@jon Firefox for now, because of inertia, but the alternatives are definitely being considered.

@jon no option for brave ? 🤔 otherwise i prefer firefox.

@jon Vivaldi on android is the only one that does tabs right IMO with the tab bar.
Firefox is nice because it's one of the only ones not using chromium or WebKit and with, finally, vertical tabs I am pretty happy using it on desktop again.
And Vivaldi and Zen Browser because of the amazing split screen feature.
But I prefer Zens sidebar tabs and the fact its also based on Gecko.

So for me it's Zen and Firefox on Desktop and Vivaldi on Android.
Which makes me unable to use sync :/

@jon Firefox, despite Mozilla’s current trajectory because the Chromium monopoly will ultimately harm the web.

Hope to use @servo someday 🤞

@jon I was a long-time Opera aficionado, only dropped it when they switched to WebKit (and then Blink) and the last Presto-based version became obsolete (TLS-wise, mostly). Switched to Firefox, with which I'll stick as long as it maintains Gecko. Would love to jump to Vivaldi, but we need more independent rendering engines for the health of the web.

@jon I like Firefox and Vivaldi.

FF is totally open source and often renders fonts better than Chromium-based browsers and the PDF reader is more robust. I'm currently working through an online training module and it's the only PDF program that lets me highlight sections of the provided documentation and will remember changes when I save the document.

Vivaldi has a ton of features and is pretty quick and responsive, especially on Android. Still having odd issues with the mail client and I'm really not sure what to make of or do with the new dashboard though.

@jon It changes from time to time, but I do keep coming back to Firefox. It fits like a glove in Linux, has good dev tools and is configurable enough

@jon

Firefox because it isn't chromium, and I just like it. With chromium, google controls the web. Doesn't matter what kind of wrapper a third party puts on it. It's still chromium and it's still google.

@jon Orion! We got a kagi subscription a while back and I enjoyed it so much I decided to try their browser. It blocks youtube ads on all my devices, so it's a keeper

@jon I was a vivaldi user, and still am, but recently Floorp has won me over. I've been using it full time for the last month, and I'm very happy with it.

https://floorp.app/en

@jon
Other -> LibreWolf

@jon Firefox because not chromium based. Vivaldi out of all chromium based

@jon Vivaldi and Zen browsers. Cuz I like customizability. Zen feels faster though. Vivaldi and Fennec on Android.

@jon Firefox on Android supports extensions, wish Vivaldi did the same!

@jon
I use #Zen because its #Firefox without the drama. Plus workspaces!

@jon
For me I use both Vivaldi and firefox.

I like Vivaldi cause its all about customizability and has decent privacy.

I like firefox because it doesn't have to have chromiums bad choices (not including jpegxl, manifest v3, etc). Of the course the defaults aren't the best, but it is also very customizable (even if its harder to customize than Vivaldi).

@jon Opera from before the switch to chromium remains my favorite to this day, every browser I've used since doesn't feel as feature complete or as fun as Opera did.

@jon I'm a Vivaldi supporter since V1. Because of open privacy (MV3) and open finger printing support I use more & more FF and Zen in the last months ... ;-( But I love Vivaldi, great team support and the Vivaldi style

@jon Brave

@jon Vivaldi & Firefox for philosophical reasons ;-)

@jon I don't have a favorite browser at the moment. The one I currently use is brave, but there are several things about it that I don't like.

I've yet to find a browser that doesn't break my workflow in a critical way that also isn't brave.

I have several manifest v2 extensions that I'm not going to be giving up.

So until a browser has a tab discard mechanism that can be configured to not auto un-discard a tab on focus, and has a way to force immediate discarding, brave is where I stay.

@jon

asking us to vote between:
- Chrome
- Chrome
- Chrome
- Safari
- Firefox
- Chrome
- other (but mostly Chrome)

Hi @jon

As a technology enthusiast, I’d like to share my perspective on this.

Firefox has been my go-to browser for a while, mainly because of:

1. Multi-Account Containers: Perfect for managing multiple profiles or accounts seamlessly.
2. RAM Efficiency: It’s lightweight and doesn’t hog system resources.
3. Privacy Focus: With its 100% open-source nature and stellar reputation as a privacy-first browser, it’s hard to beat.

