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Post by Lonely on Aug 19, 2020 9:38:56 GMT
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Post by 888 on Aug 19, 2020 20:08:51 GMT
I'm a Firefox user myself and have always hated IE........always hated Microsoft come to think of it 
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Post by Brickhead on Aug 20, 2020 20:16:00 GMT
I've used whichever browser was available to me - Lynx, Mosaic, Netscape Navigator, MSIE, Firefox, MS Edge, Safari, Chrome, Chromium, Tor (did I miss any?). Where I can install freely, I keep at least three. I suspect other humans can also switch when necessary, which ought to bypass the "this thing won't work in my favourite browser" issue. Client-side software that relies on MSIE is another matter, but tying it to any particular browser seems a poor choice - there are better ways, Wget to name but one.
I used to think Microsoft too concerned about functionality at the expense of security. But that seems to have changed, they've shaped up considerably over the years. Still, the ability to execute software from a user profile is one of several liabilities in my book.
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Post by Lonely on Aug 24, 2020 13:08:55 GMT
I've used whichever browser was available to me - Lynx, Mosaic, Netscape Navigator, MSIE, Firefox, MS Edge, Safari, Chrome, Chromium, Tor (did I miss any?). Where I can install freely, I keep at least three. I suspect other humans can also switch when necessary, which ought to bypass the "this thing won't work in my favourite browser" issue. Client-side software that relies on MSIE is another matter, but tying it to any particular browser seems a poor choice - there are better ways, Wget to name but one. I used to think Microsoft too concerned about functionality at the expense of security. But that seems to have changed, they've shaped up considerably over the years. Still, the ability to execute software from a user profile is one of several liabilities in my book. Presently, I'm using a version of a Chrome based effort which goes by the name of Brave. So it's possible this is one? So far it has been very stable and the setting up has been pretty straight forward as each component is in its own little box. It even has a Tor option built in. Could be worth a look and it is free to use. |
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Post by jenesuispasbavard on Aug 24, 2020 15:47:47 GMT
Microsoft's newest browser (also a fork of Chromium) is really good in my opinion. Fast, lightweight, and supports 4K on Netflix.
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Post by Lonely on Aug 25, 2020 7:27:17 GMT
Microsoft's newest browser (also a fork of Chromium) is really good in my opinion. Fast, lightweight, and supports 4K on Netflix. It all boils down to different strokes for different folks / you can please some of the people all of the time, but not not all the people all of the time. As for being fast, AFAIK it has the advantage of running in the background which sucks up resources when using a 3rd party browser. I was really shocked to find my M$ account was stacked with info practically going back to the day I was born. I know they are not alone in doing so, but never the less, it is scary, If info is power, absolute power... well, you know the rest? One of the things I like about Brave is that it is simple to set things to suit your security needs on many fronts. Whether this really works or not, I don't know but, hopefully, the bar stewards at the other end will have to earn the do$h keeping up. ;-) |
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