• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
    18·
    5 days ago

    Just answer honestly,
    While floorp has a more flowy and relaxed security model that still allows interaction with local files and is just overall easier to get into, I also like Zen for it’s peace of mind, with the ability to suspend execution of javascript on page load turned on as a default feature, however it can be quite uptight a what does and doesn’t constitute valid html

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldM
      6·
      5 days ago

      In his newest (and worst) How Do You Do Fellow Kids moment, Mark Zuckerberg launches the Poob service, accessible exclusively through the Metaverse. What does it do? Fucked if we know.

    • jimmux@programming.dev
      17·
      5 days ago

      Same, after I tried all the other Fireforks. It was last on the list because of the non-serious name and logo, but damnit it’s the most stable and has sensible defaults that don’t get in my way.

      • snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        11·
        5 days ago

        until the last update at least, which moved half of the settings into the “Floorp Hub”, removed the other half, and broke gesture extensions and my userchrome >:( thinking of just going back to librewolf and staying with it forever

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      I really wanted to like floorp but scrolling on a touchpad is awful on it for some reason. It’s the only fork i have issues with the scrolling on a touchpad.

      • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        Oh weird, I use it with a touchpad on my laptop (Lenovo Ideapad if that makes any difference) and it’s always been fine for me.

  • RustyNova@lemmy.world
    261·
    5 days ago

    I really like librewolf. Does need some getting used to and actually learn to manage profiles (which it sadly remove the new profile browser for some reason?), but pretty great and “just works”

    • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
      247·
      5 days ago

      The only problem is it isn’t based on Chromium tho. That just doesn’t suffice anymore.

      I was an avid Firefox user for years and librewolf user for a year after that, but unfortunately, FF hasn’t been able to keep up in terms of web standards.

      More and more I kept having pages just not work. I ended up having to install a backup Chromium-based browser bc critical websites like my banking and loan sites only worked on Chromium-based browsers. Eventually, I caved. If I had to have a second,Chromium-based browser anyway, I might as well just use that for everything.

      I wanted to not use Chromium, but FF has lost the war. Chromium runs the show now. No more fighting back. Google owns the internet.

      So now I’m on Brave, and honestly it’s way better than Librewolf these days. I would recommend any librewolf user switch over to that.

      • mholiv@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 days ago

        Why would you choose the crypto bro ad company browser out of all the chrome spinoffs?

        Why not use any of the others?

        • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
          11·
          6 hours ago

          One of the few chromies that has adblock still as well as decent privacy-by-default settings. I just disable the AI stuff. It doesn’t have crypto stuff anymore (at least not in your face; I’m sure you can still re-enable it). It’s the best chromium browser by far.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 hours ago

            I use Firefox every day of my life on multiple platforms. It works great. And I don’t need to fund crypto scams or contribute to the death of an open internet to use it. Cope.

      • Valmond@lemmy.world
        211·
        5 days ago

        Interesting, I use FF for everything, on android, Linux & windows, no problems.

        • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
          12·
          6 hours ago

          Good for you. It works for most websites. But when I can’t pay my loan bc firefox is crapping itself, it means I can’t use firefox.

        • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
          8·
          5 days ago

          The only things I’ve encountered that don’t work are webusb things and snapchat but snapchat you can just change user agent and it’s fine.

        • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          Same. Or if there is a problem, I have no reason to believe it’s due to what browser I’m using. Sometimes there’s technical issues on the other end. Opening a support ticket can help get things straightened out.

      • juipeltje@lemmy.world
        8·
        4 days ago

        It’s weird how i still haven’t run into any of those sites after years of using firefox. For me it not being chromium is a positive, especially with this recent adblock nonsense that google is pulling.

      • RustyNova@lemmy.world
        5·
        5 days ago

        Well it really depends on your use case because as a daily driver I never see any buggy page. Not even the enhanced protection thing is blocking pages

        • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
          11·
          6 hours ago

          Yeah it was good for a while. But now a few important websites for me just don’t work anymore, like a page for paying my loan. It only worked in chromium browsers. I know that chromium will work everywhere because they’re the first to implement the newest standards and are the most supported by developers due to it having a huge market share. I can’t rely on knowing firefox will work anymore. I’ve lost faith in it as a product.

      • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        71·
        5 days ago

        I believed the same things… in around 2014. By internet standards, that’s an absolutely ancient perspective, and absolutely untrue these days. My main browser is Floorp, a Firefox fork, and I’ve found a total of one website that actually doesn’t work, which was just a huge directory listing.

  • nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    10·
    5 days ago

    I mostly like zen. But I dont like that pressing on the new tab button brings up a floating search menu instead of taking me to my homepage.

    Edit: thanks for pointing me to about config peeps.

    • unknown1234_5@kbin.earth
      3·
      5 days ago

      theres an about:config setting thats something like replace.newtab and if you set it to false it brings back new tabs. you can also set the urlbar behavior to normal and it will stop floating

    • _hovi_@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 days ago

      I actually thought that was interesting. What I really didn’t like is not being able to just set a theme, and when I finally got to the color picker thing it just wouldn’t let me set proper full black (oled). Once themes are easier and it has tree style tabs (like sideberry - not those folders) I would consider switching again.

      • nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        5 days ago

        I thought it was cool too, but I have Heimdall running on a docker container. I wanted to be able to easily get to that, and it felt like the default behavior of Zen was getting in the way.

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      I loved Zen. But I have multiple devices and I don’t want to have to do all of the customisation, profile and essential tab set up for ever device. So i gave up on it once base Firefox brought out the new vertical tabs.

      Oh that and they kept changing things that weren’t customisable that I got used to. Like the profile switcher on the bottom.

      Has there been any updates that have implemented proper syncing or added more customisation yet? (I know about mods, but some of the better customisation ones would break every other update)