Vivaldi, on the other hand, has a special place in my heart for its unique and productivity-oriented features:

1. Page Tiling: A brilliant tool for working with multiple pages side by side—ideal for multitaskers.
2. Plain Text/Markdown Notes: This feature is a gem for academic researchers and avid readers like me, making it easy to jot down notes directly from web pages.
3. Web Panels: Super handy for accessing frequently used sites without leaving your main tabs.
4. Customizable Dashboard: A lovely productivity hub and a virtual assistant.

A Few Observations

While Vivaldi excels in many areas, there are a couple of things I’d like to highlight:

High RAM Usage: Vivaldi can be quite demanding on memory.
Text-to-Speech Feature: Adding a natural and seamless "Read Aloud" feature would make it even more user-friendly.

Cheers 😊

@jon Floorp or firedragon. They give me the customization. firedragon has the Librawolf privacy script implemented.  They both have the speed hacks implemented with the push of a button if that’s your thing. 

But at the end of the day, every single browser sucks so pick your poison. None of them are good. They either are gecko or blink with some sugar on top.

Yes, I know servo and LadyBird are coming, but they’re not here yet so they’re not part of the discussion 

@jon my favorite browser is Orion by @kagihq https://kagi.com/orion/

@jon
@Vivaldi is my favorite because it gets so much right, right out of the box and is made by good people.

@jon It is like fashion. I switch between WebKit and Gecko.

@jon : And my second favorite is #Lynx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)

@jon Firefox on Desktop, Vivaldi on mobile.

Vivaldi is close for me on Mobile because it works really well, but I'm using the Fennec version of Firefox from F-droid currently and it's a favorite, with Vivaldi close behind. Close on mobile because it's the second closest thing for me on privacy goals, and Firefox & forks on Android are a bit buggy.

Firefox (preferably forks) on desktop fully because of the UI being open source, no slight against Vivaldi for that, I fully understand the reasoning for not doing so. I just prefer open source so I bias towards as much as possible of it when not overly difficult to do so.

I do not trust Mozilla, more open source nature of the app allows me to take trust of ownership out of the equation a bit, especially so with forks.

@jon

OmniWeb on NeXTSTEP

@jon I love Safari because it's not chrome & it's got sleek apple design & it means I don't have to use the loathsome firefox

@jon

I use Chromium which is a complete browser that every Chromium based browser uses. It gets the work done.

Firefox for everything else.

@jon Other

AVG Secure Browser ^^

@jon Brave... because it loads fast, and has the best built in ad blocking. Please change your ad-blocker accordingly.

@jon Team Firefox.

@jon
There's no one. Hopefully Servo or Ladybird helps me decide.

@jon I use Vivaldi on my Mac because it has a Chromium base, so it has a lot of compatibility benefits that provides, while also providing good privacy and a great experience that I can customize to work how I want it. I used to be a large proponent of Firefox, but I don’t like their recent modus operi of shoving god-knows what into the browser.

I also really like Safari. It’s a great mobile browser, and even on the Mac it gives me good battery life, and syncs across all my Apple devices.

@jon I found Zen, which is built on top of Firefox and I love it a lot

@jon I use #Floorp now (Fork of Firefox).

@jon my favourite is Zen.

@jon I have and like Firefox and have used it off and on for years. It also comes standard with Ubuntu, which is the OS I'm currently using. However, I've had some issues with it playing streaming content, so I installed Chromuim (open source browser based on Chrome), and that's what I use most and like a lot. I also have used all the others listed and a few more as well. They're all basically functional. The main issue is privacy, but I haven't been that concerned about it as much as I should.

@jon i kind of hate them all, each for a different reason...

@jon None. All have flaws.

Browsers are poorly designed, fundamentally. There is no reason to have media player, etc, into what should be a text / hyperlink display.

The only good thing about Vivaldi is F2ing (screenshot). Otherwise you provide bloatware filled with quirks.

