Which browser is best? Chrome or Edge?
I think chrome is best. It has the lowest RAM usage on my PC. But it's on my RAM. And edge it doesn't has in it so it has the highest RAM usage on my PC.
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Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omega:
Chrome is spyware, it only exists to mine data on it's users. Same story with Edge.

It is best to avoid Chromium-based browsers all together, Google is becoming much too powerful in the browser market.

Some non-Chromium browsers would be; Firefox, LibreWolf, IceCat, Epiphany, Konqueror or Dooble. Most of these use either Apple Webkit, Gecko or a fork of one of these engines. Some like Konqueror have the ability to switch between different engines.

I wish Steam would drop Chromium and switch to Gecko. I swear I've read about something here on the discussion boards only to start getting ads about that thing. (On my phone. I haven't seen an ad on my computer in years.)
Omega 29. Aug. 2021 um 7:38 
Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8bitbeard:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omega:
Chrome is spyware, it only exists to mine data on it's users. Same story with Edge.

It is best to avoid Chromium-based browsers all together, Google is becoming much too powerful in the browser market.

Some non-Chromium browsers would be; Firefox, LibreWolf, IceCat, Epiphany, Konqueror or Dooble. Most of these use either Apple Webkit, Gecko or a fork of one of these engines. Some like Konqueror have the ability to switch between different engines.

I wish Steam would drop Chromium and switch to Gecko. I swear I've read about something here on the discussion boards only to start getting ads about that thing. (On my phone. I haven't seen an ad on my computer in years.)
I wish Steam would drop the entire web-browser crap. Give us a nice proper native app.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7454

Be sure to decline cookies, or you would have Google analytics spying on you through the client's browser.

Web apps are horribly slow, resource heavy and prone to bugs.
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logith 29. Aug. 2021 um 7:48 
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omega:
Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8bitbeard:

I wish Steam would drop Chromium and switch to Gecko. I swear I've read about something here on the discussion boards only to start getting ads about that thing. (On my phone. I haven't seen an ad on my computer in years.)
I wish Steam would drop the entire web-browser crap. Give us a nice proper native app.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7454

Be sure to decline cookies, or you would have Google analytics spying on you through the client's browser.

Web apps are horribly slow, resource heavy and prone to bugs.
Still hoping for one day having a native Steam client, preferably an open source one. Haven't seen any signs of that happening though sadly
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Omega:
I wish Steam would drop the entire web-browser crap. Give us a nice proper native app.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7454

This would be an absolute dream. I have my KDE Plasma desktop set up just so, and if Steam integrated nicely with that along with being faster and smoother I would be in client heaven.
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plat 29. Aug. 2021 um 10:11 
I do believe that Chrome is the "best" in terms of performance and features. Its search engine is the most comprehensive. I refuse to run it for all the right reasons which have been posted before. My default is Firefox, the performance of which is rivaling Edge at the moment.

You can demo browsers like any other software. To remove any remnants, I suggest to use an uninstaller like HiBit, Revo, and even IOBit. I prefer staying in the mainstream for better update schedules and bug fixes.
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Mozilla Firefox or Brave.
plat 29. Aug. 2021 um 18:58 
Ursprünglich geschrieben von TheExcellentLad:


It has a clean, intuitive, customizable UI.

It is the browser with the best privacy.

Also it hardly takes any ressources and is overall very enjoyable to use.

It's also been much more stable. Since I've been using it (after a three year hiatus for too much instability), it hasn't crashed once. Not one time. Just before that, I was running Opera and it was crashing several times a month. Plus, its update schedule was slower, the chromium version was always one behind Edge.

Firefox and Edge, I use them interchangeably but Firefox has improved the most. :steamthumbsup:
Edge > Chrome

Regardless of the browser choice it's just best to have your entire network behind a pihole. No telemetry, ads, tracking, adware, or any other issues. Use the quickest browser at that point, doesn't matter.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von Meatloaf Cocktail:
Edge > Chrome

Regardless of the browser choice it's just best to have your entire network behind a pihole. No telemetry, ads, tracking, adware, or any other issues. Use the quickest browser at that point, doesn't matter.

