for example, it restarts with the tabs that were previously open in workspace 2. When restarted in workspace 3, it remembers the tabs that were last open in workspace 3. I don't know if that's by design, but it works that way for me.

      Formerly I used Opera because I found its "speed dial" feature very useful. Recently, I've discovered that Vivaldi offers that as well. These days I have even less reason to use any other browser.

      In my experience, most browsers simply change to the instance that's already open when started a second time. Given this useful characteristic of Vivaldi, I no longer need to use two different browsers, but just two instances of Vivaldi. And I totally eschew Chrome, because Google already has plenty of personal information about me. They don't need any more.

          I've actually transitioned to Vivaldi amazingly. As some may know I've been a Chrome fanboy since their first testing releases all those years ago. I'm enjoying Vivaldi now that I've got it tweaked a bit!

            elfprince

            Sorry, I've never thought to check that. Vivaldi is an extension of Chromium, as is Opera and so many others, if that gives you a clue. And thanks to this forum for introducing me to Vivaldi. It's now the only browser I need, whether on Linux machines or on my Windows laptop.

              Justin Sounds exactly like me. Curious what tweaks you've made to Vivaldi maybe worth mentioning here? Other then just a few Chrome store extensions, I don't think I've really needed to tweak Vivaldi much, other than making sure it syncs everything, having a customized start page of my favorite websites, etc.

                  Scotty-Trees Wish there was a command to say what's not default in config. 😃

                  • I turned off coloured tabs
                  • Customised the theme fit in with Arc GTK theme
                  • Disabled middle mouse button to show previews on click the bottom of a tab (purely to stop me continously doing it by accident)
                  • Changed Ctrl L to Alt D for accessing address bar (Chrome default, so used to it)
                  • Disabled download notifications
                  • Turned on sync (I'm really liking their sync, Google's takes forever, not sure why, Vivaldi's is super fast)

                  That's all I can think of off the top of my head, oh and I turned on dark mode for the interface.

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                    firefox 🔥 🦊
                    plus vivaldi as a side-by-side experience.also use seamonkey and palemoon at times.

                    Scotty-Trees I don't think I've really needed to tweak Vivaldi much

                    I/ve tried most of the popular browsers, and settled on Vivaldi for all of my computers, even the Windows VMs I keep available for those rare programs that can't run on Linux (e.g., Ring and Nook). It's the browser that requires the fewest changes to its settings whenever I set up a new OS installation, and in my experience its function in flawless.

                      Still Firefox and Vivaldi on PC and mobile.

                      xjdwc It looks like a firefox with uBlock origin & duckduck go preinstalled and some telemetry settings changed.
                      I don't see the aim of a fork for installing a couple of extensions and changing the value of a few keys in about:config

                          kyrios I tried to use Librewolf daily for about a week or more. I liked it. They ripped out telemetry and pocket, and clipboard function, and some other ghack.js--type changes in about:config. It's a great privacy browser but it's rarely updated so that's worrisome in a way.
                          Also: I could do all they things they did in about:config in my native Solus updated FF, so I did. 🙂 Ergo, no more wolf for regular browsing.
                          Plus I think uMatrix is 1000X better>uBlockOrigin (the librewolf default extension).