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@jon
Vivaldi because tabs, RSS reader, dashboard. Other: Duck duck go for privacy. I also use Firefox and its forks like Librewolf, but not as much. I haven't even heard of some of the browsers mentioned in the replies; will have to check them out.

@jon Ordinare use: Chrome. Security work: Firefox.

@jon LibreWolf, a fork of Firefox.

@jon Using #Arc browser and loving almost all of it. It's like #Chrome on steroids for UX.

@jon @zenbrowser

@jon under Android only Opera and Aloha, under Windows Chrome and Firefox.

@jon Firefox, because it's the only one who hasn't made me "rare things" since I use it and always announce what they're going to put in the browser.
For now it has its clean interface and without any advertising or sponsors, it is also the only one that meets the web standards.

@jon
Checked FF on Desktop but use Fennec on Android because it's not Chrome🤷

@jon For me on Windows performance is more or less the same for all the above browsers. Edge is decent and do all what the average user needs. I like Vivaldi because is tweakable (I like the idea of the mail client but something on the UI doesn't work for me, maybe I'm only used with Outlook). Firefox because I use it since it was Phoenix and I'm so sorry it is dieing.

I use Vivaldi but I would really like to see more attention to quality. Breaking things randomly in minor releases and then taking half a year to fix them is not okay, guys. A public issue tracker would also help, instead of the scream-into-the-void bug report form. I understand that you've taken everything from the old Opera team, but this part should've been left behind.

@jon I use a plethora of browsers.

I'm migrating fron Firefox to LibreWolf (sorry, I prefer non-chrome based browsers), but have a Ungoogled Chromium as a backup those times Firefox/LibreWolf doesn't cut it (I thought the world had learnt a lesson from the IE days; seems we need to educate a new generation web hipsters).

On Android I use the default browser (in @e_mydata) for a few news/blog sites, Mull and Vivaldi for some other sites and DuckDuckGo when searching. Default browser is Mull with Privacy Mode enabled by default.

I honestly don't like that the Chrome based browsers seems to be dominating these days. We need a heterogeneous web render environment to ensure a single dominant player does not dictate how things will be for users.

And without such competition, I fear there will be a lesser drive to further improve browsers. Just like when Netscape seemed too complacent with their own browsers back in the days.

@jon Firefox. Especially because it has containers.

@jon Vivaldi and Waterfox.

@jon DuckDuckGo

@jon Edge.. the unpopular choice!

I dunno I find it fastest, but I'm also using windows

Double criminal

@jon about:config

@jon brave o waterfox

@jon Firefox because of the extensions and it doesn’t use Chromium.

@jon Firefox, for the last ~20 years. I've switched to something else a few times, but I always end up coming back when whatever it was I switched to turns to garbage in various ways.

@jon I voted for Firefox/other. I really use Librewolf on desktop and Mull on Android. They are privacy-respecting.

@jon right now zen browser

@jon Hands down Lynx. No javascript, no images, no self-playing movies.

@jon
I’ve used Firefox as long as i can remember, before that i used Netscape.

@jon I use Watefox, based on Firefox, has Mozilla login/sync and an Android client too

@jon Code infused Silverlight™, so it makes the Software and Hardware better from running. #NoOffPC

@jon Firefox, because I never want to play "choose your favorite Chrome frontend"

@jon Librewolf, because it is not Google controlled then Vivaldi and Brave they all have different uses

@jon

I use a browser called "Brave". Mostly because I believe it to be the most privacy centric browser available outside of TOR browser.

@jon Selected
Opera for the Android mobile version with auto-reflow on zoom.

@jon

I currently use:

Firefox on the desktop
Librewolf on the Linux laptop
Waterfox on my main phone

Vivaldi on my other persona on desktop, laptop and second phone.

Also going to try Floop and Zen.

Ostensibly I want to use Firefox forks but I find Vivaldi pretty cool despite being Chromium, especially on mobile.

TBH, none of them are ideal. I'd love to have one browser with multiple profiles across multiple devices, but I find that doesn't work for me.

@jon Firefox for now because fuck Chrome/Chromium, but now that Mozilla makes more and more poor decisions I'm hoping that Ladybird will turn out well.