Man for some reason edge uses less RAM but. When some time passed it uses more RAM than chrome.
_I_ 30. Aug. 2021 um 0:48 
in chrome set it to not run in background when the browser is closed

chrome://settings/?search=Continue+running+background+apps+when+Google+Chrome+is+closed
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Fake 30. Aug. 2021 um 0:49 
Use MS Edge and embrace being an Edgelord.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von _I_:
in chrome set it to not run in background when the browser is not running

chrome://settings/?search=Continue+running+background+apps+when+Google+Chrome+is+closed

I test them both open to see the results in task manager.
Have you tried Brave? I'm using it for years now and I gotta say I'm very happy about how it performs and how well its ad blocker works
Zuletzt bearbeitet von Kozel Jasne Pełne; 30. Aug. 2021 um 2:44
neither are better, they both are bad in general.

chrome = google and edge = microsoft, both are know for very intrusive data collection, running very horribly and being performance hungry, as well as memory leaks.

firefox in my opinion is best.
Zuletzt bearbeitet von MonkehMaster; 30. Aug. 2021 um 4:16
Ursprünglich geschrieben von TheExcellentLad:
Firefox without a doubt, it is the browser I've used in the last 15 years and it has never let me down.
Almost the same situation here, but I did have one rough patch, as I have had one period of time where it was getting frustrating to use. It was a few years ago, and I want to say it was around the time they implemented the Quantam project into it, but I may be mistaken. I can't even remember all of the issues I was having but the one that stands out was brief stuttering performance but fine otherwise, and it was ALMOST getting to the point I was going to look for alternatives. I think if I went into the configuration and changed the setting for multi core use (basically to disable it) it somewhat fixed it. I stuck with it and after a few versions it gradually returned to being better.

Look-wise though, I think it's had better days. I'm still not entirely a fan of the look introduced recently with version 81 I think it was. I preferred when the tabs looked like tabs with slanted corners from folders where the active one flowed into the main window rather than how they were changed with straight edges later, or now where they are just floating rectangles with rounded corners that take up more space (I know this is for the sake of the feature of reflecting status of a tab, like "now playing" for media). Around this time, the "settings" menu was simpler and cleaner, with less clutter, and less things hidden/nested (think before bookmarks were replaced with library and before history was nested away). I looked it up and apparently this was the "Australis" project look and was around 2014, so go to versions from that timeframe for an idea. The logo also looked better up until version 57-ish, when it was still a fox around the Blue globe, which was later it was changed to lose some detail but the round center was still Blue, and now it's like... Purple/warmer like global warming haha).

Yeah, all in all it's still my preferred browser but it peaked a while ago IMO. I haven't touched Chrome since it launched and almost don't touch internet Explorer or Edge so I can't comment on those. It's been a fun ride with Firefox, though I miss the older days of it (same goes for Windows as a whole itself).

Other than that one rough performance period, and I had to look up the date for the initial release, as I've been using it since a bit before version 1, I've been with it for nearly 17 years now without issue, which is why I wasn't so fast to abandon it. The entire reason I switched to it all those years ago was because of issues with Internet Explorer (version 6 under Windows XP) crashing on some websites, namely forums when attempting to submit POST data, but the biggest crime of it was I would anticipate this crash and copy my contents to Windows clipboard so i could have it saved in case it crashed, only to find out... when the browser crash occurred that it was ALSO clearing my clipboard. Frustrating, and keeping a notepad open in the background for this was a bandage so the up and coming hype surrounding Firefox with tabs (this was actually a feature worth mentioning back then) and plug-ins and skins got me to try it. I honestly haven't looked back since, despite some hickups with Firefox.
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