Thanks Jim I am going to try Opera regularly for few days and see if I can get use to it’s different layout.
And then I read further back and noticed you already tried it. But yeah, give it some time to grow on you. If you’re intent on researching alternatives, there are only a few engines out there, WebKit and its (Google-backed fork Blink) that power Chrome, Opera and Safari browsers (and many others); Gecko which powers Firefox; and Microsoft’s Trident which powers IE. Keep in mind that the browser is mostly like an auto body, its look-and-feel is independent of its engine, and the choice of engine is limited.
I am still running Pale Moon w/ add-ons like Adblock Edge, Better Privacy, DoNotTrackMe, Flashblock, Ghostery, NoScript(though I disable some Java because I like to watch video), and Privacy Badger FireFox.
I do have problems with my settings under “Tools” tab “Options” - “Privacy” tab “History” settings not staying where I want them. It seems to default back to “Always Use Private Browsing Mode”. I do like to accept some cookies from some sites (and them manually delete them after the visit). Some sites just don’t work unless you accept cookies (like FR). So I just try to manually delete the cookies as soon as I drift from their pages (or shut down PaleMoon where it purges the cookies when shut down).
I don’t seem to have problems with many pop-ups (especially from FR).