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You absolutely MUST install the Brave browser [from fired firefox exec]
Conservative Hardliner ^ | May 14, 2016 | dc

Posted on 06/01/2016 11:03:15 AM PDT by huldah1776

Edited on 06/01/2016 11:17:08 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

I remember when Mozilla fired Brendan Eich for being a normal human being, I was sort of bummed that I was going to stop browsing with Firefox. I'm not really the organized boycotting type, but I am someone who simply refuses to participate in idiocy. If some anti-American Hollywood liberal wants to fight against a normal civilization, then I just stop watching their movies and buying their music. If a coffee establishment tells their baristas to engage with me about race when I'm trying to get my morning triple venti soy latte, then I go elsewhere. If one of my favorite conservative-leaning talk show hosts starts supporting a liberal for President, then I turn the dial. It's not that I keep a list, but if it's seared into my brain deep enough, then I certainly alter my habits as a consumer of products, services, and content. Conversely, if someone is under attack by Marxists, then I tend to overly support them, like the Chick-Fil-A scenario, where I was stuffing my face with spicy chicken sandwiches several times per week for months. Thank goodness that died down. Anyway, I knew whatever Eich ended up doing, if it was a product or service, I was going to be a customer. I have no idea what Eich's politics are, but I know he is someone worth supporting.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: brave; browser; eich; firefox; internet; microsoft; tech; windows; windowspinglist
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To: huldah1776

So far, it seems pretty fast. I don’t see any way to set bookmarks, of which I have a lot. Nor do I see a way to start the browser with my favorite startup sites in their tabs. Perhaps it will remember them when I close the browser.


21 posted on 06/01/2016 11:39:09 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: scouter

Another one that is new and has a lot of great features is Vivaldi. I have tried it and I like it a lot.


22 posted on 06/01/2016 11:40:23 AM PDT by Defiant (Cruz and Kasich are just wings of the GOPe. Ryan is their leader,)
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To: IYAS9YAS
VLC media player

Donate $5.00 or not.

23 posted on 06/01/2016 11:43:47 AM PDT by Stentor ("Hiding behind 'conservative' while America goes down the toilet is not acceptable anymore." LS)
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To: papertyger

That’s interesting. Safari plays well with FR on my iPhone 5c.


24 posted on 06/01/2016 11:44:26 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (0bama's insane rantings prove that power deludes, and absolute power deludes absolutely.)
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To: huldah1776

Here’s an article and discussion from January: Brave Browser: Ousted Mozilla CEO Is Changing the Web Again - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3390678/posts


25 posted on 06/01/2016 11:44:45 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: SkyDancer

I tried it on my iMac. It didn’t work very well so I stopped using it. I’ll wait for a few more upgrades and test it again.


26 posted on 06/01/2016 11:49:36 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: papertyger
Why doesn’t anyone do single column, text wrapping, variable size font anymore?

All the websites I maintain do what you suggest, as does Free Republic. But sadly, nearly all websites nowadays look like they were designed by people whose only skill is in designing fixed-format wall posters. The original purpose of HTML was to share information between people with very different hardware and even handicaps like poor vision. Nearly all modern web developers have forgotten this. I think one of the problems is that nowadays anyone who knows how to use a word processor thinks they can be a web developer; and things like portability to different viewing devices, accessibility, etc. have become lost arts.

I have to use an outdated Russian version of opera just to read FR on my iPhone.

Yep. The last time I shopped for a smart phone, none of the sales people for any of them could show me anything with a browser that would reformat websites to fit the screen. They were all like index-card-sized PDF readers. I suggested to one salesman (Android) that we try downloading "Opera Mini" and that worked.

27 posted on 06/01/2016 11:50:19 AM PDT by snarkpup (Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge - if they aren't already.)
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To: snarkpup
'BLATANTLY ILLEGAL': 17 newspapers slam ex-Mozilla CEO's new ad-blocking browser

I went to view the link to that article in IE, and it froze! When I viewed it in Brave, it worked just fine. Proof enough for me. How ironic!

28 posted on 06/01/2016 11:52:50 AM PDT by scouter (As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
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To: huldah1776

For later. Thx


29 posted on 06/01/2016 11:53:40 AM PDT by ResisTyr ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: scouter
I went to view the link to that article in IE, and it froze!

You are bolder than I. I haven't dared to view anything on the internet with IE in several years.

30 posted on 06/01/2016 11:55:16 AM PDT by snarkpup (Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge - if they aren't already.)
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To: Stentor

Thanks. I’ve heard they were a good choice. I’m more than willing to donate the money. Took the laptop on vacation, went to play a movie, and bupkiss.


31 posted on 06/01/2016 11:56:13 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I before E, except after C. Weird.)
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To: scouter
The one thing I have noticed is that the JavaScript support seems to mimic Chrome’s.
From another source: "Eich and his new company built the browser on Chromium, the open source browser from Google on which Chrome is built."
32 posted on 06/01/2016 11:58:52 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: IYAS9YAS
I’ve heard they were a good choice.

It'll play pretty much anything as is. I had to download a plugin to play stuff h 265 encoded but that might not be necessary any more.

33 posted on 06/01/2016 12:01:21 PM PDT by Stentor ("Hiding behind 'conservative' while America goes down the toilet is not acceptable anymore." LS)
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To: huldah1776

I have been having flash and shockwave problems for several weeks on multiple computers. Even my computers at work, which are managed by others are all crashing websites heavy with flash/shockwave. I keep waiting for things to catch up, but it all seems to be getting worse. I am hoping it is just a phase.


34 posted on 06/01/2016 12:04:17 PM PDT by BRK
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To: Carpe Cerevisi
You can bookmark, but it's not easy ☹️
35 posted on 06/01/2016 12:04:31 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: huldah1776

Pretty blatant theft, blocking a website’s advertising and substituting your own?

Yeah, absolutely not fair use and I’m assuming the company was hopeful (and still may be) that some papers and websites will join in voluntarily, but I’d expect an update coming in the not so distant future that will strip out this functionality unless the website enabled it.


36 posted on 06/01/2016 12:07:06 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: snarkpup
But sadly, nearly all websites nowadays look like they were designed by people whose only skill is in designing fixed-format wall posters.
LOL .. couldn't have said it better myself.
The latest fad is for single page sites with big picture landing pages, "hidden/disappearing" (stupidly programmed) menu systems and links to anchored sections that offer no way to navigate anywhere else on the site.
These sites much be generated by SW programs since I also note the CSS files sometime contain over 6000 lines of code - and the entire website only contains 3-4 sections. Absurd to say the least.
37 posted on 06/01/2016 12:11:58 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: DannyTN; golux
Update!...

Support had me rename the folder "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\brave" and try again.

This time I closed firefox and opera before running it. It installed successfully and I'm posting this update using Brave.

38 posted on 06/01/2016 12:14:04 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: huldah1776

I’ve been playing with the Brave Browser for several weeks. It’s very, very fast. Doesn’t do everything I want and I mostly stick with Firefox, but I’d like Brave to get to the point that I can use it as my primary browser.

There’s two things that I find inconvenient. There’s no email function so that I can easily send a page or a link. And when I backspace into a previous window I don’t get what I’m looking for.


39 posted on 06/01/2016 12:17:26 PM PDT by Pelham (Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
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To: SkyDancer

I just installed it. It doesn’t appear to have affected Firefox at all. bookmarks and cookies are still working in Firefox. I’m sure they would be sued if they disabled Firefox in anyway.

I don’t think it imported anything from firefox. I see an import bookmarks from HTML export option.


40 posted on 06/01/2016 12:18:26 PM PDT by DannyTN
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