Web Browsers

[DerVVulfman]

Looks like a 'Member Recommendation' to me.

So I'm going to 'edit' the Firefox posting to include Siletrea's recommendation, and delete the above post and this one I'm writing/posting now...  Well, by the end of the week anyway.

make that a Recommendation and a Rebuke....

[KDC]

There are some things I like about Firefox (Add-ons, Themes etc.), and there's some things I don't like about it (Whenever it updates to a way later version, add-ons you have installed in the previous version(s) may not be compatible with the new version). But either way, it's still a better web browser than Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge... in my opinion anyway.

[Steel Beast 6Beets]

I'm stuck with a very outdated version of FireFox (37.0) because it's the only one that works on my computer. Both IE and Chrome are busted beyond repair despite my countless attempts to fix them.

[DerVVulfman]

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DerVVulfman: On changing over to DuckDuckGo, I found some interesting things... fewer alerts from my anti-virus of being tracked. And a page within the browser noted just how many tracking cookies that DuckDuckGo had indeed blocked... a LOT!

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[kyonides]

Well, Duck has been criticized for working for Microsoft in the past.
Bleeping Computer's Article
Wired's Article

Of course, DDG now claims that they don't let Microsoft's trackers get any personal information from your browser.
Reuter's Article

Even so I do think that DDG's searches are less complete than Google's or simply offer way less data than its competitors. But don't take my word for granted and check yourself which browser suits your needs the best.

[DerVVulfman]

And the browser just stopped nearly 150 tracking cookies from your three articles just now:


And this is the browser, not the search engine, the two being separate.  So if you wish to search with Google while using the DuckDuckGo browser, you can.

Meanwhile, I removed my recommendation for Seamonkey. The browser is no longer keeping up-to-date with websites, and the staff at Mozilla is now forcing 'users' to patch it themselves.