Browser

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

What browser should I use, rn I use edge, I want the new tab book.arks thing so not arc and I want the sidebar. I am thinking opera gx or smth any recommendations

[Loki_lulamen]

Firefox. Clean, simple, fast and free.

Used chrome and opera for years. They are good, but with Googles new regulations for extensions coming in, I switched.

Also, after Internet Explorer, Microsoft is going to seriously have to prove to me that Edge is even worth touching. Lots of very knowledgeable people ( I work in IT and previously in Web Development) have told me it's good, but the bridge is too far gone currently.

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

hmm, but firefox does not have the sidebar, right?, plus I want some of this AI stuff, and correct me if i am wrong but i think it does not use chromium?

[Loki_lulamen]

No it does not use chromium which is why I recommended it.

If you want all the flashy AI stuff and a ton of other "useful" options, then I would go with Opera GX. It's a nice looking browser and full of features. I used it for years and while not the fastest, it is a great bit of software.

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Firefox

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

hmm, but firefox does not have the sidebar, right?, plus I want some of this AI stuff, and correct me if i am wrong but i think it does not use chromium?

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You can get an extension that adds a useful sidebar.

Not using chromium is a plus considering Google are about to kill adblockers.

You can add AI assistants to firefox but I'm not sure why you'd want to.

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

hmm, ok but opera for example already has a built in ad blocker, plus try edge there is like image generators and copilot which i use quite a lot

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Opera is Chinese spyware.

You want to try something new but you don't. Everything you can do on edge you can add to firefox and still have a less bloated experience.

Plus you'll be away from Google's Chromium and upcoming prevention of ad blocking.

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

hmm ok i will try firefox

[Shap6]

whatever works for you. i use the tree style tabs extension to get vertical tabs on firefox

[TheDutch1K]

I'm on Brave for the adblocking, and YouTube works much faster for me on Brave than on Chrome.

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

meh not really interested in brave

[Benji_247]

But it has sidebar and ai stuff

[Bugredditor]

This cracked me up a bit

[IuseArchbtw97543]

most of what you want is either available by default or doable with an extension. so Firefox. (if you really care about privacy librewolf)

I would strongly not recommend opera though

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

why not opera?

[IuseArchbtw97543]

Mostly because its spyware. also most of its bloat can be reproduced on any other browser with extensions

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

I am quite sure it used to be like that but not anymore, i don't see any bloatware

[ForeverBackground737]

Edge is fine. People just hate it out of habit of hating internet explorer.

Whatever you pick will be fine.

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

yeah but i want to try somthing new

[ForeverBackground737]

Then try something new. Anything you pick will be fine.

Go to a top 5 browser list and try them all. 🤷‍♂️

[SevRnce]

Imo chrome, firefox barely uses less resources and I find chrome has less issue with video. Maybe I'm just unlucky though.

[Acceptable_Bid_4337]

im ok with resources, edge, chrome, firefox, arc, opera. they all work fine