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I main Firefox but, want a Chromium browser for Android/Windows that I can use occasionally.

What are your preferred choices?

Edit: okay I tested out a lot of your suggestions and found Vivaldi to by my favourite so far :) thanks y'all

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Honest question: What for? I have never encountered a site that was truly broken on Firefox.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They exist first two the come to mind.

https://business.apple.com/

https://www.redditpx.com/

If you have a very low end PC, Youtube works far better on Chrome then Firefox.

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[–] BrianTheFirst@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Sure wish I could say the same. It doesn't happen that often, but for example the last time was just a day or two ago.

[–] xameer@artemis.camp 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Jitsi works fine on FF for me

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

One example is Voyager for Lemmy. Runs better using Brave than Firefox as a PWA

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[–] Kovu@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

im using ungoogled chromium as a backup browser

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[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Vivaldi is awesome on Windows/Linux and peerless on Android.

Not really a factor but rather a fun fact - I recently discovered they have a Mastodon instance, which can be of interest to lemmies.

[–] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Vivaldi has a special place in my heart since it's made by the original Opera people.

[–] AndreTelevise@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Vivaldi has a bunch of stuff I like - tab stacking, tiling, a functional sidebar that is actually useful, and full-on UI customization.

[–] o_oli@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like Vivaldi a lot. It's kinda where Opera went after Opera went to shit lol.

[–] spam@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Same guy started them both

[–] RandallFlagg@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually tried out Vivaldi for about a month before I went back to Firefox but I like it as well. I think it's the best chromium based browser out there.

[–] o_oli@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah same. Well actually I'm using Firefox on desktop and Vivaldi on my phone (Android), since I love having desktop style tabs on mobile. The trend of having to press a button to open a tab browser really annoys me and although Firefox sort of addressed that with tab groups now, I think Vivaldi's implementation is nicer.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I have to use a chromium based browser, I go vivaldi. The closed source parts are annoying, but it's still better than the other options for my preferences.

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[–] zephyr@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] IGuessICan@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we all stop using firefox, then chromium has a complete monopoly. That's dangerous with something as important as a web browser. Lets not forget that Chromium is sponsored/maintsined by Google.

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

I have no intention of stopping my Firefox use. I just want an occasional Chromium browser

[–] deadlyremote@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Ungoogled Chromium and Vivaldi are my favorites

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Chromium or Brave are going to be good options. I really dig Vanadium on mobile as my backup to Mull, but there's not a desktop option as far as I know.

[–] krnl386@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Brave for Chromium and Librewolf for Mozilla.

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

For desktop I use Ungoogled Chromium portable as a secondary browser, and DDG browser on Android

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I use Bromite on Android whenever Firefox mobile decides to die

[–] BuckShot686@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bromite has been abandoned unfortunately, definitely worth thinking about another chromium backup browser for sure.

[–] Strapitchacoudou@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Cromite is a fork of Bromite.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, well that is good to know. Thanks

[–] HaleEndGrad@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Bromite hasn't had an update since December last year

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

chromium, or maybe brave on old phones

As a Vim user, I like qutebrowser. It's very customizable.

Use Cromite on mobile. It's a continuation of Bromite which has been maintained by one of the devs since bromite quit being updated a year or so ago. Previously it was called bromite-buildtools, but they just recently got a new name and logo.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you want something a little different, try arc it doesn’t behave like pretty much any browser I’ve used but it’s certainly a unique take on it

[–] muddybulldog@mylemmy.win 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While ARC is interesting it is available for neither Android or Windows, which was OPs requirements.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry, missed the Android requirement.

It has just been released for windows though

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does arc do different? It's been very hyped up but I don't see what it does that vivaldi already does not

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is very different:

  • Tabs are always vertical which is better for todays ultrawide monitors
  • You have the ability to pin tabs to the sidebar which means that whenever you’re on a particular site (not page!) they’re stored in the same place
  • Other tabs are ephemeral, they’re open for at most the 24 hours from when you use them, then they get cleaned away
  • There are separate workspaces; like swappable sidebars that you can use to - for example - keep work and personal tabs separate
  • The vast majority of commands (going to a tab, getting to settings plus loads more) are access via a Stoplight like global search control
  • You can “boost” a particular site and change its style sheet to be different colours - this can be handy if you’re a developer and need to be extra careful when working in a production environment.

That’s just the stuff off the top of my head, there is probably more.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what you mean by "boosting" a site, but vivaldi does have everything besides pinning sites.

So I guess arc is a nice browser but not particularly new.

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I use Samsung browser for voyager and the occasional incompatible website. It has strict tracking protection and adblocking too

[–] exododo@leminal.space 1 points 1 year ago

On android Brave for built in no fuss adblock

[–] lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats 1 points 1 year ago

I have Thorium installed for when I occasionally have to use it for frontend webdev. It claims to be a lot faster than the other Chromium alternatives.

[–] wilberfan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My go-to daily driver on my Pixel 7 is the Kiwi Browser, but I use Mull for variety sometimes.

[–] Robboman93@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For a chromium based browser I would pick brave, especially on Android I find that brave works very well.

[–] gordonthefatengine@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Brave, definitely.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Hahaha everyone hating Vanadium. I also dont see its value, its standard and not private, doesnt even delete cookies. Use it for sites where Firefox breaks, again.

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