I use DuckDuckGo as my go-to meta search engine. But will also use Bing and google on occasion.
My everyday web browser is Vivaldithat runs on a Chromium engine. The founder helped build the original Opera browser before it got sold. Love the ease of using short-cut keys. Content and tracking blockers work well. Translator works great for words and expressions though for serious stuff I use DeepL.
The one thing I find a little irritating about Vivaldi is the frequency of updates. On the bright side, there is much development going on.
Edge is used for streaming entertainment (Netflix, Amazon Prime).
FireFox is used for the discount stock broker web-site. Banking and credit cards are done on Vivaldi.
Everything is run behind a VPN except for Edge.
I avoid Chrome except on the android smartphone but my wife uses it on her workstation.
That's pretty funny. I use very similar (what might appear random) tools for different things. Right now, I use both and PC and a Mac interchangeably during the day (they sit next to each other). The Mac is the primary machine and has 3 screens...the PC is for non-Mac apps to run (even though I do have a virtual machine on the Mac that runs everything...just not so well).
I use Firefox primarily but will run Brave, Edge, Safari, or Chrome depending on misc. reasons. I use Nord for a VPN.
I use DuckDuckGo as my go-to meta search engine. But will also use Bing and google on occasion.
My everyday web browser is Vivaldithat runs on a Chromium engine. The founder helped build the original Opera browser before it got sold. Love the ease of using short-cut keys. Content and tracking blockers work well. Translator works great for words and expressions though for serious stuff I use DeepL.
The one thing I find a little irritating about Vivaldi is the frequency of updates. On the bright side, there is much development going on.
Edge is used for streaming entertainment (Netflix, Amazon Prime).
FireFox is used for the discount stock broker web-site. Banking and credit cards are done on Vivaldi.
Everything is run behind a VPN except for Edge.
I avoid Chrome except on the android smartphone but my wife uses it on her workstation.
anyone use an "alternative" search engine, like duckduckgo? any recommendations?
I only use DuckDuckGo, since I avoid Google as much as possible. But, I'm starting to read things that suggest there might be better options. In the interim, I have my Safari set to it as the default. Works fine.
anyone use an "alternative" search engine, like duckduckgo?
any recommendations?
I only use DuckDuckGo, since I avoid Google as much as possible. But, I'm starting to read things that suggest there might be better options. In the interim, I have my Safari set to it as the default. Works fine.
I cannot respond to your post in the new site (in Chrome), there is a "100%-width" style command for the red-outlined box which has borked out the thread and made the right side hidden. Anyhow, the major problem I'd had with Opera was that it consumed massive amounts of memory, much more than any other browser. It would slow down my machines dramatically.
Bad copy&paste. I asked Bill to delete the two offending posts and he passed the problem to his developer.
Opera started off as a decent browser, developed in Norway. However, in 2016 it was soldto a Chinese consortium for $600 million – and a lot has changed. Opera’s privacy policy explains how your data is being collected and shared when you use Opera products:
Opera’s privacy policy is rather concerning.Not recommended.
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As long as the information remains non-identifiable and direct security is not compromised, then I am not so worried. Or should I be?
I cannot respond to your post in the new site (in Chrome), there is a "100%-width" style command for the red-outlined box which has borked out the thread and made the right side hidden. Anyhow, the major problem I'd had with Opera was that it consumed massive amounts of memory, much more than any other browser. It would slow down my machines dramatically.
Opera started off as a decent browser, developed in Norway. However, in 2016 it was soldto a Chinese consortium for $600 million â and a lot has changed. Operaâs privacy policy explains how your data is being collected and shared when you use Opera products:opera browser secureOperaâs privacy policy is rather concerning.
Vivaldi is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Opera Software co-founder and former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita.
I was about to extoll the virtues of Opera but this looks intriguing.
So how does Vivaldi compare to the chromium-based Edge?
I use Safari, have done for many years because it comes with the Mac, but the first one was Netscape. I also used alltheweb as a search engine, but that's gone.
Which was the first computer you used? Mine was an Amstrad. The screen was green. LOL! I didn't try the ZX81, but my husband had one.
I use Safari, have done for many years because it comes with the Mac, but the first one was Netscape. I also used alltheweb as a search engine, but that's gone.
Which was the first computer you used? Mine was an Amstrad. The screen was green. LOL! I didn't try the ZX81, but my husband had one.
"I use Safari" You are very brave. Safari to me is a hairball that doesn't get updated and de-bugged enough.
The new version of Firefox (68 I think) has a pretty cool privacy/security feature. It comes with built-in containers that limit the visibility of cookies from one type of website to another type of website. For instance, there is a container for shopping; if you do all your shopping in browser tabs that started inside the shopping container, the cookies and site information from those tabs will not be seen or exchanged with tabs outside the container. Therefore, Facebook won't be able to tell that you went on a binge at the online comic book store as long as you keep Facebook out of your shopping container. You can create your own containers too.
Brave is a great browser. The Epic browser claims to take the security/privacy features of Brave even further.
I use Safari, have done for many years because it comes with the Mac, but the first one was Netscape. I also used alltheweb as a search engine, but that's gone.
Which was the first computer you used? Mine was an Amstrad. The screen was green. LOL! I didn't try the ZX81, but my husband had one.
Vivaldi is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Opera Software co-founder and former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita.
I'll look into that, thanks. That sounds even more refined...Opera Vivaldi.
Vivaldi is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Opera Software co-founder and former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita.
Opera’s privacy policy is rather concerning.Not recommended.
