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5. SeaMonkey was my "go-to" browser, because it lets you edit web pages. Woo Hoo!
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:22 AM
Jan 2023

But I have been using safari (on mobile devices by default ... all other browsers are really safari inside (webkit).

On the desktops, I have used Firefox a whole lot, mainly for the ad-blocking and paywall-bypass extensions (and lots more), but in my experience, when I go to print a page to PDF, way too many times, Firefox just locks up and I have to kill it.

So I have been using Opera a lot. Has built-in VPN of sorts, ad-blocking (I add others for fun) and seems to preview and save pdf from pages faster. And I don't miss the constant Firefox nags to update it. (I really fear that it will add obnoxious things I have to undo. though I suspect that Opera snuk some promoted sites into my start page. Opera is built on the crome engine, so chrome add-ins work.

One thing that really amazes me is that Opera has no built-in means to email a link. I have to use an extension to do so. Go figure.

When it really matters, tor browser, though that has Firefox inside, hence the nags.

ALL of these work with DU. In my experience with really old apps and browsers (like on old ipods I use only to stream music from the hotspot into the audio system or bluetooth ) many fail after a while and can't be updated. Something about expired certificates in browsing some websites. Dunno about the apps.

I got briefly banned from imgbb until I realized that I was probably routing through some East European node. Got to check everything! (like who has the time?)


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