Wha's /g/'s opinion on this browser? Do you use it? Why?
>>55256808
I like it, but it's apparently not much better than Chrome in terms of datamining...
Great security
Still no privacy frim google
dumb browser
pokeball rip off
>>55256808
Waterfox is better.
I'm thinking about making a permanent move from Chrome, which would you recommend I use?
>>55257239
waterfox is placebo shit
Whats with Chrome Apps? Sounds Like a cool thing, but what about muh privacy?
>>55256808
>Lookup chrome version variations
>Realise youre a blip on some google profit diagrams
I thought the /g/ botnet meme was a meme. I'm ok with getting my data mined to some extent, it's just going to happen in the real world but when the software you install automatically uses you as part of field test studies without a word of warning it gets into dystopia land.
>>55256808
There's pretty much no difference between it and Chrome on GNU+Linux, it even comes with the pdf reader now.
I use chrome, because I prefer it's icon.
>>55257202
>has never seen a pokeball
>>55257534
>has never seen a rip off
Use it on my phone as it came with the ROM.
>>55256808
de-botneted (A LIE)
The only decent browser left.
>not full of botnets like chrome
>not a bloated sack of shit that feels like you're running on a P2 with 128MB of RAM like Firefox and its derivatives
>not some "other" browser that either doesn't work reliably, is buggy as shit, or both
Saying this as someone that used Firefox since 0.1 (Phoenix). Firefox is garbage now. It's sad and I wish they'd fix their shit, but it's true, and it's even propagated to its derivatives.
>>55257253
I just installed waterfox on a friend's i3 laptop, did I do right or is there any other browser that uses less recourses and would fit better there? I thought Chromium uses as much as Chrome.
>>55258928
>not full of botnets
>>55256808
It's shit. Use Iridium if you want to use Chromium based browser.
I use Chromium Portable sometimes when Firefox is being silly
>>55257239
Okay, I'll bite.
>>55258928
>using palemoon
>300 tabs open
>10 youtube videos on pause
>System only has 4 gigs of ram
Has not crashed and my pc has been on for days
only time it's slow is when it's using the pagefile
Which is easily fixed by getting more ram
I like it a lot and I like some of the browsers built with it, like Vivaldi. That one is surprisingly good
>>55259419
>300 tabs open
why
>>55259548
autism
>>55259548
he's just havin' a giggle m8
What went wrong?
I thought Chromium was Chrome without datamining. Did newer builds start adding that junk in or was it always that way?
>>55258985
>He fell for the Iridium meme
Good job faggot, you only traded one botnet for another.
>>55259659
Google's had their hands in it since the beginning. What did you really expect?
>>55256808
My opinion is that it's a dumbed-down, feature-less botnet browser that sacrifices functionality like color-correct rendering for the sake of “speed”.
While it contains no more or less “botnet” than other comparable browser like firefox ship with, the matter of fact is that firefox is simply more configurable, customizable and extensible than chromium will ever be.
For example, there's no clone of pentadactyl for chromium and there never will be - the next best thing (vimium) has severe restrictions and uses work-arounds and hacks to simulate as much of the missing functionality as it can, simply because the underlying addon APIs are not flexible or powerful enough to support it.
For the longest time ever, chromium addons couldn't even properly block ads - just hide them after they were loaded. While that shit finally got resolved after enough people complained, it's still obnoxiously difficult to make complex addons that will run off chromium's addon API.
The worst part about all this is that SJWzilla, in its desperate attempts to continue failing to mimic chrome, is trying to deprecate their addon API and switch to firefox's instead. The day that happens is the day mozilla will have placed the last straw on the camel's back...
tl;dr fuck chromium, fuck firefox, and fuck every other browser. There's simply nothing good anymore, and unless we do something about it the future of the free and open web is doomed.
>>55259804
>is trying to deprecate their addon API and switch to firefox's instead
chromium's*
>>55259804
Considering that the democrats just that they support the TPP, I'd say it's already over
I haven't seen a shred of evidence for chromium botnet. Go ahead, try and prove it, using up to do sources. Protip: (You) can't.
>>55259804
>(vimium) has severe restrictions and uses work-arounds and hacks
Ok bud.. I've been using it to for a few months now, and I'm yet to encounter any "severe" restrictions lol. Your autism may vary.
>>55260241
>and I'm yet to encounter any "severe" restrictions lol.
Have you ever used pentadactyl? Vimium pretty much just adds some keybindings. Pentadactyl is basically an entire browser for itself. It overhauls absolutely everything, from history to downloads to tabs to navigation to configuring addons. It's a total conversion.
Also, my claims about vimium being restricted due to the API are citable: https://github.com/5digits/dactyl/issues/99
>The WebExtensions API does not allow for all of the functionality of Pentadactyl (this is why there is full-featured equivalent of Pentadactyl for Google Chrome and why the closest thing, Vimium, has to use some convoluted code to get as much functionality as it can).
