• Zagorath
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    1 day ago

    WaterFox seems pretty good.

    Also, as far as chromium goes, it’s trivial to use literally any other chromium-based browser rather than Google’s. Even Microsoft Edge hasn’t killed Manifest v2 (yet…not actually sure if they plan to do it or not).

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      1 day ago

      But the more people use chrome based stuff the easier it gets for google to dictate what is possible and what isn’t by (not) updating the Foss repos for chrome forks

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      1 day ago

      WaterFox seems pretty good.

      Lowercase “f,” just like in “Firefox.” And yes it is; I’ve been on Waterfox for years!

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        17 hours ago

        I will say, it definitely doesn’t feel as polished as major browsers. You have to go to a backend “about” page to switch between user profiles. You literally can’t set a webpage of your choice to open when you open a new tab (new window, yes, but not new tab, which is even more perplexing). It still has a separate search bar instead of the unified bar other browsers have had for a decade (this can be fixed, though it’s hard to find how to do it). But it’s easily good enough to switch to if Firefox is gonna enshitify.

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          2 hours ago

          Hmm, I guess I got around those issues:

          1. I don’t use user profiles but rather the container tabs.
          2. I use an AutoHotkey script that redirects all new windows and tabs to a local note-taking screen.
          3. The omnibar was easy enough to spot in its settings. That sure was a bit of a blast from the past to see, though!