Battle Firefox vs. Brave vs. Vivaldi

[Morro]

This means that Firefox performs better in the test than Vivaldi.

That is good to know, but I am still sticking with Vivaldi for daily use.

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

That is good to know, but I am still sticking with Vivaldi for daily use.

All of you have faster computers than I do.
For me, even a small difference matters.

 

[Jonny Quest]

All of you have faster computers than I do.
For me, even a small difference matters.

And that's where Speedometer is great information to have, as well as other informative apps, websites etc. where we can evaluate what gains can be made to improve performance

 

[Marko :)]

I just tested Vivaldi with uBoL.

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Not sure what it means to be honest.

I knew I had forgotten something.

This is the same test with Firefox and uBlock Origin.

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Nobody knows what it means except browser developers. We are just assuming that the higher number means better performance.

And that's where Speedometer is great information to have, as well as other informative apps, websites etc. where we can evaluate what gains can be made to improve performance

I wouldn't call it informative because it doesn't have to represent the real picture. On my laptop, Brave currently scores 23.3, while Firefox scores 18.8. I noticed these numbers fluctuate day by day and despite Firefox having lower score for me, I can notice it being faster.

I thought it's my imagination until I visited Reddit and some other Firefox users told me they share my experience. So I'd say take this test as a grain of salt.

 

[Halp2001]

Even though I’ve read the explanation provided by support, I still don’t understand why Brave fails this test when third-party cookies are disabled in the settings:

Are Third-Party cookies enabled in my web browser?

With Firefox, too, it’s always possible to block third-party cookies whenever the user chooses.

I ran this experiment and got these results. In Brave, third‑party cookies are set to be blocked, yet the WhatIsMyBrowser test shows “Yes”. After checking with the developer tools, no external cookies are stored, and Brave blocks scripts from domains like googlesyndication.com. Then I tried creating a local cookie and simulating a third‑party one using an iframe, where Brave displayed the blocking message.

I'm not sure if my test is entirely correct, but I thought it might be interesting to share it in case someone (like @Sampei.Nihira) wants to review or comment on the results. Any feedback is appreciated.

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

I ran this experiment and got these results. In Brave, third‑party cookies are set to be blocked, yet the WhatIsMyBrowser test shows “Yes”. After checking with the developer tools, no external cookies are stored, and Brave blocks scripts from domains like googlesyndication.com. Then I tried creating a local cookie and simulating a third‑party one using an iframe, where Brave displayed the blocking message.

I'm not sure if my test is entirely correct, but I thought it might be interesting to share it in case someone (like @Sampei.Nihira) wants to review or comment on the results. Any feedback is appreciated.

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In this issue, you can figure out the reason:

Brave not respecting 3rd party cookies blocked settings. (Serious issue!!) · Issue #33072 · brave/brave-browser

P.S.

I removed the test due to inconsistencies.

 

[LinuxFan58]

Even though I’ve read the explanation provided by support, I still don’t understand why Brave fails this test when third-party cookies are disabled in the settings:

Are Third-Party cookies enabled in my web browser?

With Firefox, too, it’s always possible to block third-party cookies whenever the user chooses.

With Brave I get this, over and over (tried on five different moments)

As @Marko :) says it fluctautes, I usuallu get 19.5 but it varies between 19.2 and 19,8 (cold) in my laptop.
Speedometer 3.1 is considered THE benchmark, but it blows up tiny differences, which you probably won't when running website speed load tests.
I would like to use Firefox on Linux, but its Speedometer is around 6 to 8 lower than Brave and its sandbox is 3 to 5 years behind Chromium sandbox.

 

[Marko :)]

Regarding third-party cookies, I used to block them back when I used Chrome/Brave. With Firefox I just use ETP on Strict which allows third-party cookies, but separates them per website so they can't track me. I noticed less website are broken this way.

 

[TuxTalk]

Firefox all the way ( Sandboxed mode )

 

[Parkinsond]

Brave is a good compromise but it get detected by ad-heavy websites and they refuse to load properly.
Tried Zen; in addition to its cons, I had arrows in news website dispalyed ad "forward" and "backwords" words.

 

[lokamoka820]

Brave is a good compromise but it get detected by ad-heavy websites and they refuse to load properly.
Tried Zen; in addition to its cons, I had arrows in news website dispalyed ad "forward" and "backwords" words.

Which websites have detected your Brave browser?

 

[Parkinsond]

Which websites have detected your Brave browser?

arabseed; so resilient

 

[rashmi]

Brave is a good compromise but it get detected by ad-heavy websites and they refuse to load properly.

It's why I don't prefer browsers with a built-in ad blocker; extensions are more efficient. Try Helium: minimal, speedy, and built-in uBlock Origin.

 

[lokamoka820]

arabseed; so resilient

This is the first time I have seen this type of detection. I have tried it with both Brave browser and Vivaldi + uBOL, and the result was as follows.

 

[Parkinsond]

This is the first time I have seen this type of detection. I have tried it with both Brave browser and Vivaldi + uBOL, and the result was as follows.

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uBOL works just fine with this specific website.
Can you try Vivaldi ad blocker with hagezi pro list added while turning off uBOL?

 

[simmerskool]

Now I only have 2 extensions that are always enabled.

which 2 are you using?