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March 27, 2021, 03:37 PM
GWbiker
Firefox update...
man, did they screw it up with latest update. Google something on Firefox and get dozens of ads for the same subject.

Is Brave better and can I move my bookmarks over to Brave.

Or, is there a better, no nonsense browser available?


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March 27, 2021, 04:51 PM
RogB
quote:
Originally posted by GWbiker:
man, did they screw it up with latest update. Google something on Firefox and get dozens of ads for the same subject.

Is Brave better and can I move my bookmarks over to Brave.

Or, is there a better, no nonsense browser available?


Try DDG. Google sucks anyway


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March 27, 2021, 05:21 PM
bald1
I moved from FF to Brave and yes you can move your bookmarks, passwords, etc. easily.


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March 27, 2021, 05:25 PM
smschulz
quote:
Is Brave better and can I move my bookmarks over to Brave.

Or, is there a better, no nonsense browser available?


It is always a good ideal to have multiple browsers installed as each website can be written and programmed differently.
Doesn't work on one site then just use another, no such thing as just one good browser.
You can always import/export favorites/bookmarks between them.
MS and Google (when their respective accounts enabled you can also sync between devices, not sure of the other browsers).
YMMV
And yes the Brave does work nicely too and you can import other bookmarks/favorites.
March 27, 2021, 06:34 PM
Orguss
Might be a memory leak in the update, too. I'm suddenly burning 8GBs of RAM while browsing the interwebs.


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March 27, 2021, 09:15 PM
triggertreat
Im with Bald1.I moved everything to Brave. I just use Braves home page and picked the content I wanted to scroll to. Did away with Yahoo.


I'm alright it's the rest of the world that's all screwed up!
March 27, 2021, 09:19 PM
safespot
The disabled backspace navigation is getting on my nerves.


March 27, 2021, 10:15 PM
airbubba
firefox, ddg, adblock plus...i see few, if any adds on cell phones/pc/laptops.
March 28, 2021, 03:30 AM
PKFan
quote:
Originally posted by safespot:
The disabled backspace navigation is getting on my nerves.


You can edit the setting for that. Go to about:config in the address bar. Search for "backspace" and change the setting to 0 (zero) to turn on the backspace navigation.
That's the single reason I haven't moved to Brave, since you don't seem to be able to turn it on in that browser.
March 28, 2021, 05:57 AM
sgalczyn
quote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
Might be a memory leak in the update, too. I'm suddenly burning 8GBs of RAM while browsing the interwebs.


Less than a gig here---------------how many tabs you running??


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March 28, 2021, 01:54 PM
safespot
quote:
Originally posted by PKFan:
quote:
Originally posted by safespot:
The disabled backspace navigation is getting on my nerves.


You can edit the setting for that. Go to about:config in the address bar. Search for "backspace" and change the setting to 0 (zero) to turn on the backspace navigation.
That's the single reason I haven't moved to Brave, since you don't seem to be able to turn it on in that browser.

Thank you! Followed your instructions and backspace now works as it did before.