Revisiting Brave Browser - Is it Better?

I revisit Brave browser after a few years. Is it good now?
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==== Time Stamps ====
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:38 My Brave
00:01:49 Tab Groups
00:06:38 Vertical Tabs
00:08:59 Leo
00:09:58 Brave Search
00:11:13 Crypto-Nonsense
00:12:40 Brave Sync
00:14:34 Sidebar
00:16:14 Conclusion
00:19:00 Wrapping Up

#brave #linux #thelinuxcast

[TheLinuxCast]

==== Time Stamps ====
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:38 My Brave
00:01:49 Tab Groups
00:06:38 Vertical Tabs
00:08:59 Leo
00:09:58 Brave Search
00:11:13 Crypto-Nonsense
00:12:40 Brave Sync
00:14:34 Sidebar
00:16:14 Conclusion
00:19:00 Wrapping Up

[KoopstaKlicca]

Brave is probably my favorite browser but I don't do anything super advanced or require a ton from browsers.
I use firefox on ideological grounds however to signal support for gecko.
Something I wish that's in every browser though is Vivaldi's command prompt. I don't care about the commands so much as being able to search and navigate tabs, bookmarks, and everything from one place. It's so convenient
Edit: You didn't ask for all of this but viewer engagement is good for the algorithm

[AnkitSharma-qgdc]

We got Matt coming back to Brave before GTA 6!!!

[MarkGast]

Once you get Brave configured its a decent browser.

[equinøx]

Lol, today after months of using Brave I switched to Zen Browser

[seapanda-]

Why keep a ton of tabs open instead of keeping and organizing bookmarks? With the new features that put tabs to rest in background, is there any difference?

[ivank]

You can actually close the group without destroing it, but this feature is called 'hide group' - it will be gone from tabs row, but still will be visible in front of bookmarks

[kirangeorge]

Brave: "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me."

[Jack_Callcott_AU]

FYI Control+B toggles the side panel, and yes, you can add web pages to the side panel. I have added several. I can't remember now how I did that.

[ytchannel]

I use Ubuntu, Firefox and Chromium. I'm the most boring linux user.

[tnytim]

For the 6 months or so, searching on Brave wasn't very good. But for the last year or so, I've been pretty happy with it.

[lefteris.p]

I was using brave for about 2 years. I tried again after a lot of years Firefox and I decided to switch to librewolf for about a year. The last two weeks I am trying Zen and I have to say for an alpha it is almost, for me at least, ready for my main use. And in the meantime I'm hyped for ladybird's alpha.

[johanb.]

Switched to Brave from Firefox because Fx has issues with Viaplay which I use to watch the Premier League and Formula 1 live sports. It freezes regularly and when it plays again, it replays the frozen part/parts again. Sometimes multiple times after another. With or without extensions, clean profile. Doesn't happen on Brave. Libre Wolf has the same issues. So it must be Firefox. And sometimes when I want to copy a line of text or a command copy is grayed out. Doesn't happen on Brave either. Been a Fx user for almost 20 years, but it had to go.
Always the same 15 tabs open that I visit every day. If I do this with Firefox it crashes after a while because it uses to much memory. Doesn't happen on Brave either.

[pitape]

Brave will continue supporting manifest v2 extensions such as NoScript or ublock origin installable outside Chrome store . For that alone it is better than Vivaldi.

[EriKantGame]

I use Vivaldi for similar reasons...just me and my 18 tab stacks against the world 😔 It does make it hard to make to other browsers, for sure. It's become such a crucial part of my daily workflow

[mattpobursky]

Vivaldi user here. Also a confirmed tab hoarder. Love Workspaces in Vivaldi, it was a life changer for me. Also like the fact Vivaldi hibernates inactive tabs. I have tried Brave a bunch of times but always come back to Vivaldi.

[m.irfanaffandi]

I don't get why people does not close their tabs. What so hard about it? lol.

[dsouth]

That was interesting timing on seeing that trackball post; I'm glad I saw it because I'm redoing the ergonomics of my work area. I switched to a split keyboard, which has been excellent, and I'm learning that trackballs are a very underserved market; I desperately wish Corsair had made some. And this is the umpteenth time I've heard of QA issues with Elecom products, so I'm sort of left pondering. Guess I'll look into the Logitech MX Ergo.

[RoboKestrel]

I've been a longtime Brave user on all my devices but, like Windows, it has been increasingly shoving things in my face I didn't ask for. I really just want a streamlined, no-bullshit browser. May switch to Waterfox, though I don't see Firefox-based browsers as having a bright future.

[lofgren]

@TheLinuxCast - Are you using a touchpad/trackball? Why no scroll wheel?