(not) one browser for all

[Bret Busby]

On 16/07/2019, Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>On Tue, 2019-07-16 at 08:01 -0400, Little Girl wrote:
>
>>> I thought I'd take this off-list since it's a new topic.
>>
>>By accident you sent it to the mailing list.
>
> Whoops. That will teach me to properly read the reply address.
>
>>> Just curious, but have you tried the Vivaldi browser? I don't know
>>> if it handles the history the way you like to because I have it
>>> clear my history every time I close it, leaving me no history to
>>> search, but it's worth a try.
>>>
>>> They're a rather interesting team with a surprisingly configurable
>>> browser. My only reason for not using it exclusively is that it's
>>> not open source.
>>
>>I liked the old Opera, not the new one and I also don't like Vivaldi
>>that much.
>
> Okay. I figured it was worth a mention in case you hadn't tried it.
>
>>Vivaldi "stable" is always up to date on my machine, since around 4
>>years now and there always is an issue.
>
> I haven't had it for quite as long and haven't done any tests on it.
> I do like some of its features, though, and wouldn't mind seeing them
> in other browsers.
>
>>[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ grep vivaldi /var/log/pacman.log | grep
>>-e \(1.0.219.50-2 -e \(2.6.1566.40-1 [2015-11-05 19:16] [ALPM]
>>upgraded vivaldi (1.0.219.50-2 -> 1.0.303.52-1) [2019-06-25 13:24]
>>[ALPM] upgraded vivaldi (2.6.1566.40-1 -> 2.6.1566.44-1)
>>[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ vivaldi-stable 2>&1 | grep ERROR
>>[1951:1951:0716/143848.368967:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(368)]
>>InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process
>>gpu-process.
>>[1919:2005:0716/143848.454730:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(619)] Failed to
>>call method: org.freedesktop.Notifications.GetCapabilities:
>>object_path= /org/freedesktop/Notifications:
>>org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
>>org.freedesktop.Notifications was not provided by any .service files
>>[1951:1951:0716/143848.630872:ERROR:buffer_manager.cc(488)]
>>[.DisplayCompositor]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_OPERATION : glBufferData:
>><- error from previous GL command
>>[1919:1919:0716/143848.924735:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "[object Event]",
>>source:  (0) [1919:1919:0716/143849.889616:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)]
>>"Unchecked runtime.lastError: The message port closed before a
>>response was received.", source:
>>chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/browser.html (0)
>>[1919:1935:0716/143854.793373:ERROR:browser_process_sub_thread.cc(221)]
>>Waited 18 ms for network service
>>
>>It's possible to use Vivaldi, but a sandbox error isn't confidence-
>>inspiring.
>
> You're right. Mine throws an error on launch, too. I'll keep an eye on
> it from now on to see if they sort that out.
>
>>One of the browsers I never installed is Brave, it does block ads,
>>just to replace them with different ads.
>
> I hadn't heard of that until just now. It's not in the Ubuntu
> repositories, which is usually enough to deter me from installing
> something. In this case, though, I'd also stay far away from it if
> Wikipedia is right that they're considering adopting a pay-to-surf
> business model in a future version.
>
> Everything I create is shared for free and what I love about
> GNU/Linux and its associated collections of software is being able to
> get exactly that from others who share their work. Any time I see
> greed rearing its ugly head, I tend to run in the other direction.
>
> --
> Little Girl
>
> There is no spoon.
>

Hello.

There must be a spoon, because all it takes, is a spoonful of sugar...

Depending on what version of Ubuntu, you are using, I am using Midori,
on 16.04, as my primary web browser, but, as Midori went wonky for
18.04, I use Midori for only two sites, on 18.04..

Whilst I expect that you would be using a later version of Ubuntu,
than 16.04.x, if, perchance, you happen to be using 16.04.x, it may be
worth looking at Midori, as a possible alternative.

I had given up on Opera, when the Norsemen (Vikings?) sold it to the
chinese government, for the sinister purposes of the chinese
government.

The good version of Midori, on UbuntuMATE 16.04.x, shows as being
v0.5.11, and the not so good version of Midori, on UbuntuMATE 18.04.x,
shows as being v7-34-g0c5820f.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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