@jon Firefox, because of the non-monoculture rendering engine.

@jon Arc

@jon NCSA Mosaic

@jon I have several : Floorp, Dillo+, Tor Browser, Vivaldi, Ladybird top my list.

@jon Firefox and Brave for me. I like both

@jon Firefox, for two reasons: it’s free software and still trying to maintain rendering engine diversity.

@jon Zen Browser

@jon Safari, because all my passwords live in iCloud, and I really like how the touch gestures for back and forward work.

@jon

https://zen-browser.app/

@jon to say that mozilla drove firefox into the ground is an understatement, but right now gecko/firefox (and derivatives) is the only engine/browser that is a viable alternative to blink/chromium monopoly.
in its current state, webkit doesn't stand a chance. plus, i can't live without firefox container tabs and ublock origin.

TL;DR: all browsers suck and i have no favorite, but firefox sucks the least and it is my browser of choice for most things.

@jon Firefox and Fennec is great overall between mobile and desktop, especially since extensions for both platforms are supported. Zen looks promising. For chromium, Brave is good, even though I don't like their branding.

@jon Zen

@jon Vivaldi. No dns leaks. Super fast. Sync is nice. Dark mode is so good. Integrated ad/tracker blocker works well.

@jon Waterfox. It's like Firefox but with all the telemetry crap culled.

I've been using it at home for quite some time now. I wonder though why some corporate environments started outright blocking Vivaldi.

@jon - on desktop/android: Brave, current chromium based, open source, excellent ad blocking, with the dumb crypto stuff and any "phoning home" easy to turn off, the only one to pass all parts of EFF's browser privacy test, and no embedded tracker libraries. Downside: I do not like the ethics of their CEO.
2nd place on desktop: Librewolf, a current Firefox fork, with the telemetry back to Mozilla turned off.
2nd place on android: Pluma, very lightweight, with good ad blocking

@jon - open source every part of Vivalid and then I could consider it for daily driver use.

@jon @ammdias Duckduckgo

@jon #zenBrowser

@jon Vivaldi because it's the most like Opera 12.18 and before, at least in spirit.

LibreWolf in second place because it's more privacy focused than FireFox and I got used to FireFox between opera's terrible switch to being chromium-based and Vivaldi being available.

@jon Firefox, but I can’t really explain why because it’s a lot of tiny things that make it better, but the fact it isn’t Chromium-based is probably the most significant point. And probably a bit of nostalgia too.

@jon Others browser are difficult to use on a Chromebook.

@jon Orion for macOS (it uses WebKit, framework-native Mac application)

@jon Firefox still allows adblocking, although the bullshit from the Mozilla Foundation is worrying. They seem hellbent on wasting this opportunity.

@jon Firefox because of its tweaks. I admire what Vivaldi has achieved, but Firefox can achieve almost the same with extensions. The only thing missing in Firefox are native tab groups, but they are a work in progress according to their site.

If Firefox vanished tomorrow, I would quite likely use Vivaldi. I was an Opera user in the old days. Vivaldi is the only browser that follows that spirit today.

@jon Floorp. Firefox with better privacy and better interface.

@jon I found out that also Edge is quite nice. Very friendly, the tabs can be moved to the side position, the same panel as in Vivaldi, excellent translator. But there is not so easy to switch between search engines, also not so easy to switch to the main workspace, and there's almost no Speed Dial.
I've been living with Edge (on macOS, imagine) for some months when Vivaldi has several annoying bugs, but later I came back to Vivaldi, and now Edge is my second browser, for some different cases :) Good luck!

@jon can't live without Vivaldi's workspaces

But I heard they too will eventually capitulate in Google's fight against ad blockers and when that happens I guess I'll have to learn

@jon even if Firefox is my 1st option, but is the 2nd option and I use it almost daily

@jon Big fan of Vivaldi....and Brave. I'd love to love another

@jon DuckDuckGo. Why wasn't it included in this list?

@jon Use Firefox for regular and Mullvad browser for advanced. Additionally, tor but rare personally.