>To add features, it will probably necessary to use native.js once it is available to implement extensions to the WebExtension API and advocate for their inclusion in WebExtensions, as much of Pentadactyl's functionality (stuff other than what Vimium does) can't be done with the current WebExtensions API.
>>55260241
From another thread:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9724409
>>55259804
>firefox is simply more configurable
>cant even play netflix on linux
lmao sure thing pham
>>55260526
>cant even play netflix on linux
1. That's Netflix's decision, not Mozilla's. They specifically ban you from watching it in Firefox on Linux.
2. The media players in browsers are a pile of horse-shit in general. Both Firefox and Chrome. (They're about equally bad). I recommend you use an actual video player, like MPC-HC or mpv, to watch movies.
3. Netflix serves low-quality garbage. I would recommend staying away from them in general unless you want to develop eye cancer.
4. I'm responding to a troll, which makes me the fool - but for the sake of innocent third parties I might as well get the facts straight for the record.
>>55260583
Oh, and to add injury to insult:
5. Due to Firefox's extensibility, you *can* actually watch netflix in firefox on linux, despite the DRM. For example, you could use mozplugger to embed a libmpv instance and add a lua script to crack the encryption.
(Note that this is illegal, since Netflix doesn't allow you to use a free browser to watch their content)
>>55260583
>>55260623
Way to ignore >>55260512
>>55259804
>>55260526
lmao indeed it works fine, chromium on not even kde is everyone on gentoo?
why don't you block ads at the entryway
>>55257301
privacy is berked at the hardware level
>>55260744
What the fuck do you want me to reply to your post?
>>55260841
Are you not >>55260241?
>>55260927
No? I'm pro-firefox, anti-chrome whereas it seems that >>55260241 is the opposite. Not sure how you'd confuse that, but oh well.
>>55260967
I was stupid, apologies...
Steam use that browser.
what about iridium
>>55260512
Didn't they remove that because everyone was pissed that it was forced on them?
>>55262480
[citation needed]
>>55262510
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2940499/ok-google-hotword-detection-yanked-from-chromium-after-user-revolt.html
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/not-ok-google-chromium-voice-extension-pulled-after-spying-concerns/
>>55257202
Morph ball ripoff
>>55256808
google hides botnet shit in it all the time, it's fucking garbage like all browsers
seriously how hard is it to get a team together to debloat firefox and make a good fork of it?
>>55260623
>For example, you could use mozplugger to embed a libmpv instance and add a lua script to crack the encryption.
Care to elaborate on the process? Are you able to get 720p videos?
>>55256808
>Chromagnon
>want to stop using firefox
>Chrome is Chrome
>Pale Moon is just Firefox
>Vivaldi is bloated shit
>luakit, jumanji et al are comfy, but either outdated or don't support userscripts
>not autistic enough to use w3m or elinks
Does anyone know of a Dark Reader equivalent for Firefox? It's literally the only reason I still use Chromium.
>>55263889
I'm not sure. I don't know much about Netflix's encryption, and I assume the interest is low since there are much easier and much better ways of gaining access to TV shows than trying to break Netflix DRM. (Like just torrenting it, for example)
Seems like there's an open ticket for this issue here: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/1793
>>55263978
How much ram do you have?
Chrome is pretty comfy on GNU/Linux with a lightweight DE, and even 3 GiBs of RAM are enough. I just have to watch YouTube in vlc, because Chrome doesn't support hardware video decoding on GNU/Linux, and anything higher than 480p is way too much for my core 2 duo.
>Wha's /g/'s opinion on this browser?
Botnet
>Do you use it?
No
>Why?
Botnet
>>55267458
Have you actually used Firefox lately? Shit is so ancient and slow it's not even funny. Also something in it leaks memory, I have to reboot it every couple of days, while Chromium keeps on ticking.
Really wish Mozilla would realise that they are currently worst browser in the market and would rewrite Firefox from scratch
Test
>>55267314
>Chrome doesn't support hardware video decoding on GNU/Linux
But it does anon
>>55267677
I'm using it right now and it works just fine. Aren't they basically rewriting it from scratch by creating Servo as a replacement for Gecko?
>>55256808
POS imo, will have to continue using Firefox. WebM related.
>>55267737
What gpu do you have?
>>55267782
Try exporting your 4chanX settings and importing them into Chrome
>>55267790
Integrated Intel. The secret is to have functioning OpenGL in your system and enable "
Override software rendering list" in chrome://flags/
Thay say it's experimental but it works perfectly fine for me
>>55267812
I'll see if it works for me.
>tfw I HAVE to use nouveau, because my gpu is so old
>>55267800
Test
>>55267812
>>55267823
Thanks a lot. Now I can watch 720p60 in chrome, and I drop something like one frame per 3 seconds, which is acceptable.
