Best chromium browser?
Best chromium browser?
I main Firefox but, want a Chromium browser for Android/Windows that I can use occasionally.
What are your preferred choices?
Edit: okay I tested out a lot of your suggestions and found Vivaldi to by my favourite so far :) thanks y'all
Honest question: What for? I have never encountered a site that was truly broken on Firefox.
They exist first two the come to mind.
If you have a very low end PC, Youtube works far better on Chrome then Firefox.
There was an article some time ago that taked about Google deliberately making youtube worse for firefox users.
Some online games like Krunker and Yorg3 run better in Chrome
Sure wish I could say the same. It doesn't happen that often, but for example the last time was just a day or two ago.
I use Qubes OS, when running a lot of VMs with memory limitations the difference in performance becomes noticeable. It's not that Firefox does work, but Firefox becomes sluggish at settings where Brave will run without any problems.
That said, I still use Firefox on Windows and traditional Linux.
Try screen share on jitsi
Jitsi works fine on FF for me
One example is Voyager for Lemmy. Runs better using Brave than Firefox as a PWA
Some addons do not work on my Firefox after some updates. Had to switch to Chromium sadly. Around 2 years I switched back to Firefox but I think this time I just stay at Chromium. Seems to be more stable and quicker...
Vivaldi is awesome on Windows/Linux and peerless on Android.
Not really a factor but rather a fun fact - I recently discovered they have a Mastodon instance, which can be of interest to lemmies.
Vivaldi has a special place in my heart since it's made by the original Opera people.
Vivaldi has a bunch of stuff I like - tab stacking, tiling, a functional sidebar that is actually useful, and full-on UI customization.
I like Vivaldi a lot. It's kinda where Opera went after Opera went to shit lol.
Same guy started them both
I actually tried out Vivaldi for about a month before I went back to Firefox but I like it as well. I think it's the best chromium based browser out there.
Yeah same. Well actually I'm using Firefox on desktop and Vivaldi on my phone (Android), since I love having desktop style tabs on mobile. The trend of having to press a button to open a tab browser really annoys me and although Firefox sort of addressed that with tab groups now, I think Vivaldi's implementation is nicer.
If I have to use a chromium based browser, I go vivaldi. The closed source parts are annoying, but it's still better than the other options for my preferences.
"Closed source parts" Pal it's only the UI that is closed-source. If that still triggers a problem I don't even know what to say.
It's still annoying.
Brave is the best. For a simple browser use ungoogled chromium.
This, only correct answer, and the only correct source to make your decision off of. Any other opinions being tossed around are mostly speculation by people who probably don't actually know that much about tracker prevention.
If we all stop using firefox, then chromium has a complete monopoly. That's dangerous with something as important as a web browser. Lets not forget that Chromium is sponsored/maintsined by Google.
I have no intention of stopping my Firefox use. I just want an occasional Chromium browser
Ungoogled Chromium and Vivaldi are my favorites
Chromium or Brave are going to be good options. I really dig Vanadium on mobile as my backup to Mull, but there's not a desktop option as far as I know.
For desktop I use Ungoogled Chromium portable as a secondary browser, and DDG browser on Android
chromium, or maybe brave on old phones
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I use Firefox on Android primarily but I occasionally want a Chromium alternative
Brave for Chromium and Librewolf for Mozilla.
I use Bromite on Android whenever Firefox mobile decides to die
Bromite hasn't had an update since December last year
Bromite has been abandoned unfortunately, definitely worth thinking about another chromium backup browser for sure.
Cromite is a fork of Bromite.
Oh, well that is good to know. Thanks
As a Vim user, I like qutebrowser. It's very customizable.
If you want something a little different, try arc it doesn’t behave like pretty much any browser I’ve used but it’s certainly a unique take on it
While ARC is interesting it is available for neither Android or Windows, which was OPs requirements.
Sorry, missed the Android requirement.
It has just been released for windows though
What does arc do different? It's been very hyped up but I don't see what it does that vivaldi already does not
It is very different:
- Tabs are always vertical which is better for todays ultrawide monitors
- You have the ability to pin tabs to the sidebar which means that whenever you’re on a particular site (not page!) they’re stored in the same place
- Other tabs are ephemeral, they’re open for at most the 24 hours from when you use them, then they get cleaned away
- There are separate workspaces; like swappable sidebars that you can use to - for example - keep work and personal tabs separate
- The vast majority of commands (going to a tab, getting to settings plus loads more) are access via a Stoplight like global search control
- You can “boost” a particular site and change its style sheet to be different colours - this can be handy if you’re a developer and need to be extra careful when working in a production environment.
That’s just the stuff off the top of my head, there is probably more.
Use Cromite on mobile. It's a continuation of Bromite which has been maintained by one of the devs since bromite quit being updated a year or so ago. Previously it was called bromite-buildtools, but they just recently got a new name and logo.
My go-to daily driver on my Pixel 7 is the Kiwi Browser, but I use Mull for variety sometimes.
Brave, definitely.
Hahaha everyone hating Vanadium. I also dont see its value, its standard and not private, doesnt even delete cookies. Use it for sites where Firefox breaks, again.
On android Brave for built in no fuss adblock
I use Samsung browser for voyager and the occasional incompatible website. It has strict tracking protection and adblocking too
I have Thorium installed for when I occasionally have to use it for frontend webdev. It claims to be a lot faster than the other Chromium alternatives.
For a chromium based browser I would pick brave, especially on Android I find that brave works very well.
Android: Bromite PC: Brave
Brave, period.
Brave is hands down the best chromium based browser for privacy. They do a lot under the hood to block trackers and ads. I would do a little more research into ungoogled chromium. Imo it’s better to have a whole community and company backing a browser like Brave rather than a few developers basically patching source code and shipping it.
The only research I had to do was to simply open Wireshark and then Brave. Did the same with Ungoogled and lets just say Ungoogled actually delivers on their promise while Brave is simply Chrome that calls Brave servers instead of Google.