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Edge is my work browser, and I use it sometimes at home. The sync features work well ... the frequent pop-ups advertising various features also work well, despite my efforts to nuke them.
Try Vivaldi -- it's a Chrome clone that runs on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. It's syncing works great, minus annoying popup and MS or Google telemetry.
I intend to test the DuckDuckGo browser, which runs on Android, iOS, MacOS, and Windows. No Linux.
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BryanFazekas wrote: Try Vivaldi
Thanks for the tip. If Edge doesn't work out I will try that one out.
I've been looking for another browser besides the Big 3 (FF, Chrome, Edge).
In the distant past I used Opera, but haven't tried it in a while.
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I keep FF installed as on occasion it's good for some things. I have Chrome installed on my work laptop as it's needed for testing, but haven't installed it on home desktop or laptop. Haven't tried Opera in years -- didn't like it last time, and just haven't bothered.
I'm considering DuckDuckGo for specific sites that do heavy tracking, e.g., FB, Google, Amazon. I like the idea of having them segregated from my other activities, although I have no idea at this point how useful that really is. But it's a thought.
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Side thought for everyone -- periodically go through cookies and nuke anything that is either unwanted or ya have no idea what it is. Pour your favorite drink first, as it will take longer than expected.
Recently I went through saved PWD and nuked a bunch of 'em. I don't save PWD in the browser for anything that matters (no financial stuff!!) and use distinct PWD for all accounts, but it's a good idea to keep things cleaned up on a periodic basis.
It just occurred to me to install Chrome, just to see what Google has stored. I'll nuke it all, and hope for the best.
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I still use Chrome on most of my devices (mac / windows)
Once in a while I try other browsers and they all feel clunky and I return to Chrome.
I might try edge on Mac
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I had given Edge a try when MS first introduced it, before they replaced the rendering engine to Chrome - I couldn't get used to it, so I went back to IE.
I was just about the last guy to be using IE until they finally killed it for the...7th time? Then pages, even Microsoft's, started to get seriously broken. That was the end of it.
I never felt particularly compelled to let some random browser keep a history or build a profile. Microsoft already has that (and more), whether I use their browser or not, so I figured why not let just one company have that data instead of 2 (or 3 or 4 or...?). Try as they might, they still can't make a dent into the advertising business, and that suits me just fine.
Nowadays, even if going back to IE somehow became a viable option...I wouldn't. I've grown accustomed to a few things (basic as they might be) that I like: vertical tabs, collections, the way favorites are managed, having various profiles (so I won't be automatically logged into some work-related site unless I'm using my work profile), the fact that it now reliably reloads what I had opened after I reboot my system, syncing across devices...none of which was ever an option on IE.
To me it's more than a "good enough default". I don't know what a browser would have to offer to make me switch, given my "only allow data to be collected by the fewest companies as possible" policy.
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I read a while ago that DuckDuckGo uses Google in the back end.
The Brave Browser now uses its own search engine.
I also often use Yandex.ru on my cell phone. It makes a big difference.
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Bruce Patin wrote: I also often use Yandex.ru on my cell phone. It makes a big difference.
I wouldn't use anything.ru if there's any way to avoid it.
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Quote: Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.
This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.
>64
Itβs weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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ouch! 
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Isn't mayonnaise from the French?
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Spider Robinson wrote a Callahan's Bar story that took place on the 4th of July and featured four jewel lies. Is that any better?
(For the paronomasiacs among us, some of the stories have truly atrocious puns and tall tales)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I so wanted to believe this story. Made me smile though.
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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I just saw this "feature" show up on stackoverflow (snapshot[^]).
EDIT --> Here's a link to the original image[^];
I'm running the Brave browser (chrome-based) and this is a useless feature that is implemented on the server side (in the web page.
Have You Ever Seen This?
Have you ever seen this "feature"? It is very odd.
i'm probably going to switch from Brave soon, because it is so annoying and the only browser I've seen it appear in so far.
modified 6-May-24 16:49pm.
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what feature are you talking about, your screenshot is no help
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Yes the feature is very odd and the screenshot is help.
See the top of the web page in the snapshot where it has a rectangle overlaid on the page and says, "Skip to main content"?? That is the odd feature that only shows up in Brave.
I've just switched to MS Edge on my linux box.
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Also, I see why the original snapshot was annoying. It included the imgur crap around it.
Sorry about that. I updated it so it is just the image. Thanks
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i use firefox so that could be problem
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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