Browser and Search Engine (password, Word, Firefox, desktop)

[cb2008]

Originally Posted by IDoPhysicsPhD

Edge and Chrome are the same under the hood. Sites should work the same on them more or less.

Not true. I dont know what is under the hood but they do not work the same way. Edge is intrusive in a way Firefox is not.

[ccm123]

Chrome and Google on Lenovo laptop, same on iPhone and iPad.

[noodlecat]

I use an older version of Firefox (with the tabs below the address bar), and also Pale Moon (a fork of Firefox).

I tried DDG but found its results were lacking compared to those from the Goog.

[king john IV]

Brave.

has a Tor option.
Zero problems.

[cb2008]

Originally Posted by noodlecat

I use an older version of Firefox (with the tabs below the address bar), and also Pale Moon (a fork of Firefox).

I tried DDG but found its results were lacking compared to those from the Goog.

This is true.
Never heard of Pale Moon. Do you know anything about its security?

[cb2008]

Originally Posted by king john IV

Brave.

has a Tor option.
Zero problems.

What is Tor. I have heard of Brave. Is it secure?

[noodlecat]

Originally Posted by cb2008

This is true.
Never heard of Pale Moon. Do you know anything about its security?

Not really. Here is the home page - The Pale Moon Project homepage

[MikeJaquish]

Brave or Edge or Firefox.

StartPage is default search on all 3.

[pathrunner]

Originally Posted by jiminnm

I sue Firefox and DuckDuckGo, and have for some time. I am getting tired of Firefox's constant updates, especially those that change the settings it took me a long time to find and change. I sometimes switch to google for searching because DDG occasionally seems to fixate on a line of suggestions that are not helpful.

That's why I stopped using Firefox. It's been a few years now.

3-4 years ago I had to stop using Chrome because it suddenly refused to load on the laptop. Several uninstalls and reinstalls later, I gave up. It was likely because the laptop was getting old, even though there was nothing wrong with it. Chrome had become a memory hog. Now that I have a newer desktop and a new Chromebook, Chrome is no longer a memory hog. I don't like the way Chrome tracks us, but the issue is pervasive so there's no point in complaining. I'll probably keep using Chrome on my desktop because it's now synced with the new Chromebook. Ugh. Chromebooks can be PITA but mine is connected to my internet provider so I'm able to travel with it very easily.

I use Opera and DuckDuckGo on my phone.

[Yelling_at_Birds]

Originally Posted by cb2008

What is Tor. I have heard of Brave. Is it secure?

Tor is one of the more common anonymity networks that you can proxy your traffic through. Not to be confused with the "Tor Browser" which is a variation of Firefox maintained by the Tor project.

Quoting somebody knowledgeable about Brave:

"Yet another Chromium browser that's still spywareistic. So bad they will pay you to use the it. Has it's own crypto currency, and "shield" thing that's supposed to protect you from trackers. Outclassed by eMatrix, uBlock Origin."