@jon Safari is by far the best at just being a web browser and getting out of your way. It's fast, the UI is simple and straightforward, the features it does have feel relevant.

Vivaldi has been my daily driver since 1.0, i can’t live without tab tiling and vertical tabs in my work. Would love to have the ability to sort my open tabs by domain or an alpha sort.

Please continue to improve the Adblock functions. It doesn’t compare to manifest v2 ublock origin yet.

Loving 7.0 so far!

@jon Zen-Browser forked from Firefox. @zenbrowser

@jon
On the desktop, I use #Librewolf, the #Firefox fork. But, on Android, I prefer the #DuckDuckGo Browser.

@jon Brave

@jon Librewolf is just better than firefox.

@jon I like Vivaldi as it reminds me of when I was using Opera around 2008. It has any embedded things like a Feed reader, email, translation and such.

Compatible with Chrome extensions and with vertical tabs.

Also Edge was good enough to work, and now I have to use Chrome which is pretty standard to be productive.

I use Zen for personal stuff and I get a similar feeling as a better Firefox after it self destroyed for me.

@jon I voted for “other” and the other is Arc. I’m in love with it, even now when it’s almost discontinued in a sense.

@jon Vivaldi + Brave All features potential of Vivaldi (panels, second-level tabs, workspaces, page actions, page tiling, translator, reading list...) + privacy/cookies/certificates/ad-blocker... features of Brave

@jon FIrefox, but it's not my favorite browser. It's the (alleged) alternative to Google. Firefox a lot of the time is very unstable, and crashes. It takes roughly 40 minutes to be usable after it starts to load duckduckgo...."contacting improving duckduckgo" takes up most of the 40 minutes.

@jon Vivaldi is just like home.

The workspaces, the customizability, tab stacking...

it’s made with love

@jon #vivaldibrowser is by far the best. It saves me so much time. I need to have many tabs open in several windows in several virtual desktops in several monitors. Workspaces, tabs stacking and tab search are lifesavers. The quick search has a built-in calculator that I use all the time. It's the most innovative and customizable browser there is. Sync is flawless. I use it in Mac, Windows and Android.

#Edge would be my 2nd choice. I like how fast it loads in my old Windows laptop, probably because it's pre-loaded. I like the way Bing presents the search results and the Copilot integration. I love the read-aloud feature. It recognizes the language automatically and it sounds very natural.

@jon Chrome: tab groups.

@jon Personally I like Zen Browser, it’s open-source Arc like browser which I really like

@jon I use safari on Mac as it is the only browser that works with the Apple Passwords app. If Vivaldi worked with it I would use that instead

@jon

I'm sure somebody here is going to yell at me... But Arc is so damn good on a laptop.

@jon Firefox to Vivaldi primary recent convert here.

Loads of reasons:
- not happy with Mozilla's direction lately
- don't like Chrome
- don't mind Safari but I don't want to be tied to Apple for my primary browser even though I'm a MacBook + iPhone user at the moment

Vivaldi almost wins by default at this point, but it has plenty to recommend it
- built in anti tracking / Adblock features feel "just right"
- works with my password manager Chrome extension
- workspaces
- generally nice to use

@jon a good browser has good dev tools, and an absence of AI bullshit.

@jon I went with "Other" because my favorite browser doesn't exist yet.

@jon This list only has 3 browsers on it.

@jon @firefox and @brave

I mostly use zen browser now. I like it quite a bit. It feels more modern and has a lot of nice features while being based on Firefox. I really don’t like contributing to the stranglehold that chromium — and therefore google — have on the browser market share when I can help it. If I can’t use a Firefox based browser I try WebKit based ones. I only really use chromium based browsers as a last resort or because of electron apps.

@jon Vivaldi. Because it's better than Firefox. Haters gonna hate.

@jon I use Vivaldi for several years on both, desktop (Windows) and mobile (Android), and i can tell you all without fear, without no regrets, that it give me all what i need to surf internet on the better and secure way i ever prof with any other browser

@jon brave and librewolf

@jon
I don't have one anymore. They all seem to either embraced tge AI BS, will be ruined be Google's F-ing manifest v3, ir they're made by yucky folk.

