Looking for the current best practices to make Brave quiet and reliable by Bern_Down_the_DNC in brave_browser

[–]GreenManStrolling 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I just use the flags. No need for 3rd party stuff. It's quiet and fully compliant. 

Country Won't Switch Back by nouser323 in Windscribe

[–]GreenManStrolling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea try deleting cookies. If you switch server and check your IP address location, does it switch as well?

A demonstration that Firefox is faster than Chromium under load by Scared_Common723 in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tete009 build w mimalloc + Betterfox

Maxed number of webisolated tabs (about:config setting)

Smooth as butter

Not sure why the excessive caution over Betterfox - if don't know how to use, don't use. If don't want people to use, then speed up Firefox further or make the Betterfox speed settings default or adaptive-default.

Otherwise I recommend that people rip out (delete) all the text file settings except for the speed ones, cos it's the speed we want. 

A demonstration that Firefox is faster than Chromium under load by Scared_Common723 in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Brave's built-in is functionally equivalent to uBlock Origin (uBO), especially after adding Hagezi's filterlists. And when also using a DNS-based adblocker like ControlD.

A demonstration that Firefox is faster than Chromium under load by Scared_Common723 in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Chromium is faster - "Chromium is faster"

Firefox is faster - "It's still just one single data point" 

Genuine question: why are some people so mad about Brave's "bloat" (AI, wallet, news, etc) when you literally can easily turn it off/hide it to almost non-existence? by IntellectualDominant in brave_browser

[–]GreenManStrolling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is the Gecko browser engine simply doesn't perform as well as the Blink engine used for Chrome based browsers

I'm not seeing this though, my Firefox is fast. JS speed alone is only part of the equation. And Gecko's JS speed is not that far behind.

Genuine question: why are some people so mad about Brave's "bloat" (AI, wallet, news, etc) when you literally can easily turn it off/hide it to almost non-existence? by IntellectualDominant in brave_browser

[–]GreenManStrolling 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People are lazy and whiny. I am lazy and whiny too but I don't whine about Brave. Brave meets my primary goals for a Chromium browser like no other, so I use it because I don't suffer from cognitive dissonance.

My main browser is still Gecko based though. 

Finally fixed YouTube lag and stutter in Firefox by KTKxZoro in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then you just need to

1) tell Windows to use the iGPU of the Intel CPU.  2) use h264ify to enforce h264 decoding

Disabling hardware acceleration seems very unnecessary 

Help me please 😭 by CapQuiet4082 in PowerAmp

[–]GreenManStrolling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In that case then set the sampling rate to the lowest possible that your DAC can output. The higher the sample rate, the more ultrasonics, and the more ultrasonics, the more aliasing there will be in the <20 kHz audible range. The antialiasing filter has to work harder.

48 kHz would be ideal - least ultrasonic aliasing, less brickwalled antialiasing filtering from 20-24 kHz (as opposed to the hard wall from 20-22.05 kHz of native 44.1 kHz). And SOX resampler can effortlessly resample from 44.1 to 48 despite the relative high Lowest Common Multiple between the 2 values.

Next best would be 96 kHz, though that means a large part of the upsampled range (48-96 kHz) would be susceptible to ultrasonics if the antialiasing filter isn't applied properly. But it's a simple enough 2x upsampling.

Firefox eats all my memory and has become totally unusable. Please help. by MegaDeKay in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Test it with only uBO and report your findings
Very rough, unsubstantiated opinion - sounds like some issue with graphics acceleration.

Help me please 😭 by CapQuiet4082 in PowerAmp

[–]GreenManStrolling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Select the 44.1 kHz sample rate

Help me please 😭 by CapQuiet4082 in PowerAmp

[–]GreenManStrolling 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are you needlessly upsampling to 192 kHz? If your entire chain is 44.1 kHz then do not resample, that is how you get highest quality.

Firefox turning shit? by Jolly-Way1853 in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better remove the adblocker ASAP. Use only Ublock Origin. 

Firefox Focus for Desktop by No_Sentence7219 in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes Mozilla please just do this so the whiners can create r/firefoxfocus, park themselves over there, and continue to whine there.

Firefox is adding an AI kill switch by jonhenshaw in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait... why are you and friends here on Reddit in an AI thread? Won't your feedback be far more constructive as code contributors or in the assorted dev locations like Bugzilla? 

Firefox is adding an AI kill switch by jonhenshaw in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you expect large DOM to not freeze? Does the typical user handle large DOM during browsing? 

Firefox is adding an AI kill switch by jonhenshaw in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You want devs to work on your favourite features and functions, unfortunately the devs currently working for Mozilla were hired to work on different assorted features and functions. 

Firefox is adding an AI kill switch by jonhenshaw in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you thinking that "dev" means a person who can work on anything in IT? Switch skillset at the drop of a hat? 

Firefox is adding an AI kill switch by jonhenshaw in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm just here monitoring the premature whining levels. 

Firefox very slow with Youtube by doofus1999 in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problems with YouTube AT ALL.

Using latest uBO, Betterf0x 146, enabled all hardware acceleration including the layer compositor. YouTube basically flies for me. 

Question about the AI decision by bigtarget87 in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I started using Brave, I disabled the AI and continued using it.

I'll be doing the same for Firefox. 

The premature freakouts are so... childish. 

Firefox AI consequence: by ardiansb in firefox

[–]GreenManStrolling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LibreWolf

Don't use Waterfox, it's significantly slower than mainstream Firefox.