Ask HN: What browser do you use?

Safari because of the seamless integration with Apple platform features and because it is the most energy efficient browser while still being the most performant. It’s the best of all worlds.

I came back to Firefox after a stint of trying others out. I returned because, despite all of its downsides, it's still the least bad option of the ones I've tried.

But (despite that I used to be hardcore Firefox user and advocate) I'm not married to any particular browser. It's so easy to change browsers that I'll do so the instant one that better meets my needs comes around.

I've been using Dia, and this got better after the recent inclusion of Spaces similar to Arc.

But, I'm suffering from RAM issues. Got 24GM RAM M5 (Non-Pro) MacBook Pro and about 10-15 tabs open, I'm consuming 19GB RAM with 5-9GB RAM in swap.

I mean... now I'm wondering if I should've got higher RAM.

Since I came from Air M1 8GB RAM, I thought 24GB is plenty enough but seems like not.

I currently use firefox, works well for me.

Been using firefox recently, least laggy out of that chrome and (eww) edge.

I just started using Brave Origin after trying to switch to Safari for a while. Safari felt aggravating to use after having used Chrome for so long, but Brave has been great.

Firefox with ublock origin plugin on desktop as well as android.

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Brave with all the cruft turned off except Brave Shield. Chrome isn't bad either.

I'd love to be able to tolerate Safari, but it's just not a good day-to-day desktop browser.

Depends on what device I am using. Currently Thorium/Chrome, sometimes Firefox.

I'm currently moving away from Chrome though, as I can no longer use any MV2 extensions because all the workarounds stopped working.

Vivaldi on desktop and mobile. It's still chromium for compatibility, but the tab handling fits me. And of course the social/political aspect is appealing (I'm from the EU).

> so I'm wondering why so many people still stick with Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

most non-tech folks aren't even aware firefox exists; they just use whatever is already installed;

i predominantly use firefox, since its firebird days (v0.6 perhaps?); i switch to chrome when its one killer feature, inband language translation, is needed; firefox has a translator, but it is rather lackluster;

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Google Chrome on Mac

Safari on iPhone

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EWW from Emacs. If Emacs can't render the HTML then the website is not worth using. No JavaScript. I don't want to accidentally run non-free code on my processor.

Safari is my main browser at home and has been pretty much since its inception. Periodically I go off and use Firefox, Arch, and other such things, but I always come back to Safari. It just gets out of my way, while integrating a few quality of life features that normally end up as extensions in other browsers.

My big gripe with Safari is the extensions being moved to the App Store. This creates a lot of unnecessary friction. I’m curious how much their AI extension creation will be able to do in macOS 27, maybe it will make this a moot point, but it’s still annoying.

At work I use Chrome, which I don’t like, but feel forced into it due to the company actively breaking or blocking everything else. As a general rule these days, I want to avoid all Chromium based browsers, to not give Google any more power on the web than they already have, but I’d have to quit my job for that to be possible at work.

I also use Mullvad’s browser from time to time at home.

I used Firefox for most of last year. I consistently ran into issues where a form wouldn't submit, or a website would appear subtly broken, but it would work in Chrome.

Ultimately I switched back to Chrome full-time as a result.

I made my own to prioritize these 4 things:

1. Fact-checking built-in 2. Declutter the page 3. Lightweight 4. Ability to listen to the saved articles when I want to

https://hopper.evergreen-labs.org

Zen browser - based on Firefox.

Brave browser - when things don't work on Zen/Firefox.

Glide is my go-to browser. I like it for its extensibility, commandline, keymaps, hints, and the ability to configure everything through a ts file.

I also use Zen as my secondary browser.

1- Not Chrome. Chrome has an overwhelming dominance https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers So, I would try anything else just for that. Perhaps I am a contrarian. Perhaps I do not like Google products in general.

2- Safari.

- For minorities. I like that

- Design, care for simplicity and detail

- Integration Apple ecosystem

- Security

- I read about the origin. Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs, by Ken Kocienda.

3- Brave.

- Original idea.

- Small, specialized. For minorities

- I like the founder. Brendan Eich. He is also the creator of JavaScript and was previously CTO of Mozilla.

- I want to encourage projects with a strong founder and a novel idea for minorities.

- A good second option after Safari.

I am open to try other things. But it needs time. It has to be something very, very different. I will not spend that time for something 10% different or better. What do you thing, anyone could recommend me another browser with a clear difference?

I use multiple browsers depending on what I am doing. I have four browsers at home Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Comet which is an AI Browser. They all have their different uses.