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0 pointsforgotmypw173y ago0 comments

Gosh, that is frustrating to even read about.

The first time it happened, I would get rid of whatever software was involved in causing it and never use it again, except for testing purposes.

I completely agree with you about everything else too. The Web is mature enough that I can use a well-tested website with a 20-year-old browser.

There is no technical reason to not have a minimum-viable web browser with a smaller attack surface that doesn't need upgrades for months or even years.

And, in fact, such browsers exist, and I can browse most of the Web that I need with them. I just have to ignore the shitty mainstream, which I am more than happy to do.

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ted_bunny3y ago· 2 in thread

Care to namedrop your favorites?

forgotmypw17OP3y ago

Just to add these browsers which are VERY fast and performant, at the expense of being less compatible with some more overbuilt sites:

Links (GUI)

Links (console)

Lynx (console)

w3m (console, especially if you like vim bindings)

forgotmypw17OP3y ago

If you're into keyboard-driven, then:

qutebrowser

luakit

If you're into more traditional, then there are these Firefox-based forks:

LibreWolf

Waterfox

Waterfox Classic

PaleMoon

I'm also a fan of Camino on Mac, but that's mostly HTTP-only at this point.

Tagbert3y ago

As someone else pointed out above. This is not due to Firefox per se but due to the OS changing dependent packages. I understand if you install Firefox directly from their website rather than through the system package installed you won’t have that behavior. It does not happen on other OSs.

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