As soon as anyone outs out a browser that just shows websites and allows for best possible privacy without dicking around, I'll use that.

@jon logiciel libre, respect de la vie privée, non inféodé aux GAFAM

@jon #Firefox, because not Chrome.

@jon I'll bite.
Does anyone use #Falkon or #Palemoon?
I use #Vivaldi (Snapshot) for stock trading, #LibraWolf to watch Twitch, & #FireDragon as my main browser.

@jon Zen Browser @zenbrowser

@jon my next browser will be something different maybe ladybird or a browser with servo web engine.
Currently i am using brave and firefox i have tested vivaldi but i find this to be more bloated...and vivaldis selling point is not something unique it is a over skined chromium fork.

@jon Brave

@jon
Because 'Vivaldi' is simply the world's best browser for me.

Especially on 'Linux'.
And has been for a long time.

I think it's also worth taking a closer look at the 'Vivaldiserve' behind it. ;-)

Currently Firefox in first place, then Safari just ahead of Vivaldi here. :tony_unhappy:

I think many people here have simply not yet looked at Vivaldi for all platforms.
Based on 'Chromium', 100% open source.

@jon Edge because it's the only one on the market that has an option to:

1. Ask if you want to open or save the download
2. If the user wants to open it without saving, it saves it in a temporary directory
3. Automatically deletes that downloaded file when closing the browser

I like to keep my downloads folder clean, sorry 😢

@jon Firefox, because its the only real alternative to chrome and its clones, firefox its still the most customizable browser, vivaldi its the second, but the biggest con of vivaldi feels that its the slower among chrome clones

@jon LibreWolf for privacy &
Vivaldi for functionality

@jon
Many, many comments here.

So a lot of interest in this question.
No wonder really, here on 'Mastodon'.

Veery good.

Maybe someone else is interested in digging through here. ;-) ;-)

I'm sure several people will take a closer look at the 'Vivaldiserve' afterwards.
https://vivaldi.com

@jon Chrome for better Android integration and web unfortunately is made thinking chrome, some sites not open correctly in Firefox so ... A maintain Firefox for web development only, every other task Chrome

@jon

I'm pretty sure this just reflects "people who know what a browser is", or least "people who know enough about browsers to have an opinion".

@jon Firefox for the gecko engine vs the overwhelming power (and use) of Chrome's Blink.

@jon Different Browsers for different situations
- Safari
- Edge
- Brave

@jon Firefox is my favorite when I can use it, but at least on my new Mac, I found Firefox was misbehaving for inexplicable reasons. Shrug, I don’t mind Safari that much, and for when AdGuard for Safari isn’t working, I also have AdGuard Home running on my home network.

@jon I feel no emotional attachment to my browser, but I use firefox.

@jon Brave, as you get a Chromium experience without Google nasties and a built in ad/tracker blocker

@jon
Just wish Google was not used in vivaldi , so when I don't want their influence I use ddg . if there is a way to keep Google completely out of Vivaldi. I'd like to know how.
Thanks MTT

@jon @Gargron even though it’s more or less been EOL’d, Arc is by far and away my favorite browser I’ve ever used. Every little UX detail just makes so much sense to me. The chromeless UI, sidebar vertical tabs, folder/favorite/pinned tab organization, auto-archiving tabs, tab spaces, automatic PiP activation, quick actions in the ⌘+T omnibar…

@jon I started to really like ARC until recently when I heard they are focusing on a new project. Then I would say Firefox and Safari

@jon After dropping Opera, I now mostly use Waterfox. Vivaldi is also on my desktop and laptop. But so is Brave, Firefox and DuckDuckGO. Edge is also on there, but only because MS won't allow me to remove it :(

@jon Good relationship maerketing.
I used Firefox for many years, and I loved it. Before, I was a Netscape user. But Firefox's performance deteriorated over the years, and I switched to Chrome. When I discovered Brave, I moved to it, but it also had some issues, so I´m back to Chrome. Performance and productivity features are great. I am just very aware of data protection issues when using Google products. Still, use Firefox and Brave for some activities. Would Vivaldi be a good alternative?

