HACKER Q&A
📣 br0gi3

What browser do y'all use?


An age-old question. I've been testing out various browsers but haven't found one that truly satisfies me. Any recommendations?


  👤 fsflover Accepted Answer ✓
"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable" (chrome.com)

552 points by freedomben 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 474 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41809698

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29378307

Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony (batsov.com)

1360 points by gmemstr on Nov 29, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 659 comments


👤 floxy
I try to Tor at home when I can. For everything else, generally Firefox.

👤 locusofself
Since I work at MSFT, I use Edge on my work computer. My personal computer I use Chrome. I like to keep my bookmarks and browsing history separate between work and personal.

I use some of the same extensions (Bitwarden being the most important, and Freedom for blocking social media and other timewasters, until 8pm each day).


👤 Ocerge
Chrome at home, Edge at work. I should probably think more about it, but I really don't. I use 1Password for everything and the only feature I lean on in any browser is bookmarks.

👤 throwaway519
Computer: Firefox and occasional Ungoogled Chromium. Firefox for the plugins and standards.

Mobile: Fennec, IronFox (Mull discontinued), Bromite, Ungoogled Chromium. I much prefer tab management in Fennec/Firefox variants.


👤 wruza
Firefox, with lots of tweaks. Out of box it is as dumb as chrome. After tweaks it’s half as dumb, but bearable.

My “truly satisfies” is in vivaldi / presto opera sector. I switched to avoid sudden dead end due to mv3.


👤 slater
Firefox.

👤 Imustaskforhelp
Had been using ungoogled chromium but now I use zen browser. There was an issue with firefox based browsers but removing the cache fixed it.

Zen is lovely


👤 joefarish
Safari purely because of the integration with Apple Passwords / Mail / iMessage

👤 dotcoma
Iridium. Great if you want a privacy-respecting Chromium but seldom updated.

👤 muzani
DuckDuckGo. Very performant, maybe because of the tracker blocking.

👤 epirogov
I read HN content from Falkon Browser.

👤 rocketpastsix
Arc at work, Safari at home.

👤 LUmBULtERA
Safari personal. Edge for work.

👤 ternary-search
Firefox

👤 paulcole
Safari for everything personal.

Chrome for work.


👤 gfkclzhzo
Android - Fennec

Desktop - Icecat


👤 curtisblaine
Brave.

👤 bitpush
Chrome