Microsoft eliminates Chrome

Edge can edit PDF forms. I use Edge to fill out PDF forms, or add another line of text (using the "Add text" function with the icon that resembles a letter 'T' inside a square box).

The beauty of FireFox is in its numerous "Add-ons". I can achieve almost everything I want to do with those FireFox Add-ons.

Hi Frank,

There are two basic rendering engines (there are some others too):

Blink: Chromium, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, etc. Gecko: Firefox, Waterfox, Ice Weasel, Sea Monkey, etc.

Blink has around 85% user market share. Gecko has around 7% market share. In my experience, if a web site is not going to work in one rendering engine it will work in the other. The problems I see and ten time more common with Gecko than with Blink. Because of the market share issue, the developer develop for Blink then Gecko when the bitching gets to much.

So to cope with this, I install both Firefox and Brave on my customer's machines. I discourage them using spyware browsers such as Chrome and Edge: you become the product rather than the customer. I tell my customers if one browser does not work, try the other. So far 100% success.

Brave has built in Ad Blocking and does not spy on you. If you want Ad Blocking with Firefox, I recommend uBlock Orgin. Now if you really do not care about the spying or being harassed with pop ups of s*** to buy, the Ad Blocking noticeably speeds up your speed.a

Now for you are a retired chemist, you will appreciate Brave's "Private Widow with TOR". TOR is a very effective VPN to insure your privacy. So when you get curious about the chemical properties of a certain polymer call " ca rb om -- b er ", you won't get automatically flagged as a terrorist. Remove the spaces and dashes, then put a space between the r and the b and you will see why law enforce will be very curious about you.

I use TOR to browse cpusa's web site to see what the Wokie's and democrats are up to lately.

By the way, at last count, I have NINE web browsers.

-T

That's really good to know.

I probably would not have known what that was.

LibreOffice Writer can encrypt files so you need a password to open them. Works easily and simply.

Is that damning with faint praise? FireFox needs numerous third party add- ons to be an exceptable browser? Brave can use extensions from the Chrome store but I've never felt the need to load up on PrivacyBadger, AdBlockerPlus, and so forth. The functionality is built in.

I used FF for years because IE sucked but there are better choices in

rbowman wrote on 2/9/2024 8:06 PM:

I don't think Chrome (or Brave) can download YouTube videos because Google own Chrome and YouTube.

I don't think Chrome (or Brave) can download videos from most of the websites.

I don't think Chrome (or Brave) can bypass almost all of the known paywalls.

I don't think Chrome (or Brave) can remove the spy codes appended to your browser address. When you cut and paste your browser address, you carry the spy codes over. That's why some people paste an URL that's ridiculously long. That may include your ISP, your browser, and your computer info.

I don't think Chrome (or Brave) can download a 'complete' webpage into a single HTML file which is complete and standalone without tagging on a mandatory folder when you use the "Save Page As..." function

I don't think Chrome (or Brave) can let you select and edit which part of the webpage you want to 'print' or save as a PDF or HTML file.

The following are some of the FireFox Add-ons that I use:

Bypass Paywalls Clean Paywall-blocker Unpaywall

ClearURLs

Download Dailymotion videos Easy Youtube Video Downloader Express Twitter Video Downloader Video Downloader professionalFlash and Video Download Flagfox

IP Address and Domain Information

Print Edit WE Save Page WE

YouTube NonStop

Worldwide Radio

micky wrote on 2/9/2024 7:53 PM:

I don't encrypt individual files in my hard drive. I use VeraCrypt or SafeHouse to create an encrypted 'safe' to keep all the files that I don't want other people to see. You can specify the file size of your encrypted safe when you create the safe.

VeraCrypt (free)

SafeHouse Professional (SafeHouse Explorer is free)

I user FF's useragent switcher and cliget a lot. I also use its browser tools like crazy. And Easy Youtube Downloader.

If a web site does not work with a particular browser,

I install both FF and Brave on my customer's machines. I tell them if one does not work, to use the other.

I personally have nine browser installed on my machine.

Check ou uBlock Orgin

I just installed it. I L-O-V-E it!

I haven't listed all the Add-ons I have used. I have uBlock Origin, Ghostery, and Badger. I have to disable uBlock Origin because some websites detect the existence of uBlock Origin (ad blocker) and refuse to go anywhere until I have disabled it. Most website ads can be blocked by Ghostery alone, while Badger can block whatever ads that slip through Ghostery. Badger can interfere with my online purchases using PayPal, and some banking websites won't work properly when Badger is active.

If 'Bypass Paywalls Clean' doesn't work on New York Times, then add this:

Nude York Times

Firefox and Chrome both. Some of those add-ons provide different skins to customize the appearance. Some of them add enhanced functionality. The philosophy is not to be all things to all people, but to allow the browser to be customized to what the user wants.

Let's see what the Chrome store has. Cute cursors. ChatGPT Writer. A whole section entitled "Enhance your gameplay". Notepads & to do lists. Shopping extensions. News and weather. Recipe box. Just a s*it-ton of stuff for which an old fart like me uses websites or text files instead.

I use Chrome on Linux. FF was badly behaved (which surprised me). Kept locking up the entire GUI.

I believe Firefox has a private window but do not pay attention to it. I have Bitdefender AV which also has a VPN but do not use either. Do not think or even care if I am flagged as an old terrorist or druggie. So far I have had no trouble.

I was curious about Brave extensions and that sends you to the Chrome store too. I didn't see anything worth adding.

I prefer Brave but I haven't had a problem with FF on Debian, Ubuntu, or Fedora. The snap updates on Ubuntu aren't too graceful but that is snap. I installed Fedora on an old Dell box late last month and haven't had a lot of experience with flatpack yet. Being Fedora there are a lot of updates.

When we did an Angular web app most of the quirks QA found were with FF. Nothing major, misaligned widgets and so forth. I'm not sure how Mitchell Baker justifies her paycheck as FF continues to bleed market share. I think it would be even worse but it is the default browser installed with many Linux distros.

Doesn't work with WaPo.

I can get into WaPo. I have just checked again.

I have these three FireFox Add-ons installed. I don't know which did the trick:

Bypass Paywalls Clean Paywall-blocker Unpaywall

New York Times may require extra effort:

Nude York Times

Maybe because of Linux. I found FireFox works perfectly with Windows OS.

It is hard for FireFox to justify wasting too much valuable time on Linux & ChromeOS combined market share of 5.53% .