# What is your primary web browser? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852 "2019-06-21T17:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/44 "2019-09-14T21:12:31Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > How is it different? A browser that doesn’t do tab minimization is useless to me. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/45 "2019-09-14T21:45:05Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I’ve recently installed and started testing Brave. Not esp. excited about it. Esp. the tab handling thing. I switched to brave feom opera on my phone about 2 years ago when opera started letting ads through despite being billed as an adblocking browser. Even though Brave is a chrome based browser(i don’t trust it completely) I found it to be better than opera ever was. I’ve long considered chrome to be malware and a really poorly designed browser when looked at honestly and objectively (for my needs anyway) Before my dad bought a winx machine, my niece and I would amuse him with out browser wars. She’d install chrome and set it as default, I’d uninstall it. I grew “exceedingly efficient” at doing so. After he went to winx, I resigned as “person responsible for computer security and maintenance” at his house because Dad finally came down on the side of chrome. (And yet I still have to make sure he keeps is adblock and other prophylactic software current) ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/46 "2019-09-15T01:12:49Z")
Opera for some sites. I ended up with Opera Beta when I tried to update, so I use that for other sites. Firefox for Amazon, because when I tried to stream Prime video on Opera it demanded an extension that doesn’t seem to exist. Chrome never worked on this device, but I never liked Google. Not a fan of Apple, either. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/47 "2019-09-15T08:26:41Z")
I selected “different browsers on different devices”. I use Chrome (mostly) on my desktop, Android phone and Chromebook. I use Safari on my iPad, and IE11 (not by choice) on my work laptop. I’ve just jumped through the multiple hoops needed to get Chrome I stalled on my work device, so I can hopefully retire IE11, though. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/48 "2019-09-15T23:22:45Z")
I use Pale Moon, which is a Firefox clone that takes less memory to run. ---
**Author:** ![ralfy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ralfy/32/600_2.png) [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/49 "2019-09-16T00:23:00Z")
Firefox with uBlock Origin, NoScript, and other addons, Waterfox Classic for older addons like DownThemAll (even though there’s a new one) with Flashgot, and waiting for the development of Waterfox Current (Firefox with privacy issues stripped and the ability to use older addons). ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/50 "2019-09-16T05:10:37Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I still miss my Netscape Navigator. But now Chrome is my default. IIRC, wasn’t Mozilla Firefox originally an open source port of Netscape Navigator? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/51 "2019-09-16T14:07:35Z")
Different browsers on different devices? Hell, I use different browsers on the same device. Firefox - Dope & email, where I’m signed in. Chrome - most other stuff, in incognito mode, not signed into anything. Opera, Pale Moon, Sea Monkey - Other things I may want to sign in, order (there are some legitimate sites that spam you with ads in other tabs if you visit their site on that browser), or just links to news sites that I don’t subscribe to but won’t allow private browsing. When I close out all cookies are deleted. On Firefox I can go in & selectively delete cookies; I do this for anything that I do not actively sign into. I can’t find out how to do this in Chrome. Settings --\> Advanced --\> Clear Browsing data doesn’t seem to get rid of the B&H ads after I do those steps & have been to their website. On my phone I have, & use all of Dolphin, Dolphin Zero, Chrome, Duck Duck Go, & Tor ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/52 "2019-09-16T14:36:13Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > When I close out all cookies are deleted. > > On Firefox I can go in & selectively delete cookies; I do this for anything that I do not actively sign into. I can’t find out how to do this in Chrome. I’ve found the ‘Self-Destructing Cookies’ add-on for Firefox and Pale Moon very useful. You set it by site while you are browsing, and it remembers the settings. You can destruct cookies from the site: after you close its tabs (default) / after you close the browser / never. Optionally clear Local Storage as well as a site’s cookies. You can also temporarily suspend operation. Simple and effective. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/53 "2019-09-16T20:49:13Z")
I’ve been some further testing of Brave the last couple days. The performance is really quite nice. Wrung it out with a slew of heavy duty tabs and it ran just fine. Too bad there’s so much horrible stuff that can’t be changed. No bookmark dropdown menu, tabs in the window header _above_ the address bar, need extensions to get basic settings like a completely blank new tab, etc. It just inherited too much crap from Chrome. E.g., close the last tab? Okay, exiting program. Wait! I was just closing the current tab, didn’t notice it was the last one. ---
**Author:** ![Teddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Teddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teddie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852/54 "2019-09-16T20:56:28Z")
Been using Duck Duck Go for over a year now. I like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-web-browser/835852.md?page=2)