New, redesigned Brave Desktop Browser v1.0 - Beta Released

[Arequire]

You can also enable site strict isolation feature if you want to, just search ' isolation '

Strict Site Isolation should already be enabled in Brave by default as explained here:

Site isolation is enabled by default on desktop platforms regardless of how this flag is set; see chrome://process-internals for whether it is currently enabled. Setting this flag to 'Enabled' turns on site isolation regardless of the default. Here, 'Disabled' is a legacy value that actually means 'Default,' in which case site isolation may be already enabled based on platform, enterprise policy, or field trial.

 

[marcopaone]

Best Browser!

 

[Andrew3000]

What stops me is the lack of sync

 

[Arequire]

What stops me is the lack of sync

Sync's planned for the next release:
brave/brave-browser
Should be within the next month or two apparently:

 

[Andrew3000]

Sync's planned for the next release:
brave/brave-browser
Should be within the next month or two apparently:

That's nice! Im waiting for this.

 

[Deleted member 178]

I'm positively surprised by the development of Brave: chrome store, Tor implementation, privacy/security builtin extension, etc...
I remember when i tried the very early version, it has almost nothing lol.

 

[Arequire]

I'm positively surprised by the development of Brave: chrome store, Tor implementation, privacy/security builtin extension, etc...
I remember when i tried the very early version, it has almost nothing lol.

Yeah, I thought the Muon-based version was absolute garbage. Full of bugs and almost no features. Ironically, a lot of people say they're abandoning the browser because of the transition to Chromium due to its Google links.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Ironically, a lot of people say they're abandoning the browser because of the transition to Chromium due to its Google links.

Full of no-skill noobs but using at same time android phones lol.
Chromium rules the browser landscape, and privacy paranoids can even find their own Chromium fork.

 

[brod56]

The non-removable Rewards button bugs me a little, but it's the lack of Sync that's stopping me from switching to Brave.
When these two issues are fixed, I'll give it a more serious try.

 

[Deleted member 178]

The non-removable Rewards button bugs me a little, but it's the lack of Sync that's stopping me from switching to Brave.
When these two issues are fixed, I'll give it a more serious try.

Sync us supposed to comes soon

 

[Arequire]

The non-removable Rewards button bugs me a little

I've seen that complaint multiple times before so I can definitely see them making the button hideable in a future version.

 

[brod56]

Sync us supposed to comes soon

Well, they've been telling that for months now, I only believe it when I see it working with my own eyes.

 

[Arequire]

Well, they've been telling that for months now, I only believe it when I see it working with my own eyes.

Syncing bookmarks has already been completed. It looks like it's only available in the beta/developer builds currently.

 

[Moonhorse]

Where brave is different from google for me is :
- nothing to do with google
- fingerprint protection is better than in extensions
- can use tor if you want to visit specific sites with ''increased'' privacy . Post on some forums as example

If they can integrate adblock to use all filterlists available, instead of adblock plus syntax i would prefer brave over chrome

Avast browser has ability to manually add filterlists you want to

Also i dont know is this just stupidy of mine, but when you enable script blocking and want to save it on specific sites/ permanently block domain you cant do it. It just blocks it temporary until you restart browser/ remove history

It feels like beta browser still, but it has improved ALOT from what it used to be

 

[oldschool]

I've been using Brave Beta for a few months. Other than update issues very early on, no problems. It keeps improving little by little. We will see how it compares to the new Edge browser. So far I really like it.

 

[ZeroDay]

I love this browser both the Windows and Android version.

 

[oldschool]

I'm using Brave Beta with Brave shields all enabled and it works great. Only extensions are EBS and WDBP. Simple is better. I doubt that the new Edge will be any better, except for the Smartscreen advantage.

 

[LDogg]

I'm using Brave Beta with Brave shields all enabled and it works great. Only extensions are EBS and WDBP. Simple is better. I doubt that the new Edge will be any better, except for the Smartscreen advantage.

I don't think the fingerprint protection on Brave is adequate enough. A complete block of Canvas fingerprinting is a fingerprint by itself. It's adblocking capabilities could be a lot better too, but we cannot grumble. Most other Web browsers do not have this.

I use Brave as my default browser. Never had a problem with it.

~LDogg

 

[oldschool]

I don't think the fingerprint protection on Brave is adequate enough. A complete block of Canvas fingerprinting is a fingerprint by itself. It's adblocking capabilities could be a lot better too, but we cannot grumble. Most other Web browsers do not have this.

I use Brave as my default browser. Never had a problem with it.

~LDogg

Yes, the panoptclick test showed the fingerprint test just loading forever, with no results. But I haven't seen any adds or pop-ups yet, though there is no way to configure rules as far as I know.

 

[LDogg]

Yes, the panoptclick test showed the fingerprint test just loading forever, with no results. But I haven't seen any adds or pop-ups yet, though there is no way to configure rules as far as I know.

There is none unfortunately, I would include an Adblocker however, the default in brave can be fairly downsided.

However I like the HTTPS upgrade. Good to beat MITM attacks. Brave also has Tor built in too.

~LDogg