I have been using Brave for a while but I am trying Firefox again now after many years. What makes you choose a browser over others?

Been using Chrome for a long time. Could never stand FF or Safari.

Cram said:

Been using Chrome for a long time. Could never stand FF or Safari.

Why do you prefer Chrome?

VitoBotta said:

Why do you prefer Chrome?

It just feels the nicest to use, a bit like that comfy pair of slippers. I'm not particularly techie so I have no idea what goes on in the background, so that's all I can base it on.

I do occasionally go back and look at other browsers (including Brave), I've even tried Edge, but I always end up going back to Chrome.

I use Safari on Mac, Edge on Windows. My experience is that the "resident" browser tends to be the lightest on system resources, and I tend to buy lightly specced systems as I'm far from a power user. I've also used Chrome and Firefox in the past.

Firefox has been great for syncing bookmarks and the extensive list of Add-ons that I use.

I have not* spent time to look into the personnalisation options of Chrome (which is one of the only options [that I am aware of] with a similar features set) given that some of the lower-specced devices in my aramda did not play nice with it.

Safari 14.? was not working as far as opening tabs on the Mojave MacMini
the tabs are pixelated and would not activate a sporting event.
this was before my first cup of coffee, and annoying!
SO
i switched to waterford were everything was smoother and worked!
Safari is annoying in iOS15 iPad wise were there are 7 open tabs options every start.
while Firefox iOS will work with those 3 dots, Edge could not.

Safari seems good on the MacBook air, 2010 mojave which i am typing on now.
I switch to Waterfox on the Dell XPS 13" because Edge was not loading pages, and keeps on showing news stories.

seems to me i either get a MacBook M1, ditch Mojave or use Water-Fire fox from now on.

to answer the OP ?, Safari today- Water-Firefox starting tomorrow.

MBAir2010 said:

Safari 14.? was not working as far as opening tabs on the Mojave MacMini
the tabs are pixelated and would not activate a sporting event.
this was before my first cup of coffee, and annoying!
SO
i switched to waterford were everything was smoother and worked!
Safari is annoying in iOS15 iPad wise were there are 7 open tabs options every start.
while Firefox iOS will work with those 3 dots, Edge could not.

Safari seems good on the MacBook air, 2010 mojave which i am typing on now.
I switch to Waterfox on the Dell XPS 13" because Edge was not loading pages, and keeps on showing news stories.

seems to me i either get a MacBook M1, ditch Mojave or use Water-Fire fox from now on.

to answer the OP ?, Safari today- Water-Firefox starting tomorrow.

I just tried WaterFox and wow it's slow.

Safari mostly on Mac, sometimes Firefox. Firefox exclusively on Windows. Chrome is a RAM hog so never use it. Not tried Edge yet.

VitoBotta said:

I just tried WaterFox and wow it's slow.

that is weird, could be something slowing that as an ad blocker
On my Mac Mini there is an Ethernet cable that run the Internets
(i know that is cheating in 2022)
I tried installing Waterfox on the macbook air to no avail.
therefore the Browser might not work for all macs
I have noticed the speed is faster than Edge recently on the Dell XPS

Exclusively Safari (and occasionally Edge) on Mac. Chrome and Firefox when I need them for Web Dev compatibility testing. Used to use Chrome all the time until I realized how much faster and less resource-intensive Safari was.

I use Safari at home. I’m a Salesforce dev though, and Salesforce (specifically the back end stuff) doesn’t work especially nicely with Safari, so I historically had to use Chrome for work.

Always found it to be a terrible resource hog. Better since the M1 optimised version, but still not great.

I tried Edge once it moved to Chromium and…. I couldn’t believe it, but it was really good!! The advantages of Chrome, and significantly lighter on system resources! Would definitely recommend anyone who is using Chrome give it a go.

Safari on my Mac, iPhone and iPad, Edge on Windows.

I tried Edge on my Mac and it was good, but with Safari I get better battery life, the integration with keychain and Apple Pay is also very handy, also I’m using private relay, which is a hit or miss for the moment, maybe it will solve some problems once it will be out of beta.

Too bad I can’t find an adblocker as good as uBlock Origin, for the moment the combination o NextDNS, 1Blocker and AdGuard manages to block most ads.

Safari on iPhone and Mac, mostly for Handoff and iCloud sync, albeit the latter doesn’t work on my Mac anymore thanks to Monterey…
DuckDuckGo as my main search engine, can’t complain. Hush and an Adblocker and am all set.

fanboy-ish said:

Safari on my Mac, iPhone and iPad, Edge on Windows.

I tried Edge on my Mac and it was good, but with Safari I get better battery life, the integration with keychain and Apple Pay is also very handy, also I’m using private relay, which is a hit or miss for the moment, maybe it will solve some problems once it will be out of beta.

