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Published 3 years ago by Maternitus with 3 Comments

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  • Maternitus (edited 3 years ago)
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    I run the browser on my Linux machine and there are a few things that must be said: it uses more RAM than Firefox, which isn't a real obstacle for me. The other thing is that I miss several plugins/extensions that are available for Firefox, but can be addressed with the alternatives or, like with the "sandbox everything from the Facebook company"-container-tab-plugin, is already addressed in the browser itself.

    Surfing goes definitely quicker, the fonts render clear and all the advertised commercial things, like those credits, can be turned off. Also, the ToR browser is integrated, which means when you want to have a safe connection for a link, right-click and there's the option to open it with ToR. Easy-peasy. I did not encounter decentralized websites yet (ipfs:// ), but I will search for those one of these days.

    I was surprised by the options and allround niceness of the browser and am surely using it for the coming time. It is sort of nice to step away from something I've been using for years and try something fresh and new (well, sorta new). I am also curious how this will develop in the future and if it can gather a big userbase, so decentralized browsing/surfing can have a shot. :-)

    • AnitaClark
      +6

      Thanks for the insight. Always helpful to hear what someone who has direct knowledge thinks of a new(er) online "toy".

      • Maternitus (edited 3 years ago)
        +7

        Well, after a few weeks of using I really do not miss Firefox. With several things I have noticed that the browser doesn't get identified as "Brave", but as "Chromium", which is not really strange, since that is the base of the browser (read: Brave is a Chromium-fork/spinoff). For instance, my phone sees the browser as such when I use KDEconnect and when I check up on my webserver it is exactly the same thing. It is not a problem, but one of the details that are encountered.

        I have several extensions installed, which went really smooth, no reboots required. I am a Linux-man, so I was already used to that. ;-) I need way less extensions to preserve my privacy, which I find very handy.

        Surfing still goes smoothly, the rendering of fonts is nice and crisp and the speed is constantly pretty darn high, in contrary to Firefox, what could freeze with a few tabs with video-content open. Starting a TOR- window is extremely fast and it shows that safety and speed go hand-in-hand pretty well.

        I am satisfied upto now and would really recommend it for a test-spin. :-)

        #thisanswerisNOTsponsoredbyBrave

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