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[–] TheTrigger 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago  (edited ago)

They've started arbitrarily blacklisting extensions (that they don't like) from working on their browser. Literally any other Firefox fork is better than it, at this point. But I, personally, recommend Waterfox. Whoever made that list of browsers is not informed of the current happenings in browserland.

They even rated Waterfox as being "insecure", when it's easily up there (on par) with Icecat, if not better because it's updated more frequently.

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[–] nothingproud 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You're damn right, have trialed Icecat, Pale Moon, Brave and Waterfox.

Waterfox is hands down the best all round browser I've used.

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[–] MadWorld ago 

They've started arbitrarily blacklisting extensions (that they don't like) from working on their browser.

I thought it was done for security or stability reasons.

But I, personally, recommend Waterfox.

I run my own sync1/1.5 server and can synchronize for all my friends and my own devices without a problem. Does the Waterfox have a similar feature to synchronize between multiple browsers without storing the bookmarks on third party unencrypted?

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[–] TheTrigger ago 

I thought it was done for security or stability reasons.

Nope, pure thought-policing. Nothing more.

Does the Waterfox have a similar feature to synchronize between multiple browsers without storing the bookmarks on third party unencrypted?

No idea, haven't looked in to it. The whole concept of syncing bookmarks, in and of itself, is kinda dubious. Though they do have the latter (unsure of their security policy). I'm sure if other FF variants let you do this, don't see why Waterfox couldn't.

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[–] belphegorsprime ago 

They also kind of shat on command line browsers. I get that they are not for everyone, but they can be useful to some. They definitely don't deserve to be at the bottom of the list. I will have to take a look at waterfox and icecat. I've been playing with Brave, but I'm not happy with the tab styling. They waste too much screen real-estate. That is one thing that chromium got right.

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[–] TheTrigger ago 

I get that they are not for everyone, but they can be useful to some

You have no idea how many times lynx/links2 has saved me from having to do a reinstall, because I somehow managed to screw up X and/or display drivers on it. One of the first things that I make sure is installed, on any linux computer that I use, is a command-line browser. :p

I use Icecat on linux and Waterfox on Windows, tbh. Although I might ditch Icecat all-together. It breaks too many websites, in a non-fixable way. With uBlock, Secret Agent, and NoScript on Waterfox— you get the same security anyways, and can easily whitelist websites on a case-by-case basis.

Also, I don't know if you've used a 64-bit Firefox-variant before, but oh boy are they fast; especially this one.