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In reply to the discussion: new web browser . [View all]

usonian

(15,378 posts)
2. On mac I use Safari, Firefox and Opera with no problems at all.
Thu Nov 9, 2023, 09:13 PM
Nov 2023

Firefox uses .xpi extensions (Lots of them at the firefox extension site)
You'll recognize them from SeaMonkey. I loved the HTML editor there!

Opera uses basically all chrome extensions (Lots at Opera and Chrome stores)

The two readily support the web's most essential tool, ublock-origin.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

I am currently using AdGuard in Safari.

People gripe about browsing problems with DU, and none of these have given me any problems.

On ios, all browsers use the same web rendering engine, WebKit, so they are all essentially the same. (Apple rules)

Edit to add: I installed GhostText on mac safari, and use it with Sublime Text.
As I type this text, it is echoed in SublimeText, and vice versa.
So, I NEVER lose typing, not even when there is a network or DU problem and I have to reload the page.
Sometimes, typing returns to the text box and sometimes, it doesn't!
But it's preserved in SublimeText, even after I submit or update.

That was my biggest problem with DU.
Solved.


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new web browser . [View all] AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 OP
For what platform? unc70 Nov 2023 #1
On mac I use Safari, Firefox and Opera with no problems at all. usonian Nov 2023 #2
thanks . AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #5
Try Aloha... MiHale Nov 2023 #3
thanks for your information. AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #4
aloha is only for windows right now . on the website it says coming, i aint holding my breat. AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #6
I have it on my iPad... MiHale Nov 2023 #7
no worries there .:) AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #8
Since you are an experienced user, I have a Question on iPads Karma13612 Nov 2023 #9
Noticed that also... MiHale Nov 2023 #10
Thanks! Karma13612 Nov 2023 #11
Finding the reader.. MiHale Nov 2023 #12
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