Too bad I can’t find an adblocker as good as uBlock Origin, for the moment the combination o NextDNS, 1Blocker and AdGuard manages to block most ads.

If I may ask, what sites are you on where AdGuard doesn’t block ads? Apart from YouTube (…) and Reddit.

MBAir2010 said:

Safari 14.? was not working as far as opening tabs on the Mojave MacMini
the tabs are pixelated and would not activate a sporting event.
this was before my first cup of coffee, and annoying!
SO
i switched to waterford were everything was smoother and worked!
Safari is annoying in iOS15 iPad wise were there are 7 open tabs options every start.
while Firefox iOS will work with those 3 dots, Edge could not.

Safari seems good on the MacBook air, 2010 mojave which i am typing on now.
I switch to Waterfox on the Dell XPS 13" because Edge was not loading pages, and keeps on showing news stories.

seems to me i either get a MacBook M1, ditch Mojave or use Water-Fire fox from now on.

to answer the OP ?, Safari today- Water-Firefox starting tomorrow.

Will you have to create a new account once your 2010 MBA stops working?

Jeven Stobs said:

If I may ask, what sites are you on where AdGuard doesn’t block ads? Apart from YouTube (…) and Reddit.

Mostly local websites - meaning national websites, not international - even with EasyList imported in the filters list, and before adding 1Blocker to the mix, AdGuard was breaking the left side of YouTube - the favorite list - for me.

Safari Technology Preview. Fast, easy to use, does everything I need in an intuitive way. come on folks, its a browser, it browses, doesn't matter beyond that.

I have heard "well it doesn't run ....... on this website". - Sounds like a sketchy web site, do you really want to use it?

I use Firefox on everything. It’s cross platform so it’s easy to sync bookmark. Once in a while I’ll use Vivaldi on my Mac and linux computers. I always liked Firefox.

MauiPa said:

Safari Technology Preview. Fast, easy to use, does everything I need in an intuitive way. come on folks, its a browser, it browses, doesn't matter beyond that.

I have heard "well it doesn't run ....... on this website". - Sounds like a sketchy web site, do you really want to use it?

Sketchy? Right Safari runs like crap on sites I need to use for work, and they are far from sketchy. The one site doesn‘t like Firefox, so I’ll use Vivaldi for that site.

Firefox, chrome, and others have way better extensions (pop up blockers and others) than Safari ever will.

Jeven Stobs said:

Will you have to create a new account once your 2010 MBA stops working?

i don't see the MBA 2010 not ever working,
maybe iCloud but that would be due to 's deceitfulness.

Edge. I regularly try out most popular browsers and I find that Edge currently offers the best balance of features and compatibility (it’s basically Chrome) and power use (it’s pretty similar to Safari in terms of battery drain). I’d love to switch to Firefox full time, but it just isn’t as solid as Edge in my daily use.

It is weird to think that Microsoft makes the best browser for the Mac.

Brave user here as well. Love the built-in ad-blocker so I don't have to install an extra extension.
I like Firefox as well and was a user, but the Android version doesn't play well on tablets, while Brave behaves better. So I switched to Brave as my primary browser.

Was using Microsoft Edge, but not really liking some of its privacy settings.

Really hated Chrome with a passion. I only installed it on my Windows machine in the past because I didn't know any better. I dumped Chrome the minute Microsoft Edge adopted Chromium. I don't use it at all on my Android. I set Brave as my default browser everywhere now.

I only use Safari on my iPhone 7+. Since all browsers on iOS run webkit engine anyway...

On desktop I use Chrome now that Safari acts weird on a lot of media websites. On Twitch it eats up huge amounts of memory and if you leave the video quality on auto it never goes higher than 720p so I have to manually switch it each time which eats up more memory (2GB+ after 30min-1hr). As of today, I noticed that YouTube doesn't automatically use HD when watching videos and you have to manually do it which is incredibly annoying. Additionally, some of my work websites don't play very well with Safari or require workarounds and adblocking programs aren't nearly as efficient vs Chrome.

Chrome as come a long way honestly. There's lots of customizable security settings, far more than Safari, and if you have a Google account everything syncs up across your accounts if you want it to. If Google's "security" settings aren't super effective I have almost every filter in uBlock Origin active to ensure as much privacy as possible albeit the internet is never fully secure. Based on this I feel safer in Chrome and the people that hate on Chrome I ask you, do you hate Chrome because it's the cool thing to do? You can trust what any company says when it comes to privacy.

Lastly, Chrome actually gets updated routinely instead of waiting for a quarterly, bi-annual, or annual update of the OS *cough* Safari.

Safari, Edge then FF. I use all three. Like them all. I think Safari is easiest on the battery though.