@jon

#Firefox got a ton of variants/forks recently.

- #Librewolf
- #MullvadBrowser
- #ZenBrowser
- #Midori

On Android #Mull (thanks @divested !)

So yeah I take Firefox + #Arkenfox user.js or Librewolf if they fixed their CI/CD

@jon Safari because it’s fast, reliable, has a beautiful design, fits well in the Apple ecosystem and it’s not Chromium!

@jon
I love Vivaldi for the theme. The overall design is awesome.
I also love Safari because the battery duration feels way longer when using a Mac.

@jon Look at Opera

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@jon
Safari on iOS (with extensions);
LibreWolf on Windows.

Nothing else. 🛡️

@jon I’m currently trying Zen, which is FF inside and Arc outside, basically.
Re: why, I think Chrome is the new IE6, and we need more engines to keep the web open

@jon Vivaldi. Chromium-based. No AI bullshit. No spyware.

@jon

Vivaldi is my choice.

Here's why: It's the only browser which doesn't force users into AI or is fully relying on ads. It's the only browser I can donate to per month or year (I won't count Mozilla/Firefox in cause Firefox is a product of the commercial part of Mozilla and I found no reason yet to support a 500 Million $ company with donations).
Finally: Vivaldi is the only browser company I know of which is owned by the employees.
PLUS: There actually IS a Mastodon instance!

@jon

General usage: LibreWolf
Dev: Polypane by @Kilian

@jon 日本語で書きます。翻訳サイトなど使ってください。
Firefoxは唯一日本語IMEの動作を正しく行ってくれます。なので文節などの変換が見やすく、安心できます。拡張が多くても不安定になりにくいです。Quantumは正しい判断だったと思います。

Chromium系（Elctronも）IMEの処理がおざなりで点線出しとけはいいだろうとしかとれない動作画面です。たまに文節区切りを見失いますし変なところになることがあります。

あとは垂直タブがあるかどうかで、その垂直タブもタブ同士の親子関係が表せられないと意味がないです。
ということでFirefox+Tree Style Tabが使いやすく、その次にVivaldiが来ます。

@jon i’m knee deep in firefox for now, but will be trying vivaldi when i get my health back together a bit

@jon I run with @Waterfox and @brave on my daily machines, but have access to #Opera, #Edge, #Firefox and #Chrome for UI testing.

@jon de puis que je utilise le navigateur Vivaldi j'ai une paix royale en plus des nombreuse fonctionnalité proposé sur ce navigateur Vivaldi je le trouve formidable merci beaucoup monsieur .

@jon I have no favourite browser anymore since Opera 12. I don't want to support the Chromium dominance but Firefox still feels clunky. I have some sympathy for the Zen browser project. And then there's Vivaldi, with a lot of stuff I appreciated when I was still using Opera. But … Chromium, you know 🤷.

@jon After testing all the browsers my favourite is Vivaldi due to their focus on privacy and no crypto crap. I also like to browse their forums which has been helpful to me at times.

@jon It is my default browsing. Completely customizable, I adjust it to my way and it has many options and pluses such as blog, note taking, RSS reader, translator and much more.

@jon@social.vivaldi.net Of all time? Galeon

Today? I don't like any of them.

@jon https://thorium.rocks/

@jon Firefox, because it has good privacy options, and their development tools are very useful

@jon #DuckDuckGo is my favorite #Browser & #SearchEngine

@jon Firefox, largely because I like supporting an alternative (non-Blink) rendering engine - I think a rendering engine monoculture is very dangerous for the internet as a whole.

@jon only now noticed your handle and who you are...and "Feel free to share why."

For me having an alternative rendering engine is a key reason to stay loyal to Firefox.

So no vivaldi for me though I trust you if you'd say it's wonderful in many other aspects (like features and privacy).

@jon librewolf

@jon I would love to support Vivaldi more than I do but I worry about the Chromium base and also Firefox has its own plugin ecosystem.

@jon I would love to use Vivaldi, but unfortunately the Ad-Blocker on Android isn't very good - Firefox using ublock origin-extension or Brave is doing a much better job there.