When Safari 13 was released I decided to give it another try and after a little perseverance and learning I'm coming to the conclusion that it's actually very good. I retained Vivaldi because it simply does things that other browsers cannot do and if there were an iOS version I would happily swap today. In the end I decided on Firefox with the inclusion of Ghostery extension and DuckDuck Go as my default browser. I had tried a few other browsers up to that time such as Opera, Firefox, Vivaldi Waterfox and Brave in the hope of finding a viable replacement that would run on both macOS and iOS in order to sync bookmarks, history and passwords between devices. Unless I run into some major problems with one of the websites I frequent, the Brave browser is here to stay - for the time being anyway.Īs per my post way back in May (Post #6) this year I had for some years abandoned Safari in favour of Google Chrome initially, then became a little disillusioned with the amount of data they were skimming from me. Thankfully Brave doesn't use the gigantic tiles that Opera uses. One other nice, unexpected (by me anyway) transfer was all of the autofill info that was transferred from FireFox.Īnd I also like the browsers automatic capability to place the icons of often used websites on the browser home page for quick access to those sites. I think that is all good especially with the fraud that is currently going on with people having their cellphone numbers ported out and then the fraudulent user who now has the cellphone number locking accounts and/or cleaning them out. Interestingly enough, Brave ported all the saved user names and passwords so far, but only of "non-financial" websites.įor banking and credit card websites, I had to enter user name and password again, two of those actually needed additional verification via a code that was sent to my contact information. Maybe a bit early to make a final judgement on the Brave browser, but so far so good. I have about 8 browsers installed.so far I keep coming back to Brave because it's speed and freedom from ads is addicting. You don't need to be afraid of any of them. Others include:Īnd, you know, since all of these browsers are free, and since none of them conflict with each other, you can download as many of them as you like, and switch off as often as you like. But none is as advanced as Brave, and none seem to be being improved as quickly. There are a bunch of browsers on the scene now, trying to become your favorite. (It even has the option to use the Tor network, if you are seriously paranoid.) It is compatible with just about everything on the Web (like Safari), and it is being improved constantly. It has as much security and freedom from ads as you want it to have (set it up the way that you want in Preferences), without the need for extensions that might cause it to become unstable. I *LOVE* Brave! It has all the speed of Chrome, without any of Google's spyware. Full syncing of history, bookmarks, passwords, autofill and access to all other devices, not to mention seamless Handoff. This is one of the areas that Safari really shines in. PS I gave Opera a good run too but the iOS version (Opera Mini) was a pain and syncing bookmarks, history and passwords was tiresome to set up and use. It's actually a very good browser with some unique features. Alternatively I would give Vivaldi more use if it had an iOS version. Like many early browsers it just can't open some sites. As for this site when opened in Safari from an email notification I get the option to open the post in the Mac-Forums app which is great on the iPad and iPhone.Īs for Brave, I have tried it but was not impressed. I've ditched Ghostery and all my other Ad Blokers and use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine. I'm using the free AdGuard extension for Safari and the combination works very well after a little tweaking of the AdGuard preferences. So, now I'm back on Safari and it really is a much improved app. After becoming a bit concerned about how invasive Google was becoming I switched to Firefox but the recent versions have put me off. It was such an improvement I never went back, until now. I'm with you Dennis, I stopped using Safari about 8 years ago on Snow Leopard I think it was and swapped to Chrome after persevering with Netscape a bit longer.
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