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Benefits #1 Not Google #2 Not Google #3 Not Google . . .

Still Chromium based.

Yes. As are most of the others as well. Google is pervasive with Chromium and Android

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Firefox is still non-Chromium. Midori also; it's a Firefox fork. There are some other, niche browsers: Links, Lynx, NetSurf, Dillo, but have too many compatibility issues yet. Visit Seamonkey for some nostalgic Netscape vibes. Not new Netscape though; it's Chromium too. www.seamonkey-project.org

I know. I wrote a bunch of code for Mozilla NSS. And still use Firefox. I don't use Vivaldi because it is Chromium.

3/9/26, 9:39 am0 reposts1 like

I really, really like Firefox, but it doesn't yet quite have the sheer customisability of Vivaldi.

I'm curious what use cases failed you in FF. I use a number of extensions and don't find it wanting.

4 Sept

I don't feel FF failed me; it's just that Vivaldi in comparison offers a few more (small) features: - Sidebar: notes, translation, downloads, reading list, feeds, mail, calendar, Wikipedia - more widgets, particularly currency converter, better weather widget - bottom bar with some useful functions

4 Sept

- all customisation functions in a single settings window rather than spread over several menus - transparency/blur on tool and tab bars (which are also a bit more space efficient) - more elegant theme and colour controls They're small quality of life things, but important to me.

And I'm afraid Mozilla is still US based. I moved from Firefox about 9 months ago and I still use it from time to time but Vivaldi now is my preferred browser.

Mozilla has offices in multiple countries. I worked with many contributors abroad. If US-based is the argument, do realize that the Chromium code is Google, which is US-based. Most of it gets written here in Silicon Valley.

I used IE and then Edge for a long time, with Firefox occasionally, because I'm a lazy ass. But recently I'm all in on Vivaldi with DuckDuckGo search engine.