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Posted February 13, 2017
So we all know the big 3. Mozzarella Firefox, Gaggle Chrome, and Microsoft Shadow the Hedgehog (Ow the Edge). (And their basic variants.)

But what about others, along with up and coming browsers?

Such as Qupzilla which absolutely doesn't work on anyone using the nouveau driver WHICH IS STUPID, (due to the nouveau driver being the primary open source driver for Linux Nvidia users.) But the developers appear to have palmed that problem off to other parties instead of trying to fix it themselves with a patch. So that's off my "Let's try this other browser list".

There's Vivaldi, which while Chromium based is largely different from Chrome itself, using an UI reminiscent of the old Opera browser because it's made by the same folks. The problem being that well, it's a very new browser and has yet to largely separate itself from the Chromium base.

Then there's SeaMonkey, which is less of a browser and more of an entire suite of applications. Retaining a look that might remind one of the days when Netscape still existed, this is also powered by the Mozilla team, and to be honest, I haven't touched this since the days of Firefox 4.

Also, I suppose there's Epiphany, but to be honest, I've never used it. Ditto to Konqueror (which used to be KDE's port of call) and Midori, the recently created browser for XFCE's standards.

Oh, sure. There's TOR. But the way I see it, you only use TOR to advertise that you're up to no good.

So what alternative/up and coming browsers have you given a try to? For what reason?
Posted February 13, 2017
I think Otter Browser (https://otter-browser.org/) is worth checking out, especially if you were a Opera 12 user. I haven't tried it in a few years but looks like it has improved a lot and it's in active development.
Posted February 13, 2017
There is this https://brave.com/
Posted February 13, 2017
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amund: I think Otter Browser (https://otter-browser.org/) is worth checking out, especially if you were a Opera 12 user. I haven't tried it in a few years but looks like it has improved a lot and it's in active development.
Oh, right. I completely forgot about that. Also, the website is about as well organized as my room. (Which is a bit of a mess.) I have no idea what plugin engine it uses, for example.
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te_lanus: There is this https://brave.com/
That webpage has such an incredibly pretentious, yet disorganized presentation. The name won't help them get any clicks/ranking, and their use of bitcoin already knocks it down several ranks in my books of interest because I can't take that concept seriously. Or that this somehow came from a Mozilla co-founder.
Post edited February 13, 2017 by Darvond
Posted February 13, 2017
How about Lynx?

Lynx is the text web browser.
http://lynx.browser.org/
http://invisible-island.net/lynx/
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser[/url])

No, it isn't what I would call up and coming (according to Wikipedia, development started in 1992), but I still find it useful, particularly since it doesn't waste time and bandwidth with things like images and JavaScript. If you are ever stuck with dial-up, I would recommend this browser.

If you are developing a web site, I *highly* recommend testing it with Lynx.
Posted February 13, 2017
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dtgreene: How about Lynx?

Lynx is the text web browser.
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dtgreene: http://lynx.browser.org/
http://invisible-island.net/lynx/
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser[/url])

No, it isn't what I would call up and coming (according to Wikipedia, development started in 1992), but I still find it useful, particularly since it doesn't waste time and bandwidth with things like images and JavaScript. If you are ever stuck with dial-up, I would recommend this browser.

If you are developing a web site, I *highly* recommend testing it with Lynx.
It could also useful for smartphones general browsers when there are no mobile versions of the websites (or dedicated applications).

I like the rendering of the pages, it reminds me of the DOS era :)
Posted February 13, 2017
Midori
/[url=http://elinks.or.cz/]eLinks
Lynx
K-Meleon (Windows only, Gecko-based)
OmniWeb (OS X only, WebKit-based)
iCab (Mac only, OS X only and WebKit-based since version 4)
TenFourFox (OS X only, PowerPC and 10.4 optimised fork of Firefox)
Classilla (Mac OS classic-only, fork of Mozilla Application Suite)
Arachne (Graphical browser for DOS)
Post edited February 13, 2017 by Maighstir
Posted February 13, 2017
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dtgreene: How about Lynx? http://lynx.browser.org/
http://invisible-island.net/lynx/
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser[/url])

No, it isn't what I would call up and coming (according to Wikipedia, development started in 1992), but I still find it useful, particularly since it doesn't waste time and bandwidth with things like images and JavaScript. If you are ever stuck with dial-up, I would recommend this browser.

