Browser replacement? (Solved, for now!)
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:04 pm
I've gotten tired of the huge footprint of Firefox, and don't need all of the whistles, bells, and buzzers of FF, Chrome, Opera, Chromiium etc., etc.. So I've been looking at smaller browsers suitable for Linux that still have an adblocker, most pros/cons say these smaller ones aren't yet ready, they have problems rendering websites, etc., and I don't want a text-based one. I looked at Pale Moon (recommended to me a few weeks ago), but it's supposedly missing some things for Linux, made primarily for Win. So I downloaded and installed Midori and Qupzilla just to take them out for a spin. Any opinions yea or nay on these two?
TIA
Any other recomendations?
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https://beebom.com/best-web-browsers-for-linux/ wrote:Pale Moon started out as an optimized Firefox build for Windows, but has since expanded onto other platforms, and has moved away from Firefox in a number of ways. The most obvious is the decision to retain the classic Firefox UI instead of switching to Australis. This makes Pale Moon a desirable alternative for dissatisfied Firefox users, but there are a few caveats. Its Windows-centric legacy shows in a number of places, notably in the fact that the profile migration tool is not available for Linux. Pale Moon also isn’t fully compatible with Firefox add-ons, and some of the more popular extensions don’t work with it. If that’s not an obstacle for you, Pale Moon is an easy recommendation for anyone tired of Mozilla’s antics.
https://beebom.com/best-web-browsers-for-linux/ wrote:Midori is a lightweight alternative browser for GTK-based desktop environments, such as GNOME or Xfce. It supports both GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3, and it’s based on WebKit. Due to its fast startup time and responsiveness, it has become the default browser for a number of Linux distributions. Like many browsers on this list, it follows the Opera rather than Firefox approach to providing features out-of-the-box: it comes with support for user scripts and styles, smart bookmarks, ad blocking, mouse gestures, and a speed dial, among other things.
Watcha think, eh?https://beebom.com/best-web-browsers-for-linux/ wrote:QupZilla could be viewed as Midori’s Qt counterpart in the context of this list. Although the name sounds similar, it has no relation to Mozilla. It offers a lightweight yet feature-packed alternative to its better-known competitors. QupZilla is based on WebKit, and comes with with its own ad blocker and speed dial. It also offers an interesting approach to viewing bookmarks, history and RSS feeds – it unifies them all in a single window. Another distinguishing feature is that QupZilla tries to seamlessly integrate with the user’s environment.
Any other recomendations?