You DON'T Have To Use Google Chrome

Google Chrome is by far the world's most popular browser - but depending on your needs, some little-known alternatives could be much more useful.

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[lauriekimani]

Using Firefox to keep the open Web alive.

[dragonknight]

Firefox. I've been using it for many, many years. It's stable, fast enough and works everywhere from my Linux computer to my Windows computer to either my iPhone or Pixel phones. It works and uses almost no resources compared to Chrome. Privacy is also VERY emphasized.

[KyleSherwoodOfficial]

Surprised Firefox or Brave weren’t covered here. Would be interested in hearing your review on either browser.

[--zero]

I use Firefox and Vivaldi, Firefox because it's one of the few (if not only) modern browsers not based off of chromium, and Vivaldi for a few really useful features like tiling multiple tabs in a single window (up to 4 tabs at once). Also I think Vivaldi has the original Opera people behind it before Opera was sold out to China.

[zandershepherd]

Was gonna comment how I'm very happily using Firefox, but I see I'm not the only one. Granted it's not as small of a player as the browsers listed here, but it really should not be overlooked. Open, easily made private, easy and quick to use, widespread support and extensions, been a happy Firefox user for years

[andrewboschmann]

I believe they're getting all the engagement they where hoping for by deliberately leaving out Firefox.

[jesustyronechrist]

I use Vivaldi and I recommend it wholeheartedly.

It has the best customization and polish, so many settings, shortcuts, gestures and all the cool features like tab stacking and all those shenenigans make all other browsers feel like they're in the stone ages.

[Xersize]

I used Brave a lot in the past, which is really fast and neat. Can't complain at all! However, since it's based off of Chrome, it of course has pretty high RAM usage when having multiple tabs open, which I always have since I work a lot on my computer. That being said, I have a lot of RAM installed, it's just the principle of "Why the hell do you need to use this much RAM?!" that finally tuned me away from Google based browsers and sent me back to Firefox

[CivBase]

Very disappointed not to see vanilla Firefox listed as an option. It has better extension support (especially on Android), is generally better about privacy and customization compared to Chrome, doesn't compromise on support or features, is widely available across all major platforms, and competes fiercely with Google's engines for rendering (Blink vs Gecko) and JavaScript (V8 vs SpiderMonkey). The only thing Chrome really has over it integration with the Google ecosystem, for obvious reasons.

[kwerboom]

I use Firefox. I've been happy with it for almost two decades. Glad that at least this Techquickie mentioned it... if only in the introduction to the LibreWolf. Really, you guys should do a Techquickie on modern Firefox. Yes, years back, Firefox went through a bad period with add-on updates and some (at the time) controversial user interface changes and it had a teething period with bad performance, but Firefox 110 isn't the same creature that Firefox 9 or Firefox 20 or Firefox 56 were.

[AlexPomesky]

I've been using opera for a little over a year now, and my favorite feature is the different workspaces. It makes it easier for me (engineering college student) to separate the different tabs I need into appropriate workspaces. Its very useful to separate tabs based on use or topic.

[tysonelder]

I've become an edge user.

I use it for personal and business - I love that it detects the link I click and opens it in the right persona.

[danial]

As others have mentioned, the first mention should have been Firefox as for my personal use, it has better basic functionalities like Bookmark/History manager and multiple tab management than Chrome, at least by default. Chrome can't even come close to opening the number of tabs Firefox can easily open with similar or less RAM usage.

[Jazzy_Waffles]

Like most people have said, I've only ever used Firefox since like...the mid 00's. Best browser I've ever used and will keep using!

[danytalksmusic]

great to see Vivaldi getting some credit. I've been on it almost a decade now and haven't even thought of switching back to Chrome. once you get used to mouse gestures you can never go back. opening, closing, and switching tabs without ever touching a menu feels amazing. Dark mode within Vivaldi beats every dark mode extension I've tried. And between the domain rewind, collapsible web panel, built-in notes, adaptive theming, vertical tabs, and tab snoozing, there's just no chance I'd ever use anything else!

[Medivj]

The biggest built-in feature that sold vivaldi to me was the customizable mouse gestures option.
Also being able to save profiles, making it easier to sync tabs between devices really nice.

[UjimasaShun]

I started to use vanilla Firefox to spite Google a while ago. Honestly don't feel a difference between the two after a day of using, it's really good ☺️

[Askorti]

Been using Firefox for over 15 years now. Only temporarily switched to Opera a long time ago, before going back to FF again. My only gripe with Firefox is that its usability was actually downgraded in one of the updates quite a while back, so it's not quite as good as it used to be.

[dxmplings]

Arc is amazing. The windows version is being developed as we speak and it has an amazing community of developers. I feel that arc is a really good way to get started with trying alternative browsers, and the ui is amazing.

[carlsanderson]

Really useful info, without extraneous material. Gonna go play with some of these I haven't already tried.