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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 892265" data-attributes="member: 55987"><p>Let's start with the basics. What is the point of a web browser? Originally, it was to be able to read HTML documents, but since then, the Web has changed massively, and modern browsers need to satisfy more demands. The basic terminal browser - links, w3m, Lynx, elinks - can still be used today to display websites only in text. Actually, elinks supports features that are somehow missing in "modern" web browsers (such as editing cookies, custom stylesheets or keybinding), but in the end, they can all be got back through addons. Maximum of 256 colors, no images, little or no Javascript support, limited CSS support, no loading of non-HTML content such as videos (but can load externally), and no addons make these unsuitable for modern day browsing.</p><p></p><p>I could mention many other browsers here. Surf is a graphical web browser that has image and Javascript support, but no tabs or an actual user interface. Midori has everything you'd expect from a modern web browser and even includes in-built functionality to replace some of the common addons, but it's not enough. Otter Browser is a promising project with a very nice UI, but has no addon support (so far, though it's planned). Qutebrowser is a keyboard controlled browser that recently added per-domain settings, but they are inferior to uMatrix. Many of its features can be replaced by, again, addons.</p><p></p><p>One advantage of these niche browsers is that they <em>don't spy on you</em>, but what I've learned from trying probably all of them is that, in the end, <em>addons are essential</em> - especially uMatrix is irreplaceable. So, for a day-to-day browser, you have only two options: Firefox based and Chrome based. Since they all support the same addons (with slight exception in Pale Moon), we will have to use some other criteria to judge these browsers. These consist of <em>usability, privacy, customizability, philosophy, respect for the user, looks, and speed.</em> Let's analyze them one by one.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#intro" target="_blank">- Introduction -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ffbased" target="_blank">- Firefox based browsers -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ff" target="_blank">- Mozilla Firefox -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#icecat" target="_blank">- GNU IceCat -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#librewolf" target="_blank">- LibreWolf -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#waterfox" target="_blank">- Waterfox -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ffsummary" target="_blank">- Summary -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#chromebased" target="_blank">- Chrome based browsers -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#chrome" target="_blank">- Google Chrome -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#iridium" target="_blank">- Iridium Browser -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ungoogled" target="_blank">- Ungoogled-Chromium -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#brave" target="_blank">- Brave Browser -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#dissenter" target="_blank">- Dissenter Browser -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#opera" target="_blank">- Opera -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#vivaldi" target="_blank">- Vivaldi -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#chromesummary" target="_blank">- Summary -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#alternative" target="_blank">- The Alternative -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#palemoon" target="_blank">- Pale Moon -</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#updates" target="_blank">What's wrong with auto-updates?</a></p><p><a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#fullsummary" target="_blank">- Summary -</a> </p><p></p><p>Read inside</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 892265, member: 55987"] Let's start with the basics. What is the point of a web browser? Originally, it was to be able to read HTML documents, but since then, the Web has changed massively, and modern browsers need to satisfy more demands. The basic terminal browser - links, w3m, Lynx, elinks - can still be used today to display websites only in text. Actually, elinks supports features that are somehow missing in "modern" web browsers (such as editing cookies, custom stylesheets or keybinding), but in the end, they can all be got back through addons. Maximum of 256 colors, no images, little or no Javascript support, limited CSS support, no loading of non-HTML content such as videos (but can load externally), and no addons make these unsuitable for modern day browsing. I could mention many other browsers here. Surf is a graphical web browser that has image and Javascript support, but no tabs or an actual user interface. Midori has everything you'd expect from a modern web browser and even includes in-built functionality to replace some of the common addons, but it's not enough. Otter Browser is a promising project with a very nice UI, but has no addon support (so far, though it's planned). Qutebrowser is a keyboard controlled browser that recently added per-domain settings, but they are inferior to uMatrix. Many of its features can be replaced by, again, addons. One advantage of these niche browsers is that they [I]don't spy on you[/I], but what I've learned from trying probably all of them is that, in the end, [I]addons are essential[/I] - especially uMatrix is irreplaceable. So, for a day-to-day browser, you have only two options: Firefox based and Chrome based. Since they all support the same addons (with slight exception in Pale Moon), we will have to use some other criteria to judge these browsers. These consist of [I]usability, privacy, customizability, philosophy, respect for the user, looks, and speed.[/I] Let's analyze them one by one. [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#intro']- Introduction -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ffbased']- Firefox based browsers -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ff']- Mozilla Firefox -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#icecat']- GNU IceCat -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#librewolf']- LibreWolf -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#waterfox']- Waterfox -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ffsummary']- Summary -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#chromebased']- Chrome based browsers -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#chrome']- Google Chrome -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#iridium']- Iridium Browser -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#ungoogled']- Ungoogled-Chromium -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#brave']- Brave Browser -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#dissenter']- Dissenter Browser -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#opera']- Opera -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#vivaldi']- Vivaldi -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#chromesummary']- Summary -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#alternative']- The Alternative -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#palemoon']- Pale Moon -[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#updates']What's wrong with auto-updates?[/URL] [URL='https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html#fullsummary']- Summary -[/URL] Read inside [URL unfurl="true"]https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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