If you are developing a web site, I *highly* recommend testing it with Lynx.
I have toyed with Lynx before. But I don't think I'd really use it seriously.
Posted February 13, 2017
And then there's the current Opera browser. While customization seems to be not as favored there as in Vivaldi (which is lacking sync now), Opera feels pretty solid and fast, and comes built-in with an ad blocker. Suffice to say it's Chromium which means tabs-eating-RAM are its play, but for a Chromium alternative it's really good.
Posted February 13, 2017
There's Min, a swift and minimalistic web browser.
https://minbrowser.github.io/min/

I still sometimes use Arora, because it has a freaking polar bear in its logo :) Unfortunately, it's not being updated anymore.
https://github.com/Arora/arora

My everyday choice are Firefox and Vivaldi, because these two care the most about their users (with Firefox being privacy oriented and opensource).
Posted February 13, 2017
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PookaMustard: And then there's the current Opera browser. While customization seems to be not as favored there as in Vivaldi (which is lacking sync now), Opera feels pretty solid and fast, and comes built-in with an ad blocker. Suffice to say it's Chromium which means tabs-eating-RAM are its play, but for a Chromium alternative it's really good.
The problem is that the current Opera is of course owned by some unknown company in China.
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linuxvangog: There's Min, a swift and minimalistic web browser.
https://minbrowser.github.io/min/

I still sometimes use Arora, because it has a freaking polar bear in its logo :) Unfortunately, it's not being updated anymore.
https://github.com/Arora/arora

My everyday choice are Firefox and Vivaldi, because these two care the most about their users (with Firefox being privacy oriented and opensource).
I'd be more keen on Firefox if the UI wasn't so...fugly. Once you start opening menus, the visual and navigation quality of the browser takes a dive. I've been pondering a fulltime switch to Vivaldi.
Post edited February 13, 2017 by Darvond
Posted February 13, 2017
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Darvond: So we all know the big 3. Mozzarella Firefox, Gaggle Chrome, and Microsoft Shadow the Hedgehog (Ow the Edge). (And their basic variants.)

But what about others, along with up and coming browsers?

Such as Qupzilla which absolutely doesn't work on anyone using the nouveau driver WHICH IS STUPID, (due to the nouveau driver being the primary open source driver for Linux Nvidia users.) But the developers appear to have palmed that problem off to other parties instead of trying to fix it themselves with a patch. So that's off my "Let's try this other browser list".

There's Vivaldi, which while Chromium based is largely different from Chrome itself, using an UI reminiscent of the old Opera browser because it's made by the same folks. The problem being that well, it's a very new browser and has yet to largely separate itself from the Chromium base.

Then there's SeaMonkey, which is less of a browser and more of an entire suite of applications. Retaining a look that might remind one of the days when Netscape still existed, this is also powered by the Mozilla team, and to be honest, I haven't touched this since the days of Firefox 4.

Also, I suppose there's Epiphany, but to be honest, I've never used it. Ditto to Konqueror (which used to be KDE's port of call) and Midori, the recently created browser for XFCE's standards.

Oh, sure. There's TOR. But the way I see it, you only use TOR to advertise that you're up to no good.

So what alternative/up and coming browsers have you given a try to? For what reason?
Vivaldi actually supports Chrome/Chromium plugins and it has some very stylish options that you can customize, even go further to make your own theme.
Posted February 13, 2017
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Spy_Gentleman: Vivaldi actually supports Chrome/Chromium plugins and it has some very stylish options that you can customize, even go further to make your own theme.
I'm well aware. The "compatible with current plugin engines" is kinda a massive caveat.
Posted February 13, 2017
slimjet
Posted February 13, 2017
You forgot "Pale Moon"
Compatible to some Firefox plugins and have old Firefox 4.0 design.
Little faster than Firefox
Post edited February 13, 2017 by Uchtiv
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